Application Architect

OUP's digital products serve researchers, teachers, and learners across educational and academic institutions. They include a broad range of digital, content and data-centric platforms, learning & assessment services, online journals, research platforms and integration with web and eCommerce application as well as a range of mobile product apps.

The Application Architect will work with our Publishing content lifecycle product/systems owners to understand problem statements and collaborate with Enterprise and Solution Architecture colleagues to define all aspects of solution development, appropriate technology, and workflows to develop, implement and quality assure solutions/applications. Solution or application delivery may be through development of new capabilities through projects and programmes or enhancements to existing applications within value streams.

This role will also work closely with UX, Quality Assurance, Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity & Privacy colleagues to ensure all aspects of delivery, both functional and non-functional, are fully met. Solution delivery may be through development of new capabilities within projects and programmes, or enhancements to existing applications within value streams.

The Application Architect will have hands-on responsibility for contributing to and guiding in-house development teams and partner vendors in the adoption of architectural patterns and code-level implementation of solutions, ensuring that OUP standards, processes and documentation are adhered to. They will also act as a champion for best practices and work to help teams continuously improve their architectural approaches and DevOps processes.

The Application Architect will have hands on experience of programming languages, software frameworks, hosting and cloud services and varied delivery methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban and Scaled Agile.

To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:

• A deep understanding of technology and how it can be both developed and used to meet business requirements.
• Experience of technically leading development teams, acting as the technical authority, guiding and coaching development team members
• Strong development experience in building business systems with high level languages and at scale.
• Analysis of data requirements, storage and data processing, including XML and JSON formats.
• A knowledge of business analysis and development methodologies, particularly agile development and preferably Scrum.
• Experience in delivering Enterprise solutions within Book Publishing or Library sectors including content lifecycle management
• Broad knowledge of technologies such as Java, Python, ReactJS, Node.JS, SAP, AWS, Azure etc.
• Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture principles.
• Development and application of coding standards
• Experience of working with Scrum, Kanban and Scaled Agile methodologies
• Experience in shaping, advising on, and delivering solutions to required quality within agreed budget and timescales
• Deep domain knowledge and experience
• Strong UX experience / awareness (desirable)
• A proven ability to direct development teams both on and offshore (desirable)

We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days' holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.

We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts.

This role comes with the added benefit of a discretionary annual payment.