Software Architect

Damia Group; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UK Government and Law Enforcement sectors is seeking an experienced Software Architect to join their team in London. This role emphasizes defining innovative solutions, managing stakeholder relationships, and collaborating with diverse teams to deliver effective software architectures. Candidates should possess a strong skill set in full-stack development and agile methodologies, with the flexibility to adapt to various technologies.

Qualifications

• Experience designing innovative solutions within technical constraints.
• Familiarity with secure design and implementation.
• Experience in full technical stack and agile methodology.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for defining software architectures and designs.
• Collaborate with tech leads and manage stakeholders.
• Champion quality assurance and best practices.

Skills

Collaboration

Problem Solving

Communication

Innovation

Tools

React

Typescript

Javascript

Java

C#

Elastic

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Job description

SC Cleared Software Architect - £60-90,000 base plus bonus and car allowance depending on grade recruited at - London hybrid

We are looking for an experienced Software Architect to join our client's team following continuous growth and success in the UK Government and Law Enforcement sectors based in London. Behind great solutions there are great people: their employees. They pride themselves on being able to solve some of their customers’ most complex problems. Their people are what differentiates them, they are ingenious, innovative and dedicated. They have a mix of generalists and specialists and recognise that this diversity contributes to their success.

As a key member of their engineering community, you’ll be working with their Law Enforcement Customers to build systems that support core mission capabilities. You’ll work as part of empowered, autonomous teams with regular contact with end-users to flexibly and efficiently design, develop, deploy and maintain applications and services.

Role Summary

You’ll be responsible for defining software architectures and designs, identifying new ways of solving problems and get to work in a range of different teams across their customer organisations. You will work in small teams and be given as much ownership and responsibility as you have the appetite for but part of a wider Engineering community to give you the support you need to grow in your career. They build a very broad range of capabilities for our customers, spanning multiple technologies, cloud, on premise etc.. We therefore value Engineers who enjoy playing a role in the full delivery lifecycle and are flexible to learn and pick up new technologies and approaches. You’ll be playing a role in identifying the right technologies to use for the job.

You will have experience in many of the following:

Designing innovative solutions that fit within business and technical constraints

Familiarity with security concepts, including secure design and implementation

Taking responsibility for the technical output of your team

Collaborating with tech leads and other architects to join-up solutions

Communicating clearly and concisely, both verbally and in written form

Managing stakeholders, including customers and end users

Championing quality assurance and best practices Practical software development experience in the full technical stack, e.g. React, Typescript, Javascript, Java, C#, messaging, Elastic, MongoDB and traditional RDBMS such as PostgreSQL.

Following an agile development methodology

Driving innovation within a team of engineers to find new solutions to difficult problems

It would be great if you also had experience in some of following:

Cloud technology training and certification, such as AWS or Azure

Experience in full-stack technical design

Mentoring junior engineers and nurturing their passion for engineering