Senior Technical Architect

We're hiring nine new Senior Technical Architects across a variety of teams and functions. The projects you'll shape could include (but are not exclusive to) modernising Disability and Living Allowance service for children and families (DLA), building improved services that support older citizens (Pension Credit), or shaping the architecture for user-facing digital journeys across DWP (DM&E).

We're building high-impact digital services, all built using contemporary platforms, tooling and engineering practices.

Your expertise in microservices, APIs and event-driven architecture will be central to how we build next-generation digital platforms. We're looking for someone who can provide architectural direction and oversight, ensuring designs are coherent, well-documented and technically sound.

This is a leadership level role so you'll also mentor colleagues, support governance and help teams understand the benefits of modern design patterns, reusable components and cross-government alignment.

This is an ideal role for someone who enjoys solving large-scale, often unique, technical challenges and thrives in complex digital environments. You should be motivated by the opportunity to shape the future of public-facing services through robust, modern architecture., Do you want to play a pivotal role in delivering some of the country's most important tech projects? We're recruiting innovative, curious, and enthusiastic digital specialists who want to be part of our huge transformation.

DWP Digital improves user experiences for the Department for Work and Pensions' customers and colleagues. The services we build are used by millions of people to access the support that they need at different times of their lives.

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The large-scale digital transformation we're undergoing requires a wide range of skills. That's why we have over 5,000 experts working on a variety of important projects, and why we're recruiting even more.

We need people with experience in engineering, data, product design, architecture and much more. Opportunities to work with us range from early talent and apprenticeships that will enable you to grow with DWP Digital, all the way up to senior roles that will allow you to shape the future direction of the organisation. Our dedication to development means you will have ample opportunity to learn and thrive at the cutting-edge of the industry., In 2022, our award highlights include our API Integration team being awarded Kong's Top Public Sector Innovation Award and the Red Hat Innovation Award. We also won the Organisational Exit from the Pandemic category at the UK IT Industry Awards and were highly commended for Digital Transformation Project of the Year. At the Civil Service Awards, we won Best Use of Data and Technology and won the cross-government award One Civil Service for collaborating on issuing cost of living payments.

• Experience designing architecture across on-prem, cloud and hybrid environments, spanning networking, security, presentation, middleware, database and integration components.
• Ability to design using principles, patterns, technical radars, standards and reusable practices that guide teams toward high-quality technical decisions.
• Experience shaping solutions across the full delivery lifecycle; from concept /discovery through to implementation and go-live in agile, waterfall and hybrid environments.
• Skilled at translating business needs into clear, traceable technical designs that stakeholders can understand and confidently support.
• Experience applying architecture modelling techniques and tools to design, communicate and represent complex systems.
• Deep expertise in microservice and API-led architecture, using modern integration techniques, tools and best practice.
• Strong experience with event-based architecture, including pub-sub patterns, data streaming, modelling approaches, standards and tooling - and how these enable modern, scalable bespoke services.

Pay of up to £83,917. Benefits include 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance., Pay: We offer pay up to £83,917. That's £57,946 salary plus a Government Digital and Data Allowance of up to £25,971 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview.

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth £16,786 per year.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time.

You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.

We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Sports and social activities
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

And we have an award-winning environment and culture:

• DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards
• Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024
• Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025
• Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. We are significantly growing our Architecture practice at DWP Digital to ensure we have the capability to design contemporary solutions that are not only secure and scalable, but are built using the latest engineering approaches. We are looking to hire nine roles across various functions, working on projects that build modern applications - not the configuration of off-the-shelf systems. You'll be at the heart of designing solutions that meet complex business needs using the most up to date architectural approaches. Your role will set architectural direction, create technical options and guidance, and work closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure the services we build are robust, user-centred and aligned to DWP's broader architecture strategy. You'll have a hands on influence to high-profile projects, support major initiatives and design the bespoke digital services that millions of citizens rely on. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us., DWP Digital is a growing community of nearly 5,000 digital experts leading the transformation of the UK's largest government department - the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)., However, we also recognise that a healthy work-life balance is important. That's why we've embraced a hybrid working approach that allows DWP Digital employees to spend up to 60% of their week working from home.