AI‑Driven Application Architect – Hybrid & Flexible

HotSchedules; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holidays: up to 30 days with service +

Flexible working hours

Hybrid working environments

Laptop and equipment

Healthcare expense tools

Certifications support

Annual meet ups

Enhanced parenting scheme

Cycle to work

Pension and life insurance

On demand pay tools

Job summary

Fourth LTD is seeking an Application Architect to shape the architecture of strategic initiatives. As part of the Enterprise Architecture team, you will provide hands-on leadership, design scalable and maintainable software, and balance technical quality with pragmatic delivery.

You will collaborate across disciplines to solve complex challenges and advance AI-enabled engineering practices. You will mentor engineers, drive architectural decisions, and ensure solutions align with Fourth's

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in software architecture and engineering.
• Knowledge of microservices and distributed systems.
• Experience with API design and modern frameworks.
• Ability to lead projects and teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Familiarity with Azure cloud services.
• Awareness of AI tools in software development.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the application architecture for strategic projects and programmes.
• Provide hands-on architectural leadership within delivery teams.
• Evolve architecture standards, patterns, and engineering principles.
• Produce architectural designs and technical documentation.
• Participate in reviews, giving constructive feedback.
• Collaborate with business, product, engineering, and other architects.
• Own the architectural direction of assigned initiatives.
• Identify risks and technical debt and plan remediation.
• Design and evolve AI-assisted engineering practices and pipelines.
• Use AI tools to prototype and deliver solutions where appropriate.
• Research and recommend new technologies and approaches.
• Champion adoption of AI and emerging technologies.

Skills

Software architecture

Microservices

API design

Cloud: Azure

SDLC knowledge

Leadership

Programming languages

Distributed systems

AI tooling awareness

Tools

Azure

AI tooling

DevOps tooling

Job description

Fourth LTD is seeking an Application Architect to shape the architecture of strategic initiatives. As part of the Enterprise Architecture team, you will provide hands-on leadership, design scalable and maintainable software, and balance technical quality with pragmatic delivery.

You will collaborate across disciplines to solve complex challenges and advance AI-enabled engineering practices. You will mentor engineers, drive architectural decisions, and ensure solutions align with Fourth's