Development Architect

CHEP; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Brambles’ Digital team seeks a Software Architect to define, design, and implement major parts of the software architecture, collaborating with architects and engineers. Real-time IoT tracking systems form the core, spanning code, data models and module integration to deliver high-performing business applications embedded in Brambles’ ecosystem.

The role emphasizes modular architecture, 99.9% uptime, and adaptability to evolving requirements, delivering scalable solutions across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Substantial software development and design experience in large, complex systems.
• Experience across the software stack including UI, algorithms, databases and event-driven architectures.
• Proven ownership of major modules deployed to customers and successful go-lives.
• Experience influencing teams to achieve common goals with measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement evolving designs for complex enterprise software.
• Provide technical and architectural guidance while maintaining the big picture across projects.
• Establish technical priorities aligned with business goals and economic viability.
• Research and propose designs using new technologies to meet current and future needs.
• Deliver detailed designs and artefacts across multiple technologies, with reviews and milestones.

Skills

Enterprise software

Performance optimization

Technical leadership

Architectural design

Real-time systems

IoT

Supply chain

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Define, design, and implement major parts of the software architecture for the Digital team in tight collaboration with other architects and engineering team members.

Primarily focusing on real-time IoT tracking systems, the work performed is on all levels of detail from the review of individual code elements to data model and component design to module integration scenarios, with the intent to build a high-performing application that is embedded in the fabric of business applications run by Brambles.

Scope

Global Research & develop significant parts of a solution which is a cornerstone for the digitization of Brambles

Measures

This position is responsible for analyzing, optimizing and enhancing our real-time IoT framework, and building and maintaining support for current and future devices that Brambles uses to monitor and improve the supply chains of Brambles’ customers.

The success and viability of the real-time IoT framework requires a well-defined modular and architecture focusing on performance and semantic adaptability, especially considering the long lifetime of the system, the need for 99.9% uptime and the evolving nature of the requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement technical evolving designs for complex enterprise software.
• Provide technical and architectural guidance for specific software development while keeping the big picture across projects in mind.
• Establish technical priorities and strategies consistent with business goals and economic viability.
• Research options and propose software designs that solve immediate needs of the organization while including new and emerging technologies and anticipating future changes.
• Successfully delivery of detailed technical designs and artefacts across multiple integrated technologies and platforms, in accordance with stage gates, milestones, and business objectives: This includes conceptual work, reviews, trouble‑shooting, and coding.

Monitoring, maintaining and improving application performance levels.

Ensuring backwards compatibility and seamless upgrades to historic data with minimal downtime. Building understanding of complex algorithms and identifying ways to optimize and improve performance.

Experience Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in software development – or proven, exceptional software design contributions in previous positions
• Must have acquired deep understanding through practical real‑world experience in different software technologies, ideally across the software stack including (Web) user interfaces, algorithm development, different types of database technologies, event‑based systems, and the design of modular and extensible data models.
• Must have worked as technical owner of major modules of applications, which were deployed to customers ,and has helped these customers go live
• Experience technically influencing a group of software developers to meet a common goal with successful outcome

Qualifications

Substantial software development and design expertise with large and complex systems, ideally in enterprise software, real‑time applications and specifically around supply chain management or geographical information systems

Formal: At least a bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, science, engineering, statistics or mathematics

Beyond this baseline, software development experience and proven success is more important than formal education. However, large and complex systems also arise in university research, so a Master’s Degree or Ph.D. can be a plus.

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent understanding of enterprise applications, cloud computing, algorithms on large data sets, event‑driven data processing, and user interface technologies
• Proven technical leadership in multiple complex software projects
• Expertise in analyzing and designing for performance of large‑scale software systems
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex technical concepts into understandable terms to different teams in the organization including non‑technical product managers
• Thorough understanding of technology trends in Enterprise software and beyond, and the ability to analyze the potential impact or benefit for the software projects of the Digital team
• Proven ability in coaching and mentoring others
• Knowledge of Supply Chain and Logistics applications is a benefit