Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) CDP Data Architect

Job ID: BROADBEAN_

Location: City of London, Greater London

Contract: Permanent

Industry: IT

Salary: 100,000 - 110,000 per year

Recruiter: Tom Cousins

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Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) CDP Data Architect

London (Hybrid - 2-3 Days Per Week) £100,000 - £110,000 + Benefits

We're seeking an experienced Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) CDP Data Architect to join a major digital transformation programme, helping shape and deliver enterprise-scale customer data solutions built on Adobe Experience Platform and Real-Time CDP.

This is an excellent opportunity for a senior data architecture professional with deep Adobe expertise to play a pivotal role in designing and governing customer data platforms that enable real-time personalisation, audience activation, advanced analytics, and omnichannel customer engagement.

The Role

As the AEP CDP Data Architect, you will take ownership of the end-to-end Adobe Experience Platform data architecture, ensuring customer data is modelled, unified, governed, and activated effectively across the organisation.

Working closely with architects, engineers, marketing teams, and business stakeholders, you will translate complex business requirements into scalable and compliant AEP solutions that support both current and future customer experience initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and own the end-to-end Adobe Experience Platform and Real-Time CDP architecture.
• Define and govern Adobe XDM schemas, datasets, data models, and data flows.
• Develop scalable data ingestion strategies covering batch, streaming, and real-time integrations.
• Design customer profile, identity resolution, and profile enablement frameworks within RT-CDP.
• Lead architecture decisions around customer data modelling, identity stitching, merge policies, and activation readiness.
• Create and maintain architecture standards, patterns, and documentation.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers to ensure robust, efficient, and resilient ingestion pipelines.
• Partner with business and marketing stakeholders to translate customer journey and activation requirements into technical solutions.
• Conduct architecture reviews, identify risks, and provide governance throughout delivery.
• Communicate architecture strategies and technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Required Experience

• 5+ years' experience working within Data Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Enterprise Data Design roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) and Real-Time Customer Data Platform (RT-CDP) .
• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale customer data architectures.
• Strong understanding of:
  • Adobe XDM schemas and data modelling
  • Customer profile and identity management
  • Event-driven data models
  • Customer data platform design principles
  • APIs, JSON, and data transformation concepts
• Experience working within cloud environments such as Azure, AWS, or GCP .
• Strong knowledge of data governance, GDPR, and privacy-by-design principles.
• Experience supporting complex stakeholder environments and enterprise transformation programmes.