Hybrid Software Architect - Lead Distributed Systems

Netcompany1; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

25 days' holiday

Private Medical Health care via Vitali

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Professional certifications supported

Retail discounts

Employee Resource Groups

Job summary

Netcompany is seeking a Software Architect to provide architectural leadership and technical expertise to design solutions that users really need and want. You will test the art of the possible by designing proofs of concept to test solutions for future services, working with internal groups, third parties and external suppliers.

You will shape target architectures, document integration designs, and ensure governance and observability requirements are met, while collaborating with engineers to

Qualifications

• Experience designing or implementing distributed system architectures.
• Experience as a technical architect or technical lead.
• Excellent problem solving and decision making skills.
• Experience working within an agile methodology.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to run discovery, clarify ambiguous requirements, and translate them into clear functional and non‑functional requirements
• Enable delivery and governance, collaborate with engineers to produce a detailed roadmap, define observability requirements (metrics, logs, traces), and participate in design reviews/architecture review boards
• Shape and document solution architectures and produce target-state and integration designs that are aligned to industry best practice

Skills

Distributed systems design

Technical leadership

Agile experience

Education

TOGAF (preferred)

Tools

Java

C#

Relational databases

Document databases

Cloud architectures

Job description

Netcompany is seeking a Software Architect to provide architectural leadership and technical expertise to design solutions that users really need and want. You will test the art of the possible by designing proofs of concept to test solutions for future services, working with internal groups, third parties and external suppliers.

You will shape target architectures, document integration designs, and ensure governance and observability requirements are met, while collaborating with engineers to