Platform Architect: API-First Cloud Platform Lead

Vodafone Group Plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Vodafone Group Plc is seeking a Platform Architect to provide architectural leadership across telecom platform domains. You will work with Product Owners, Tech Leads and engineers to translate business requirements into scalable, secure, cloud-native solutions with API-first approaches.

This hybrid role is based in the UK with responsibilities spanning design, governance and delivery. The ideal candidate brings 8+ years in platform or solution architecture, deep knowledge of distributed systems,

Qualifications

• Significant experience in solution or platform architecture.
• Proven ability to design cloud-native, API-first distributed systems.
• Experience creating architecture artefacts and documentation.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Knowledge of modern platform engineering practices and governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide architectural leadership across one or more platform domains.
• Support engineering squads with design guidance and implementation decisions.
• Define solution architectures, domain models and API specifications.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, secure designs.
• Produce architecture artefacts and integration designs for reuse.
• Promote cloud-native and event-driven architecture approaches.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure architecture compliance.

Skills

Platform architecture

Cloud-native

API-first

Distributed systems

Stakeholder management

Communication

Job description

Vodafone Group Plc is seeking a Platform Architect to provide architectural leadership across telecom platform domains. You will work with Product Owners, Tech Leads and engineers to translate business requirements into scalable, secure, cloud-native solutions with API-first approaches.

This hybrid role is based in the UK with responsibilities spanning design, governance and delivery. The ideal candidate brings 8+ years in platform or solution architecture, deep knowledge of distributed systems,