Principal Software Architect

Spectrum IT Recruitment

Uxbridge, UK

about 1 month ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Compensation

£100,000.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.adzuna.co.uk

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Application Integration Architecture Microsoft Azure Software as a Service Cloud Computing Cloud Engineering Technical Debt Data Management Api Design

Job description

Define architectural principles, standards, and target-state designs across our platform
Drive platform consolidation and reduce duplication across systems
Define service boundaries, ownership models, and integration patterns
Review significant technical initiatives and provide architectural guidance across multiple engineering teams
Embed security, resilience, scalability, and observability into platform design from the outset
Identify architectural risk, technical debt, and platform constraints
Partner with Engineering and Product leadership on strategic technical decisions
Influence engineering teams through technical credibility rather than direct line management

Technologies:

API
Architect
Azure
Cloud
CTO
Security
Support, We are seeking a Principal Architect to shape the future of our broad, complex technology platform across multiple systems, services, integrations, and data capabilities. This is a hybrid role based in Uxbridge, Greater West London, with two days onsite per week and a salary of £100,000 to £120,000 plus benefits. You will report to our CTO and work closely with senior engineering and product leaders to create a more consistent, scalable, and maintainable architecture. This is a genuine platform-level architecture position focused on influencing the long-term technical direction of an evolving technology landscape.

Requirements

Proven experience defining architecture across SaaS, product-led, or platform-based environments
Experience working across complex, multi-system, or distributed technology landscapes
Strong understanding of API design, integration architecture, and service-oriented systems
Cloud architecture experience, ideally within Azure
Strong appreciation for security by design, resilience, scalability, and operational excellence
Comfortable influencing technical direction without formal management responsibility
Experience leading platform consolidation or large-scale modernisation programmes is highly advantageous