Senior Architect - Connectivity Platform

Salary: £61,000 - 91,000 per year

Requirements:

• Bachelors or Masters degree level (or equivalent) in a STEM discipline.
• Proven experience as a technology leader in CPE and connectivity platforms.
• Strong background spanning cloud-native platforms, APIs, applications and connected consumer devices such as CPE, Wi-Fi, IoT and Smart Home.
• Experience working with large-scale cloud ecosystems, including microservices and AI-enabled platforms, ideally in a telco or service provider context.
• Experience integrating AI capabilities into customer-facing and operational connectivity systems.
• Broad knowledge of connectivity technologies such as Wi-Fi, DOCSIS, XGS-PON, Thread, Bluetooth, Zigbee, 3GPP, USP/TR-369 and IP networking.
• Strong understanding of embedded CPE software such as RDK-B, OpenWRT, OpenEmbedded and HALs/SDKs.
• Working knowledge of AI/ML for connectivity platforms, including edge inference, LLM/agentic systems, MLOps and responsible AI.
• Fluent spoken and written English.
• Experience leading through influence in a matrix organization.
• Willingness to travel and work across time zones.

Responsibilities:

• We act as a domain authority for CPE, in-home connectivity and Smart Home, shaping roadmaps spanning hardware, software, device management and cloud orchestration.
• We define the technical approach for integrating solutions for smart Wi-Fi, security and speed-testing, enabling differentiated customer features.
• We lead RFx activities, building specifications that balance feature sets, performance, cost and delivery timelines.
• We lead technology assessments, proofs of concept and technical due diligence for new solutions and vendors, providing clear recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• We guide strategic technology choices across CPE, software and AI platforms, incorporating total cost of ownership and unit economics.
• We identify and shape opportunities for edge AI capabilities on the home CPE, enabling local AI inference, real-time insights and new use cases.
• We drive ONEConnects evolution into an AI-native platform, embedding AI and agentic capabilities across customer experiences, operational automation and platform intelligence, with appropriate privacy and security guardrails.
• We represent Liberty Global in industry standards bodies and open-source communities such as Broadband Forum, CableLabs, Wi-Fi Alliance, CSA and RDK.
• We act as a technology evangelist for ONEConnect, ensuring strategy and direction are clearly understood across teams and operating markets.
• We partner with delivery teams and vendors to review designs and lead design reviews, ensuring adherence to principles, best practices, compliance and value for money.
• We ensure architectures deliver secure, compliant, resilient and scalable ONEConnect and CPE platforms, aligned with European, Swiss and UK regulations including EU AI Act and responsible AI principles.
• We act as a bridge between LTech and Customer Markets, balancing global scalability with local market requirements.
• We contribute to platform lifecycle strategy, including versioning, compatibility, deprecation and upgrade paths across firmware, APIs and cloud services.

Technologies:

• AI
• Architect
• Bluetooth
• Cloud
• Embedded
• Firmware
• Hardware
• IoT
• LLM
• Matrix
• MLOps
• Security
• microservices

More:

We are Liberty Globals Technology Platform group, and we are looking for a Senior Connectivity Architect to help define the next generation of connectivity experiences across our operating companies. This role provides architectural leadership across CPE, in-home Wi-Fi, Smart Home and associated cloud-based connectivity platforms. We want someone who can translate customer and business needs into clear end-to-end technology strategies across devices, applications and cloud services at scale. AI is a core pillar of our strategy, from edge intelligence on the CPE to agentic experiences in customer-facing services. You will help evolve the ONEConnect platform into a secure, scalable and market-leading AI-native platform for broadband and Wi-Fi services. This is a full-time role based in London or Amsterdam. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating an inclusive environment.

last updated 34 week of 2026