Lead Platform Architect & Solutions Engineer (Hybrid)

Next Move Recruitment Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Next Move Recruitment Ltd on behalf of a growing technology business is seeking a Lead Solutions Engineer (Architecture & Platform) in London (hybrid) with £90,000-£100,000 salary and benefits. You will shape platform evolution, make key technology decisions, and lead technical direction across multiple projects.

The role requires hands-on solution design, mentoring teams, and collaboration with engineering, product and business stakeholders to deliver scalable cloud-based applications.

Qualifications

• Extensive background in software engineering, architecture or technical leadership.
• Experience delivering modern web-based platforms.
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystems.
• Experience with React, Next.js, Node.js or similar technologies.
• Cloud platform experience, ideally AWS.
• Understanding of APIs, data architecture and distributed systems.
• Experience leading technical teams or mentoring engineers.
• Commercial awareness balancing technical and business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Design robust, scalable software architectures.
• Guide technical direction across multiple projects and products.
• Work closely with engineering, product and business stakeholders.
• Support and mentor development teams.
• Drive improvements in engineering practices, tooling and delivery.
• Evaluate new technologies and identify opportunities for innovation.
• Remain hands-on with solution design, prototyping and key deliverables.
• Help build platforms capable of supporting growth.

Skills

Software engineering

Software architecture

Technical leadership

AWS

JavaScript/TypeScript

React

Next.js

Node.js

Distributed systems

APIs

Tools

React

Next.js

Node.js

AWS

TypeScript

Job description

Next Move Recruitment Ltd on behalf of a growing technology business is seeking a Lead Solutions Engineer (Architecture & Platform) in London (hybrid) with £90,000-£100,000 salary and benefits. You will shape platform evolution, make key technology decisions, and lead technical direction across multiple projects.

The role requires hands-on solution design, mentoring teams, and collaboration with engineering, product and business stakeholders to deliver scalable cloud-based applications.