Technical Architect

Experis; Shrewsbury; Hybrid; GBP 111,000 - 122,000; Full time

Job summary

Experis is seeking a Technical Architect for a 6-month contract based in the UK. Location is Telford with 2–3 days onsite weekly, and hybrid travel to Birmingham, Manchester or London for team events. BPSS clearance is required.

The role involves defining software architecture, driving scalable solutions, and guiding the development community. Experience with microservices, Java, AWS, and REST APIs is essential, along with strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and delivering microservices-based architectures.
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs, containers, and cloud platforms (AWS).
• Hands-on contributor with willingness to get hands-on when needed.
• Experience with Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical architect for architecture and design decisions.
• Define and build software solutions with focus on scalability and maintainability.
• Communicate architectural views and guidance to stakeholders.
• Help build an effective development team and mentor engineers.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Communication skills

Problem solving

Curiosity & learning

Team leadership

Tools

Microservices

REST APIs

Containerisation

Java

AWS

MongoDB

Job description

Technical Architect

Rate: £600 £662

Clearance Required: BPSS

Duration:6 months

Location: Telford - 2/3 times a week onsite

Hybrid expectations: monthly travel for team events. Locations may vary between Telford, Birmingham, Manchester or London.

Job Description

• The Technical Architect is the point of contact for technical & software architecture and design queries/decisions.
• Define and build software solution(s) considering maturity, integrity, stability, scale, maintainability and user profile.
• Articulate the different architectural views to depict aspects of the solution and common mechanisms for interactions between software components.
• Know the longer-term technical strategy and how the solution will consider this, whilst ensuring the software solution is compatible with the overall architecture.
• Appreciate non-technology aspects of the software solution (eg business strategy).
• Support the solution throughout its construction, providing support to the development community.
• Relay key messages to other architects, managers and developers consistently.
• Convince the team to adhere to and effectively leverage the software architecture and maintain modifications in architecturally relevant documents.
• Assist in building an effective team of developers
• Experience with Agile methodologies & skills.
• Curiosity, continuous learning and willingness to get hands-on when needed
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Problem solving and creativity skillsSkills

Technical skills

• Microservices
• REST APIs
• Containerisation
• Java
• AWS
• MongoDB
• Stakeholder management