Principal Architect

Principal Architect – Advertising Systems

Location: London (Hybrid: Tuesdays and Thursdays in-office)

About the Role

We’ve partnered with a leading broadcasting organisation, who are looking for a Principal Architect to lead the re-architecture of their advertising systems, transforming their approach to audience-targeted advertising. This is a strategic role requiring someone who can design next-generation ad tech systems that scale, drive revenue, and align with our commercial goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect Future-Ready Systems: Redesign current advertising platforms for enhanced targeting, scalability, and performance.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Engage closely with HR, product managers, QA, and engineering leaders to ensure alignment and effective delivery.
• Drive Design Processes: Lead scrum teams in design decisions, providing a long-term architectural view and clear design handovers.
• Strategic Visioning: Plan a documented roadmap for system improvements over 3, 6, and 12 months, anticipating future business needs.

What You’ll Bring

• Architectural Expertise: Proven experience designing and running mission-critical, revenue-generating systems in production.
• Business Insight: Strong grasp of commercial principles (total cost of ownership, ROI) and ability to align technology with business outcomes.
• Technical Depth: Deep understanding of software and data engineering; experience in ad tech or a related field is beneficial but not required.
• Vision and Leadership: Ability to communicate long-term technical strategy and inspire cross-team alignment.

Please note – This client is unable to offer sponsorship for this role, so please only apply if you have current right to work in the UK.