Software Architect

Rx Global; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

RX Global is seeking a Software Architect to provide architectural leadership across its product portfolio, guiding delivery of scalable, secure software solutions. You will work with Principal Engineers, delivery teams, and stakeholders to align architecture with business strategy and long-term technology goals.

The role emphasizes governance, security, performance, and maintainability, with a focus on cloud-native, microservices-based architectures and domain-driven design.

Qualifications

• Experience in software engineering and architecture roles within complex enterprise environments.
• Proven ability to design and govern large-scale distributed cloud-native systems.
• Knowledge of microservices, event-driven architecture and domain-driven design.
• Experience with API design, systems integration and messaging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Deliver scalable, secure, maintainable software architectures aligned to business goals.
• Define architectural direction and governance for consistency and quality.
• Ensure security, resilience, scalability, performance and operability of solutions.
• Mentor teams and provide architectural oversight to enable delivery.
• Drive platform simplification and reuse to improve maintainability.
• Influence technology strategy and roadmap with emerging technologies.

Skills

Software architecture

Cloud-native

Microservices

Event-driven design

Domain-driven design

API design

Security

Observability

Infrastructure as code

Decision making

Tools

AWS

Containerisation

IaC (Terraform)

Observability tooling

Job description

Software Architect RX Global•Greater London, Greater London, United Kingdom

This job is with RX Global, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

Are you passionate about shaping technology strategy and guiding the design of scalable, secure software solutions?

Do you enjoy collaborating with senior engineering leaders and influencing architectural direction to deliver long-term business value

About our Team

RX Global aims to create unforgettable experiences for attendees and exhibitors through organizing events. Innovation, creativity, and collaboration drive the company to offer exceptional services to clients.

About the Role

As a Software Architect, you will provide architectural leadership across the product portfolio, ensuring the delivery of scalable, secure, and maintainable software solutions. Working closely with Principal Engineers, delivery teams, and enterprise stakeholders, you will guide architectural decisions, promote engineering excellence, and ensure solutions align with business objectives and long-term technology strategy.

Responsibilities

• Deliver scalable, secure and maintainable software architectures aligned to business objectives and technology strategy.
• Define architectural direction and governance to ensure consistency, quality and compliance across products and platforms.
• Ensure solutions meet security, resilience, scalability, performance and operational supportability requirements.
• Reduce technical debt, complexity and technology sprawl through architectural leadership and sound decision-making.
• Enable engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions through guidance, mentoring and architectural oversight.
• Drive platform simplification, reuse and continuous improvement to improve maintainability and delivery effectiveness.
• Establish architectural health measures and use them to guide optimisation and investment decisions.
• Influence technology strategy, roadmap planning and adoption of emerging technologies to support long-term business success.

Requirements

• Experience in software engineering and software architecture roles within complex enterprise environments.
• Proven experience designing and governing large-scale distributed software systems and cloud-native architectures.
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles, patterns and modern architectural practices including microservices, event-driven architecture and domain-driven design.
• Experience defining solution architectures, integration patterns and non-functional requirements for business-critical systems.
• Strong knowledge of API design, systems integration, messaging technologies and distributed systems.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and modern engineering practices including containerisation, infrastructure-as-code and observability.
• Ability to assess architectural trade-offs and make balanced decisions across business value, technical risk, delivery timelines and operational considerations.
• Strong understanding of security, resilience, identity management, disaster recovery and business continuity.

Work in a Way That Works for You

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working Pattern

Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

About the Business

RX is a global leader in events and exhibitions, leveraging industry expertise, data, and technology to build businesses for individuals, communities, and organisations. With a presence in 25 countries across 41 industry sectors, RX hosts approximately 350 events annually. RX is committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all our people. RX empowers businesses to thrive by leveraging data-driven insights and digital solutions. RX is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. For more information, visit http://www.rxglobal.com.

We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits.

Full-time