Solutions Architect

Loop Recruitment; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Loop Recruitment is partnering with a leading global business to hire a Software Architect who will shape technology strategy and design scalable, cloud-native solutions across the application landscape and cloud platform.

The role involves collaborating with senior stakeholders, engineering teams and product functions to deliver robust architectures on Azure, REST APIs and microservices, while driving governance and modern engineering practices across delivery teams.

Qualifications

• Senior- or lead-level software architecture experience.
• Experience translating business requirements into scalable cloud-native designs.
• Strong governance, mentoring and collaboration across multiple regions.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end solution architectures across enterprise applications and platforms.
• Translate complex business requirements into scalable technical designs.
• Collaborate with engineering teams through the delivery lifecycle to maintain architectural quality.
• Define integration strategies across APIs, microservices and enterprise systems.
• Lead architecture across digital transformation and system integration initiatives.
• Produce architecture docs and models using standard industry approaches.
• Provide technical leadership through design reviews and governance.

Skills

Technical leadership

Solution design

Cognitive flexibility

Tools

Azure

Docker

SQL Server

REST APIs

Microservices

Job description

We're partnering with a leading global business, currently investing heavily in modernising its technology landscape and expanding its Architecture function.

This is an opportunity to join a business where architecture is central to technology strategy, working across enterprise transformation programmes that will shape the future of their application landscape, cloud platform and digital capabilities.

You'll work closely with senior business stakeholders, engineering teams and product functions to design scalable, cloud-native solutions that solve real business problems while aligning with long-term enterprise architecture.

The Opportunity

You'll become part of a growing Architecture & Design team responsible for shaping technology across the organisation.

Working across multiple transformation initiatives, you'll design end-to-end solutions spanning application modernisation, cloud adoption, systems integration and new digital capabilities, ensuring every solution is scalable, secure and aligned to enterprise standards.

This role offers genuine influence, giving you the opportunity to guide engineering teams, shape architectural standards and contribute to the long-term technology direction of the business.

What You'll Be Doing

• Designing end-to-end solution architectures across enterprise applications and business platforms.
• Translating complex business requirements into scalable, practical technical solutions.
• Working closely with engineering teams throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure architectural quality.
• Designing cloud-native solutions across Azure (IaaS, PaaS & SaaS).
• Defining integration strategies across APIs, microservices and enterprise systems.
• Leading architecture across digital transformation, application modernisation and integration programmes.
• Producing architecture documentation, solution designs and system models using industry-standard approaches.
• Collaborating with business, product, engineering and executive stakeholders across multiple regions.
• Providing technical leadership through design reviews, mentoring and architectural governance.
• Challenging solution designs where appropriate to minimise technical debt and ensure long-term scalability.
• Promoting modern engineering practices, automation and AI-enabled ways of working across delivery teams.
• C#
• REST APIs
• Microservices
• Docker
• SQL Server

If you're a Software Architect who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, influencing enterprise-wide technology decisions and working closely with engineering teams to deliver modern, scalable solutions, I'd be keen to tell you more.