Lead Cloud Architect

Working at CreateFuture

CreateFuture is an AI-native consulting partner where people do work that matters and are supported to do it well. We work alongside organisations such as PayPal, adidas, NatWest, FanDuel and Money Saving Expert, building digital products and services that make a difference  while always putting people first.

We’re a team of creators. We write code, shape delivery, build go-to-market strategies, develop AI solutions and create the practices that support our people. We work side by side with our clients, challenging what’s not working and helping them to build the future. Our commitment to craft, quality, and culture has helped us scale to over 600 people in just a few years.

Our UK Benefits 

• 35 days leave (including bank holidays). 
• Private medical insurance.
• Enhanced parental and adoption leave. 
• Financial coaching + 5% pension match.
• 40 hours of paid learning and development.

 View our full list of UK benefits. 

CreateFuture is a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company and has won Best Workplaces UK multiple years in a row.

Join us on our journey. Let’s create tomorrow, together, today.

About the role and team:

Role: Lead Cloud Architect 

The pivotal hire for this engagement. Senior technical authority responsible for assessing the current state of the migration, owning the target architecture, and driving delivery through to completion. Must be credible enough to challenge the client's existing team including long-serving staff resistant to change — while maintaining trust and momentum.

What you’ll be doing:

• Conduct current state assessment — architecture, data flows, and technical debt
• Identify and articulate blockers, both technical and organisational
• Define and own the target architecture through to delivery
• Act as the senior technical voice throughout the engagement
• Bridge the domain knowledge and AWS skills gap within the client team
• Challenge existing approaches where necessary and build confidence in the path forward

We’d love to talk to you if you:  

• AWS data platform: S3, Glue, Lake Formation, Redshift, EKS
• Lakehouse architecture and migration delivery at scale
• Regulated industry experience — essential; betting and gaming - Required
• Demonstrated ability to operate in politically complex, fractured team environments
• Strong communicator — able to deliver difficult messages to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

This position is Hybrid, 2-3 days per week in Manchester 

What we’ll offer you:

We trust people to do their best work. That means flexibility over rigid rules, impact over activity, and real investment in your growth both professionally and personally. You’ll be part of a supportive, and friendly culture, surrounded by smart, curious people who care deeply about what they do.

We offer flexible working, including hybrid and remote options. Our office hubs are located in Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, London and Bulgaria, with occasional travel to client sites or CreateFuture offices when needed.

We trust you to manage your time balancing collaboration with client time and focused work. What matters is the impact you have, not how busy you look.

Our hiring process

We try to keep our hiring process clear, fair and respectful of your time. We aim to get back to everyone who applies and we will be upfront about where you are in the process.

It usually looks like this:

• Call with our Talent Acquisition Team 
• Role specific capability interview 

Depending on the role, we might also ask you to do a short presentation, a practical or technical task or have a values focused conversation. We will explain what is involved before anything happens.

Inclusion at CreateFuture 

We believe diverse teams build better workplaces and better products. We want CreateFuture to be a place where people feel able to be themselves and do their best work.

If you need any adjustments or support during the application process, just. We will do what we can to help.

We look forward to your application!