Strategic Lead Software Architect - Hybrid & Cloud-Native

Data Science Festival; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare package

Hybrid working

Life assurance

Holiday trading scheme

Retail discounts

Gym and fitness benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Influence on engineering direction

Job summary

Data Science Festival is seeking a Lead Software Architect to guide the technical direction of a growing SaaS platform. You will lead architecture design, set engineering standards, and mentor engineers across Product and Engineering teams in a collaborative, hybrid environment in Milton Keynes.

Reporting to the CTO, you will balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, ensure secure, scalable cloud-native solutions, and explore AI-powered tooling to boost development productivity.

Qualifications

• Experience designing scalable, secure software architectures.
• Strong background in cloud-native SaaS platforms.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and shape technical direction.

Responsibilities

• Designing and delivering scalable, secure software solutions.
• Lead architectural decisions balancing innovation and sustainability.
• Drive engineering best practices, coding standards and quality.
• Translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Mentor and coach engineers to grow technical capability.
• Champion modern engineering practices and automation.
• Explore AI-powered tools to improve productivity.
• Ensure cloud-native SaaS products are secure and scalable.

Skills

Architectural design

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Stakeholder management

Tools

C#

ASP.NET

Azure

React

REST APIs

Job description

Data Science Festival is seeking a Lead Software Architect to guide the technical direction of a growing SaaS platform. You will lead architecture design, set engineering standards, and mentor engineers across Product and Engineering teams in a collaborative, hybrid environment in Milton Keynes.

Reporting to the CTO, you will balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, ensure secure, scalable cloud-native solutions, and explore AI-powered tooling to boost development productivity.