Software Architect

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

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical health care via Vitaly

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Professional certifications

Retail discounts

Employee Resource Groups

Job summary

Netcompany is seeking a Software Architect to lead and shape technical solutions, guiding architecture decisions across teams and suppliers. You’ll translate business needs into robust, scalable designs and proofs of concept.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, ensure observability, and participate in architecture reviews, aligning with TOGAF and industry best practices.

Qualifications

• Experience designing or implementing distributed system architectures.
• Experience as a technical architect or technical lead.
• Experience working within an agile methodology.
• TOGAF or architecture-related qualifications.
• Experience with Java and C#.
• Experience with relational and document databases.

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

Technical leadership

Agile experience

Problem solving

Architectural documentation

Education

TOGAF

Tools

Java

C#

Job description

Join Netcompany in leveraging technological innovations to foster societal transformation.

Netcompany was awarded 5th position on the esteemed UK Top 50 Best Places to Work in the Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards for 2024. As one of the fastest growing technology companies, we are disrupting the marketplace and revolutionizing the way businesses operate. Our vision is to be the leading digital challenger in Europe whilst evolving the next generation of IT consulting.

Operating across both public and private sectors, we offer a comprehensive range of services from product design and engineering, digital strategy, data services & management (Machine Learning and AI), cloud migration to program delivery and service operations, our offerings are designed to meet diverse business needs.

Job Description

As a Software Architect at Netcompany, you will provide technical and architecture expertise to support designing solutions users really need and want. You’ll 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.

What you'll do:

• 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

Qualifications

• Must have 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
• Architecture-related qualifications, such as TOGAF
• Experience and knowledge of software engineering technologies, such as Java/C#
• Experience with multiple database technologies, including relational databases and document databases

Additional Information

Benefits include:

• Hybrid working model with some flexible working
• Private Medical Health care via Vitality
• Pension contribution, Life Assurance
• Professional certifications supported as part of learning and development.
• A range of retail discounts to enhance your lifestyle, encompassing restaurants, supermarkets, travel, leisure activities and health and well-being services.
• Access to our Employee Resource Groups, our groups represent diverse backgrounds and provide a platform for colleagues to connect, learn, and support one another.

Company information

At Netcompany, we pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial spirit and our capacity for doing things differently. Our culture is built on fostering low bureaucracy, emphasizing high agility and promoting flexibility, enabling everyone to contribute their best.

Our journey began in the UK with the acquisition of Hunter Macdonald in 2017. As one of Northern Europe's most accomplished IT companies, we have expanded our headcount globally to 7400+ employees and have offices in UK, Denmark, Norway, Poland, Holland and Vietnam.

Netcompany is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process for anyone wishing to apply for a job with us. We operate a Disability Confident Interview Scheme which means that we offer guaranteed interviews to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for a role. Applicants are asked to opt in, so please let us know if you wish your application to be considered under this scheme.

If you need any reasonable adjustments or extra support during the recruitment process, please contact us at [emailprotected] .

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