Principal Solutions Architect (Airline Retailing)

Location: London, England, United Kingdom; hybrid, with 2 days per week in the customer's West London office

Company

hirify.global is a technology-driven company founded in 2013, helping airlines modernise operating models through cloud, data and AI with aviation domain expertise.

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end solution architecture for initiatives involving Amadeus Nevio and airline retailing capabilities.
• Define target architectures for Offer, Order, Delivery and Servicing domains.
• Design integrations across Nevio, Amadeus platforms, customer channels, loyalty, payment and operational systems.
• Lead architectural governance, supplier design assurance and technical leadership across multiple product and delivery teams.
• Produce solution architectures, integration designs, architecture decision records, roadmaps and technology standards.
• Manage architectural risks, dependencies and technical debt while supporting business cases and investment decisions.

Requirements

• Mandatory experience delivering solution architecture on Amadeus Nevio programmes.
• Strong knowledge of airline retailing, including Offer Management, Order Management, Order Servicing, Airline Distribution and Digital Commerce.
• Experience with Amadeus Nevio, Altéa, Digital APIs, loyalty integrations and payment integrations.
• Strong understanding of IATA standards including NDC, ONE Order and Modern Airline Retailing.
• Experience designing large-scale integration architectures using APIs, events and cloud-native patterns.
• Ability to lead architecture across multiple suppliers and delivery teams and manage business and technical stakeholders.
• Experience in highly regulated, business-critical environments.
• Technical experience with AWS architecture, API-led integration, event-driven architecture, microservices, domain-driven design, security-by-design, resilience, disaster recovery, data architecture and architecture governance.

Nice to have

• Experience with large-scale airline transformation programmes or migration from legacy reservation and servicing platforms.
• Knowledge of airport, operations, revenue management or loyalty domains.
• AWS Associate or Professional certification.
• TOGAF or equivalent architecture qualification.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to join a fast-growing company with career advancement options.
• Learning and development opportunities.
• Flexible working environment with a hybrid schedule.
• Competitive salary based on experience.
• Inclusive workplace committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.