Solutions Architect

Pulselive; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented Solutions Architect to shape the future of sports fan engagement. In this exciting role, you'll work with a passionate team to design and build innovative solutions that engage millions of fans worldwide. Your expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and microservice architecture will be crucial as you lead technical discussions and mentor team members. This position offers the opportunity to make a tangible impact on the future of sports technology while enhancing your leadership and technical skills in a collaborative environment. If you’re ready for a challenge, this is the role for you!

Benefits

Flexible and Remote Working

Buy and Sell Annual Leave

Health & Wellness Activities

Free Access to Headspace App

Annual Wellness Contribution

Cycle to Work Scheme

Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Expertise in designing and implementing high-traffic microservice architectures.
• Strong understanding of back-end services supporting front-end applications.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and guide engineering teams through architectural decisions.
• Design and build scalable, secure software solutions for millions of sports fans.

Skills

Java 11+

Spring Boot

Microservice Architecture

RESTful APIs

Cloud Computing

Problem-solving

Strong Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

JPA/Hibernate

Job description

Create experiences that sports fans can’t live without.

To unlock the power of sport through technology by uniting communities, entertaining, and inspiring people around the world.

We are a proud digital partner to some of the biggest names in sport, creating and powering digital experiences that engage millions of sports fans every day. Spanning websites, mobile apps and emerging platforms, we combine our expertise across research, creative, engineering and operations to deliver industry-leading digital experiences for our clients.

Joining Pulselive will see you work in one of our dedicated chapters. A Chapter is a collection of individuals with shared expertise and knowledge, working together to share ideas and collaborate. They are connected through their discipline, role, responsibilities or skill set, providing a shared identity for all chapter members. The goal of a Chapter is to continually evolve techniques, approaches and ways of working for the chapter members through collaboration as well as individually.

Helping you in your career development is something we put great emphasis on. We offer a number of activities to every employee that can be undertaken to support personal career development. We support our staff by working with and using the best technology on the market, ensuring you have what you need to be an instrumental part of creating experiences for fans everywhere.

Time dedicated to working on projects outside of client commitments, either individually or with other team members.

Development Activity

Dedicated time per year to focus energy on your professional or personal development. Learn a new coding language or the principles of agile. It is up to you.

Research & Learning

Time out to read up on some new techniques or skills that you want to improve on.

Chapter Activities

Collaborative meetings or activities to discuss ideas and interests with other individuals who share a passion

Training, Courses & Conferences

From online courses to organised training events and industry conferences.

Flexible and Remote Working

Buy and Sell Annual Leave

Health & Wellness Activities

Free Access to Headspace App

Annual Wellness Contribution

Cycle to Work Scheme

Pension Scheme

The wellbeing of our employees is very important to us at Pulselive. We have a number of initiatives and activities to support our employees with their personal career development, physical and mental health.

Diversity

Inclusion

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience drives us forward every day. We celebrate differences. We encourage different opinions and approaches to be heard, and then we come together and build.

Our Locations

London, UK

Pulselive's headquarters is located in quirky Kennington, in South London. A quick jump to the Oval Cricket grounds, a 2 minute walk to the Kennington tube station, and surrounded by bus stops, Pulselive sits on the second floor of the Edinburgh House complex. Our satellite offices all over the world, including Sony offices, ensure that we are able to service a global client base.

Solution Architect

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Hybrid

Department

Product Pillar Software Engineering Backend

Solution Architect

We’re looking for a talented Solutions Architect to shape the future of sports fan engagement. If you’re passionate about sports technology, enjoy solving complex technical challenges, and have a strong back-end development background, we want to hear from you!

About the Role:

As our Solutions Architect, you will play a critical role in designing and building solutions for our internal products that engage millions of sports fans worldwide. You'll work across a range of technologies to create unforgettable fan experiences, from integrating live sports data and video to ensuring high availability and scalability across web and native applications.

This role combines hands-on technical work with strategic guidance, and you'll be working closely with engineering teams to ensure the architecture of our systems meets high standards of performance, security, and maintainability. If you're excited about making a real impact on the future of sports technology and enjoy working in a collaborative, high-energy environment, this is the role for you!

What You'll Do:

Provide technical leadership, guiding engineering teams through architectural decisions, reviews, and design discussions.

Act as a Chapter Lead, mentoring team members and supporting their technical growth.

Establish and lead technical Working Groups to drive the adoption of new technologies and improve development practices.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between business goals and architectural vision.

Drive the adoption of best practices in software architecture and engineering techniques across squads.

Technical & Hands-On Responsibilities

Design and build scalable, secure, and highly available software solutions for millions of sports fans.

Lead the integration of a variety of data sources, including live sports feeds, video, and commentary, into our systems.

Ensure the architecture and design of our systems are robust and maintainable, able to support millions of concurrent users.

Evaluate new technologies and techniques to continuously innovate and improve the quality of our solutions.

Write clear, concise technical documentation and present solutions to stakeholders.

What We’re Looking For:

Expertise in the Following:

Java 11+, Spring Boot & Spring 5, JPA/Hibernate, Microservice Architecture, RESTful APIs, Cloud Computing, and SaaS.

Deep experience designing and implementing high-traffic, microservice-based architectures.

Strong understanding of how back-end services support front-end and mobile applications.

Skills in:

Problem-solving in high-traffic, high-performance environments.

Strong communication skills and a passion for collaboration.

A deep interest in sports technology and creating immersive fan experiences.

Why Join Us?

This is an exciting opportunity to make a tangible impact on the future of sports fan engagement. At Pulselive, you’ll work with a passionate team of engineers, designers, and product specialists to create cutting-edge solutions for millions of sports fans across the globe. Plus, you'll have the chance to shape the direction of technology within a growing company, all while enhancing your leadership and technical skills.

If you’re looking for a challenge and want to contribute to the creation of world-class sports tech, apply now!