Architects

Axiologik; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 61,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health cover

Wellbeing support

Bonus

Pension

Holiday allowance

Learning funding

Volunteering days

EV scheme

Arena access

Referral schemes

Recognition rewards

Job summary

Axiologik in Leeds is seeking an experienced Architect/technical lead to shape multi-client digital initiatives. You will own architecture and design of defined systems, guiding delivery teams and ensuring alignment with client priorities and governance.

You'll engage stakeholders, communicate technical decisions clearly, and drive agile, product- and platform-centric delivery across regulated environments. Onsite 1–2 days a week with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience as an architect or technical designer with client-facing delivery.
• Ability to explain complex decisions to non-technical audiences.
• Experience in regulated or safety-critical environments.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design defined systems and guide delivery teams.
• Produce target architectures and roadmaps for clients.
• Understand business priorities and produce designs accordingly.
• Balance technical, financial and operational factors in proposals.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders and build trust.
• Ensure designs comply with governance and standards.
• Deliver autonomously within your area of responsibility.

Skills

Architect experience

Client engagement

Strong communication

Agile delivery

AI & platform delivery

Education

Relevant degree or qualifications

Tools

AWS

Azure

CRM

ERP

IDAM

Job description

Salary: £61,000 - 101,000 per year

Requirements:

• Experience operating as an Architect, technical designer, engineering or data lead, ideally in a consulting or multi-client context
• Experience working directly with clients or internal stakeholders with delivered outcomes you can talk us through
• Strong communication skills, with examples of explaining technical decisions to non-technical audiences and building trust quickly in new teams
• A clear appetite for rapid development, including certifications gained, disciplines picked up, or moves outside your comfort zone you have chosen to make
• Working knowledge of industry-standard software packages or SaaS offerings (CRM, ERP, IDAM), cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and infrastructure
• Experience of agile, product and platform-centric delivery
• Exposure to regulated, safety-critical or critical national infrastructure environments
• Degree education and/or professional qualifications and accreditations relevant to your domain expertise

Responsibilities:

• Be responsible for the architecture and design of defined systems and workstreams, providing ongoing architectural guidance to the teams delivering them
• Contribute to consulting outputs, including current state assessments, options appraisals, target architectures and roadmaps a client can act on after the engagement ends
• Work with key business stakeholders to understand business priorities and requirements, leveraging your analytical and technical expertise to produce architectural designs that meet those needs
• Navigate technical, financial and operational factors, integrating this into thinking, proposals and plans
• Communicate effectively and build trusted working relationships with business and technical stakeholders, adapting how you explain things to the audience in front of you, and delivering within your own area of responsibility in keeping with product/programme strategy and direction
• Work effectively within local governance and assurance, submitting and refining designs to ensure compliance with standards
• Operate semi-autonomously within your area of responsibility and deliver work to high levels of quality, with guidance and support from us and/or client leads, agreeing and working to clear objectives
• Work consultatively inside client organisations, building rapport and credibility quickly in unfamiliar teams, cultures and environments
• Adapt your own approach to complex, challenging and low-clarity environments
• Actively grow your skills beyond architecture disciplines across user-centric design, product and platform-centric agile delivery and AI enabled engineering
• Transfer knowledge to client teams as you work, leaving them better able to carry the work forward
• Research and establish best practice in your areas of expertise, producing articulate models and designs describing architectures and solutions which are accessible to a wide stakeholder audience
• Ensure that client security, regulatory and compliance needs are met throughout
• Support the development of services for our Architecture practice
• Collaborate across our business, providing support on new offerings and new business development
• Participate in industry forums and events, expanding your existing industry knowledge
• Seek to develop your technical skill set, pursuing certification and other development opportunities including in a specialisation such as data, cloud or AI if that is your choice

Technologies:

• AI
• AWS
• Architect
• Azure
• Cloud
• CRM
• ERP
• Support
• Security
• LESS

More:

We are Axiologik, an award-winning digital consultancy with a track record of delivering complex digital change. Our Architecture practice comprises consulting practitioners across a variety of domains, technologies and business sectors, and we deliver meaningful change for our clients, including critical national infrastructure. We are an experience-led consultancy that helps organisations become the best version of themselves through digital transformation that is continuous and sustainable. We believe in hiring talented people with the right attitude and learning potential, and we are going through an exciting phase of growth. Our hiring process is built with DE&I at the forefront, and we aim to create an inclusive culture where everyone can feel free to be themselves. We are a B Corp certified business and have been recognised by Best Companies. This role is based around our central Leeds office, with onsite working 1 to 2 times a week, some client travel as needed, and offices close to the train station with parking and bike/electric access. The salary band starts from £68,000 upwards based on experience, and our benefits include private health cover, wellbeing support, bonus, pension, holiday allowance, learning and development funding, volunteering days, EV scheme, arena access, referral schemes and recognition rewards. We offer a two-stage interview process, with the first stage virtual or in our Leeds office and the second stage face to face.

last updated 37 week of 2026