Solution Architect

Company Description About SEEK SEEK’s portfolio of diverse businessesmake a positive impacton a truly global scale. Our purpose is to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organisations succeed. We create world‑class technology solutions toconnect more people to relevantemployment, education, small businessandvolunteer opportunities. Wehave a cultureof high-performancein our workplaces andcelebrate the diversity ofour employeeswhocontribute to thesuccess of our organisation.

Life at SEEK SEEK’s purpose is at the centre of everything we do. Our SEEK, which defines the way we work, is all about what makes us unique and a little bit different. Passion, Team, Delivery and Future are our principles that drive innovation and creativity. SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing an amazing experience at work which led us to being named AFR BOSS Top 10 Best Places to Work in Technology (2021-2024). We are proud to work in an environment that's inclusive where everyone's unique ideas, experiences and perspectives are valued.

Our award‑winning head office in Cremorne (just a 4 min walk from Richmond station) provides an exceptional space to collaborate with colleagues. The building provides sweeping views of the city, a games area, sit and stand desks at every workstation, modern end‑of‑trip facilities and Thursday night drinks which gives our people an opportunity to connect in a social setting.

Job Description As a Solution Architect within SEEK’s Customer Architecture domain, you’ll sit in the Connect portfolio—focused on how employers and jobseekers interact across our Jobs Marketplace. Reporting into the Architecture function within SEEK’s Technology division, you’ll play a pivotal role in defining and guiding the technical direction of complex initiatives, aligning architecture with strategic priorities and enabling product and engineering teams to deliver with confidence.

This is a highly collaborative role that blends strategic thinking with hands‑on delivery support. You’ll be trusted to bring clarity to ambiguity, balance competing perspectives, and enable solutions that make a real difference at scale.

Why This Role?

Be part of SEEK’s Architecture team, connecting strategy to delivery across high‑impact products

Guide complex solutions across SEEK’s hiring and jobseeker ecosystems

Work in cross‑functional teams alongside Engineers, Product Managers, and Analysts

Operate at pace while influencing technical direction and business decisions

Help build inclusive, performant and scalable platforms that support millions of users

What You’ll Be Doing

Collaborate with stakeholders to understand current and target states

Develop future state solution architectures to support SEEK’s business goals

Provide technical direction and recommendations across major initiatives

Identify solution options and help teams align on a path forward

Ensure non‑functional requirements are defined and addressed

Support delivery teams in understanding and implementing architectural direction

Drive alignment to architecture standards and best practices

Partner with product managers, engineering managers, and senior engineers to shape quality outcomes

Maintain clear communication with stakeholders and guide decision‑making

Stay connected to SEEK’s evolving technology landscape and influence strategic roadmaps

The Opportunity You’ll be joining a team of 20+ experienced architecture professionals at SEEK—working across Enterprise, Customer, Platform, Data & AI, Growth and Practice domains. In this role, you’ll be part of the

Connect portfolio

within Customer Architecture, focused on strengthening the interactions between hirers and candidates in the SEEK Jobs Marketplace. It’s a chance to solve challenging, meaningful problems at scale—while helping shape SEEK’s technology future.

Qualifications

Proven experience defining and documenting solution architectures

Strong collaboration, communication, and influencing skills across technical and non‑technical audiences

Experience in complex tech environments with diverse stakeholder needs

Commercial awareness and ability to balance strategy with delivery pragmatism

Comfort navigating ambiguity and working within evolving problem spaces

A tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Engineering or similar

Additional Information

Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.

SEEK is committed to operating sustainably, certified carbon neutral for its business operations (through Climate Active), purchasing renewable energy for our office and working‑from‑home emissions and a target for net zero by 2030.

The opportunity to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per financial year

SEEKer Support, a confidential service that offers employees up to six sessions with a mental health professional of your choice

Free income protection insurance

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

For this role, only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.

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