Software Architect

As a Software Architect, you will play a key role in defining the technical foundations of our global key and asset management platforms, designing modular and scalable architectures that work across hardware, cloud services, and user-facing applications. Reporting to the Lead Software Architect, you will help balance immediate delivery needs with long-term maintainability while exploring emerging technologies to drive continuous improvement.

The role can be remote or hybrid within the UK, with regular collaboration with both our UK team and our east-coast US development team.

You would also be responsible for:

• Developing high-level and detailed architectures for multi-tenant SaaS and on-premise systems, ensuring modularity, scalability, maintainability, and alignment with business requirements.
• Defining service boundaries, APIs (REST, gRPC, message-based) and technology choices to support seamless integration with hardware and third-party systems, while ensuring compliance with critical non-functional requirements such as security, performance, and resilience.
• Investigating emerging technologies and design patterns, producing proofs-of-concept (POCs) to validate feasibility and guide the introduction of innovative capabilities into the platform.
• Leading architectural reviews, coaching engineers, and maintaining up-to-date architectural standards, diagrams, and governance documentation to guide development teams and reduce architecture debt.
• Collaborating closely with product owners, developers, QA, and SRE teams to translate business needs into robust technical designs, while providing hands-on support on prototypes and complex engineering challenges.

• Has 3+ years of experience in software architecture or senior engineering roles, with a strong background in distributed systems, scalable applications, and cloud environments (Azure or AWS).
• Demonstrates strong knowledge of service-based architectures (REST, gRPC, messaging), modular design principles, and observability practices including logging, metrics, and tracing.
• Has practical experience with key security technologies and practices such as OAuth, TLS, encryption, zero-trust principles, and an understanding of compliance considerations like GDPR for sensitive access data.
• Brings familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases, IoT or hardware-connected systems, and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders while balancing short-term pragmatism with long-term architectural integrity.
• Shows a proactive mindset, passion for innovation, mentoring capability, and willingness to work closely with distributed teams across time zones.

We are passionate about providing amazing opportunities and benefits, so you can continue and progress with a lifelong career with us. Here is what we have to offer:

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Ex-gratia day for Christmas Eve
• Access to an online benefits portal
• ASSA ABLOY Family Brand discount (Yale)
• 3 x Annual salary life cover
• Company Pension scheme standard 5%
• Annual discretionary bonus
• Access to Employee Care scheme

We are the ASSA ABLOY Group Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces - physical and virtual - safer, more secure, and easier to access. As an employer, we value results - not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions - supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally. As we welcome new people on board, it's important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.