Cloud Software Architect - Remote/Hybrid, Cost-Aware

Medium; Scotland; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote or hybrid work

Competitive salary

Professional growth opportunities

Job summary

Actian in the United Kingdom is seeking a Software Architect to design and evolve our cloud data platform, ensuring stability, scalability, and ease of use for developers.

You will lead architecture decisions, improve legacy code, and set standards while collaborating with product teams. The role offers remote or hybrid work and opportunities for professional growth, with a competitive package.

Qualifications

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Responsibilities

• Cloud Platform Design: Design and improve the cloud structure (AWS, Azure, or GCP) of our data platform, ensuring it scales for many clients.
• Stability & Fault Tolerance: Build a system ready for failures, capable of automatic recovery and keeping production running.
• Making Life Easy for Developers: Create clear APIs, templates, and common tools to help internal developers write code faster with fewer mistakes.
• Cloud Cost Control: Monitor and optimize cloud servers and tools to keep costs reasonable.
• Improving Legacy Code: Identify outdated parts and plan gradual improvements without stopping daily work.
• Technical Guidance & Standards: Review designs and define company technical standards to avoid bottlenecks.
• Security by Design: Ensure the platform protects data from the start and complies with security rules.
• System Monitoring: Decide how we measure performance to detect issues quickly.
• Testing New Technologies: Build prototypes and test new tools before company-wide adoption.

Skills

Cloud SaaS experience

Microservices

English communication

Proactive mindset

Developer-focused

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Messaging systems

Job description

Actian in the United Kingdom is seeking a Software Architect to design and evolve our cloud data platform, ensuring stability, scalability, and ease of use for developers.

You will lead architecture decisions, improve legacy code, and set standards while collaborating with product teams. The role offers remote or hybrid work and opportunities for professional growth, with a competitive package.