Senior Cloud Architect - Retail SaaS & Platform

MARSH LLC.; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Engineer to join their Application-Enablement team, focusing on SaaS product development. This hands-on role requires a strong foundation in software and cloud engineering, alongside the ability to collaborate with various product and platform teams. Candidates should have over 7 years of engineering experience, preferably with JavaScript and Python. The position entails leading service design and promoting best practices across engineering initiatives.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of engineering experience overall, with at least 2-3 years in a similar Principal SW Engineering or SW Architect roles.
• Experience designing and building distributed applications and architectures.
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices such as version control, CI/CD, automated testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and operation of new services and functionality.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and cross-team collaboration across the Engineering organization.
• Champion best practices in cloud architectures to meet availability, performance, security, and cost efficiency.

Skills

Software engineering

Cloud engineering

Collaboration

Leadership

JavaScript

Python

Kubernetes

Terraform

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Education

Relevant certifications (e.g., Azure's Solutions Architect)

Tools

Express.js

Vue

Flask

Pandas

argoCD

argo-workflows

Dapr

Job description

A leading technology firm in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Engineer to join their Application-Enablement team, focusing on SaaS product development. This hands-on role requires a strong foundation in software and cloud engineering, alongside the ability to collaborate with various product and platform teams. Candidates should have over 7 years of engineering experience, preferably with JavaScript and Python. The position entails leading service design and promoting best practices across engineering initiatives.