Solution Architect - Digital Applications

AMS CWS; Macclesfield; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

AMS CWS is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to lead end-to-end design of digital products and services. The role involves translating business needs into scalable, secure technical solutions and guiding multiple agile squads through architecture decisions.

You will collaborate with Product, Engineering and Principal Engineers to shape architectural governance, API strategies (GraphQL/REST) and modern integration patterns, including microservices and event-driven designs.

Qualifications

• Software engineering background required.
• Proven experience as Solution/Technical Architect.
• Experience designing secure, scalable cloud-based apps.
• Frontend and backend architecture with Java and Angular.
• Experience designing/consuming GraphQL and REST APIs.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution design for digital products across multiple squads.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, secure tech solutions.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering and Principal Engineers on architecture decisions.
• Produce solution designs, artefacts and roadmaps for modern digital platforms.
• Provide architectural guidance throughout the SDLC.

Skills

Software engineering

Solution/Technical Architect

Java

Angular

GraphQL/REST

Cloud architecture

Microservices

Event-driven design

Tools

GraphQL

REST APIs

Angular

Java

Cloud platforms

Job description

Salary: £50,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements

• A software engineering background with experience designing and delivering modern digital applications.
• Proven experience as a Solution Architect or Technical Architect.
• Experience designing secure, scalable and resilient cloud-based applications.
• Strong understanding of frontend and backend application architectures with experience in Java and Angular.
• Experience designing and consuming GraphQL and/or REST APIs.
• Knowledge of microservices, domain-driven design and distributed systems architecture.
• Experience with containerised cloud-hosted applications and modern cloud platforms.
• Understanding of event-driven architectures, asynchronous messaging and event-streaming technologies.
• Experience operating within Agile delivery environments and cross-functional product teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end solution design for digital products and services across multiple agile squads.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, secure and maintainable technical solutions.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering and Principal Engineers to ensure architectural decisions align with business objectives and technology strategy.
• Produce solution designs, architectural artefacts and technical roadmaps that support the delivery of modern digital platforms.
• Provide architectural guidance throughout the software development lifecycle, ensuring solutions are practical, achievable and aligned to engineering best practice.
• Define and review API strategies, including GraphQL and REST service design.
• Support the adoption of domain-driven design, microservices, event-driven architectures and modern integration patterns.
• Ensure appropriate consideration is given to security, authentication, authorisation, observability, performance and operational support requirements.
• Work closely with development teams to review implementation approaches and provide technical leadership during delivery.
• Contribute to architectural governance, technical standards and continuous improvement initiatives across the technology organisation.
• Support architecture decisions across customer journeys and digital experiences, including onboarding and servicing capabilities.

Technologies

• API
• Angular
• Architect
• Backend
• Cloud
• Frontend
• GraphQL
• Support
• Java
• REST
• Security
• microservices

More

We are AMS, a global total workforce solutions firm, and through our Contingent Workforce Solutions service we act as an extension of our clients recruitment teams, providing professional interim and temporary resources. We are working with our client Royal London, the UKs largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, on two experienced Solution Architect contracts for a 6 month term with potential for extension, based in Alderley Park outside Manchester on a hybrid working model of 50% from home and 50% onsite. Our client is a top-rated place to work with over £114 billion of funds under management and around 3,500 employees across six offices in the UK and Ireland. The role sits within a team delivering a new state-of-the-art long-term savings and pensions platform.