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Solution Architect
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22 May 2026 (30+ days ago)
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15 September 2026
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1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Be Part of Our Next Chapter
For over almost 60 years our solutions have enabled impactful connections between some of the worlds leading brands and their customers. And while weve already done a lot of work were proud of were just getting started!
Coates Group has the values of a family-owned business and the innovative spirit of a start-up both which fuel our purpose Creating Connections. Empowering Partnerships. Always Evolving. Through hard work dedication and creativity weve become industry leaders who have won awards and set records while remaining focused on continual growth and evolution. We are a 2x Australia Good Design Award winner and successfully completed the largest hardware deployment in Quick Service Restaurant history.
We are curious charismatic authentic and we value and leverage the diversity of our crew. We are imaginers kindness enthusiasts experts creators thinkers challengers collaborators and over-achievers. And together as a Crew we are revolutionizing the way the worlds leading brands leverage technology to drive the best customer experiences.
The Solution Architect owns the end-to-end design integrity of solutions within their assigned platform vertical. Operating within the governance framework established by the Enterprise Architect they translate business and product requirements into coherent scalable and standards-compliant architectures bridging strategic intent and engineering execution. They are a key participant in the Architecture Review Board accountable for ensuring their verticals solutions align with the organisations technology strategy security posture and target platform model.
Role responsibilities
Architecture Design and Solution Ownership
- Develop high-level blueprints and detailed architecture specifications that address business requirements technical constraints and platform interoperability including integration patterns data flows and system boundaries
- Evaluate and recommend technologies frameworks and platforms appropriate to the solution context ensuring alignment with EA-approved standards and the organisations target architecture. Document all material trade-offs.
- Produce and keep current comprehensive documentation including architecture decision records (ADRs) C4 model diagrams integration guides and design specifications as the authoritative source of truth for the vertical.
Governance Standards and Risk Management
- Apply and advocate for architecture standards patterns and guardrails defined by the Enterprise Architect. Escalate deviations exceptions and cross-vertical dependencies to the ARB for resolution.
- Ensure all solution designs incorporate relevant regulatory data governance and security requirements from inception. Proactively identify and remediate architectural risk technical debt and compliance gaps.
- Present designs review peer submissions and contribute to binding technology -own the evolution of organisation-wide architecture standards within the ARB forum.
Engineering Enablement and Implementation Oversight
- Provide architectural direction and hands-on guidance to engineering squads throughout the delivery lifecycle from design review and sprint planning through to production readiness ensuring implementation fidelity to the approved design.
- Lead structured design reviews at key delivery milestones validating adherence to standards identifying risks and ensuring non-functional requirements (performance scalability reliability) are addressed before release.
- Assess live solutions against performance benchmarks and reliability targets. Identify and prioritise optimisation opportunities technical debt reduction and platform evolution feeding findings back into the architecture roadmap.
Stakeholder Engagement and Architecture Knowledge
- Translate complex architectural decisions and trade-offs clearly for both technical and non-technical stakeholders including product engineering and executive levels ensuring shared understanding and informed decision-making.
- Work closely with peer Solution Architects the Enterprise Architect and third-party vendors to ensure cross-cutting concerns (integrations shared services security) are resolved cohesively and without duplication.
- Champion a knowledge-sharing culture within the engineering organisation through brown-bag sessions architecture playbooks and mentoring. Contribute to elevating architectural thinking and standards across teams.
Role requirements
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or related discipline (or equivalent experience)
- Industry certification relevant to vertical (e.g. AWS/Azure/GCP Solutions Architect TOGAF or equivalent) preferred
- 5 years experience in a solutions architect or equivalent senior technical design role
- 10 years experience in leadership of complex software designs
- Demonstrated experience designing and delivering complex enterprise-scale solutions
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS Azure or GCP) and cloud-native architectures
- Experience in communicating across technical and non-technical audiences including executive stakeholder levels
About Coates
We are industry leaders who have won awards and set records. We are a 2x Australia Good Design Award winner and we successfully completed the largest hardware deployment in Quick Service Restaurant history.
We are industry leaders who have won awards and set records. We are a 2x Australia Good Design Award winner and we successfully completed the largest hardware deployment in Quick Service Restaurant history.
We are led by a forward-thinking CEO who has demonstrated a true passion for people and making Coates a place where people genuinely enjoy working. Our growth plans enable a focus on providing rapid career advancement opportunities for our talent.
Together we are creators allowing us to make our purpose a reality to create immersive brand experiences for everyone.
Join a Crew that Cares
Be part of a global team of talented ambitious creative people that value integrity individuality and inclusivity. (Ask us about our Equality Empowerment Initiatives).
The benefits include an annual market competitive bonus program and our Thrive Program which includes a suite of flexible work options because were strong believers that you should never miss an important life or work moment. Thrive also provides dedicated time to prioritize our health and wellbeing (think virtual Yoga or meditation sessions) a Global Wellness paid day off to recharge as well as a Give Back Day to allow our Crew an opportunity to make an impact in the community.
Be inspired To Be More
We skip the red tape and aim to always stay nimble. Were proud of where weve been and are energized by where were going. We encourage ideas and perspectives because we know the more we have the better we are. We work hard but have fun along the way. We push the boundaries but keep it real and authentic. We believe in the values that got us here are the ones that will continue to lead us forward. We are excited by what weve accomplished but know the best is yet to come.
Coates Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color creed national or ethnic origin gender religion disability age political affiliation or belief disabled veteran veteran of the Vietnam Era or citizenship status (except in those special circumstances permitted or mandated by law).
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