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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Architect Platform - **Company:** Xe - **Location:** Bracknell, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), .NET Framework, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Application Integration Architecture, C Sharp (Programming Language), Data Structures, Relational Databases, Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements), Github, Microsoft Dynamics, Netsuite, NoSQL, Object-Oriented Software Development, Systems Development Life Cycle, Sage Accounting, Standard Sql, Systems Architecture, Systems Integration, Backend, Togaf, Kotlin, Microsoft Business Central, Api Design, Xero (Accounting Software), Software Coding, Restful APIs, Domain Driven Design, Api Management, Golang, Microservices - **Published:** June 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=fa1028c412a3ce8b ## About the Role Do you have experience in Xero?, Must-have * 7 to 10+ years building production software systems end-to-end, with at least 3 years in architecture-leaning work such as system design, platform engineering, or technical leadership. * Track record designing and setting system architecture across multiple teams or the engineering org, including leading architecture reviews and mentoring architects and team leads. * Strong backend proficiency in C# / .NET, our core enterprise stack, with hands-on coding still part of daily work; comfortable building on it long-term, with experience in other modern backend languages (Java, Kotlin, Go, or equivalent) transferring well. * Solid CS fundamentals: object-oriented design, domain-driven design, data structures, and pragmatic system design. * Deep understanding of service-oriented or microservices architecture, REST API design, and event-driven patterns. * Strong SQL and relational database fundamentals, with familiarity with NoSQL where it fits. * Production experience with AWS, including CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or equivalent). * Payments, FX, or regulated-industry experience. * Daily use of agentic coding tools (Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or equivalent) across the SDLC, with a clear point of view on how AI fits into architecture work. * Strong written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain architectural tradeoffs to engineering, product, and business audiences. Nice-to-have * Experience integrating with ERP or accounting platforms (Sage, Business Central, Dynamics 365 F&O, Xero, NetSuite). * Experience building connector frameworks, unified or canonical APIs, SDKs, or integration orchestration. * Familiarity with TOGAF, SAFe, or other architectural frameworks. * Experience hiring, interviewing, or onboarding engineers and architects. * Experience leading large-scale platform migrations or architecture transitions. ## Description We're hiring a Senior Architect who owns architectural problems end-to-end and shapes how the engineering org builds, from system design and API contracts through implementation, reliability, and the patterns that make the next integration cheaper. You already use AI as part of how you think, design, build, and ship. You'll design the systems that move money in production, set the API and integration patterns the engineering org adopts, and stay hands-on where it matters most. The work spans the connector framework and canonical data model across the accounting platforms our customers run, the Pay API hub, and the accounting orchestration layer behind them. You set architecture direction across the engineering org, lead cross-cutting decisions, and mentor mid-level architects and team leads., * Own the integration architecture for the ERP channel: the connector framework and canonical data model across Sage, Business Central, Dynamics 365 F&O, Xero, and NetSuite, plus the Pay API hub and the accounting orchestration layer behind them. * Stay hands-on: lead prototyping of patterns that engineers adopt, write code in the hardest parts of new architecture, and lead architecture reviews across squads. * Set architecture standards across the engineering org: API design, observability, security, and integration patterns that reduce the cost of the next integration. * Lead cross-cutting architecture decisions, mentor mid-level architects and team leads, and grow the architecture practice across the engineering org. * Lead how the engineering org adopts AI in architecture work: use agentic coding tools (Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or equivalent) daily across the SDLC, and shape AI use across design, code, testing, and documentation. ## Related Videos - [Next Level Enterprise Architecture: Modular, Flexible, Scalable, Multichannel and AI-Ready?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1017-next-level-enterprise-architecture-modular-flexible-scalable-multichannel-and-ai-ready) - [Leveraging Real time data in FSIs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/806-leveraging-real-time-data-in-fsis) - [Go with the Flow: Stop the Leaks Before Your Memory's a Waterfall!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100073-go-with-the-flow-stop-the-leaks-before-your-memory-s-a-waterfall) - [We (don't) need a software architect!?!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/663-we-don-t-need-a-software-architect) - [NoSQL Data Modeling for Front-end Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/297-nosql-data-modeling-for-front-end-developers) - [Scoring 2000 Products per Request: Performance Pitfalls in Golang](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2073-scoring-2000-products-per-request-performance-pitfalls-in-golang) ## Related Articles - [Why Upskilling And Reskilling is Important For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/428-why-upskilling-and-reskilling-is-important-for-developers) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers)