Technical Architect - musicMagpie

AO; Bolton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company, musicMagpie, is seeking a Technical Architect to define and implement architecture strategies. This role focuses on collaboration with development teams to foster innovative practices while maintaining system integrity and future-proofing the architecture. As part of a passionate team, you will drive impactful changes in a mission-focused environment. The position offers a competitive salary, numerous benefits including 33 days holiday, and meaningful initiatives like volunteering leave, ensuring a rewarding work experience.

Benefits

33 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays)

Holiday purchase scheme

Salary sacrifice pension scheme

Share save scheme

Discounts across the musicMagpie product range

2 days paid leave for volunteering

Employee Assistance Helpline (EAP)

Access to mental health first aiders

Qualifications

• Solid experience in software development and architectural design.
• Knowledge of scalable, secure, and resilient systems in ecommerce/logistics.
• Familiarity with Azure, AWS, or GCP and infrastructure as code.

Responsibilities

• Shape and own high-level architecture principles.
• Collaborate with product owners and tech leads for technical solutions.
• Create clear architectural documentation.

Skills

Software Development

Architectural Design

Cloud Platforms

Microservices

Event-Driven Systems

Leadership

Communication

Education

BSc in Computer Science or Software Engineering

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07.07.2025

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About The Role

We’ve recently welcomed musicMagpie to the AO family, a company that shares our passion for putting customers first, caring about our teams and making a real difference. Together, we’re set to make an even bigger difference and with that comes exciting opportunities to shape the future of sustainable tech.

musicMagpie are on a mission to make tech more affordable and help protect the planet by encouraging recycling, refurbishing, and repurposing tech and physical media products. Giving millions of customers a smart, sustainable, and trusted way to buy, sell, and rent phones, tablets, games consoles, laptops, and other tech - all in one place.

We’re looking for a Technical Architect who can help shape the future of how we do tech. Working closely with our senior technical leaders, you'll play a key role in setting the direction of our architecture - making sure it's not just fit for today, but tomorrow. It’s a role with real impact where you’ll be hands-on with our development teams, turning strategy into action, guiding best practices, and helping us build smarter, faster, and better. Whether you’re leading architectural change or supporting key projects, you'll be right at the heart of delivering big things for the business.

Here's What You Can Expect To Be Doing

• Shaping and owning our high-level architecture principles - and making sure they’re embedded into everything we build.
• Working closely with product owners, senior stakeholders, and tech leads to turn big business goals into smart technical solutions.
• Creating clear, useful architecture documentation that helps everyone understand where we are - and where we’re heading.
• Getting stuck into discovery and planning phases, offering architectural insight right from the start of major projects.
• Embedding yourself in our dev teams when it matters most - guiding change, mentoring others, and keeping everything aligned to the bigger picture.
• Championing reuse and consistency across platforms, services, and teams - so we don’t keep reinventing the wheel.
• Spotting risks before they become problems, and putting smart plans in place to tackle them.
• Driving modern engineering practices - from DevOps to microservices, cloud-native to event-driven architecture.
• Keeping an eye on the latest tools and tech - and recommending what’ll help us scale and stay ahead.

A Few Things About You

• You’ve got solid experience in software development and architectural design - ideally across full stack or enterprise environments.
• You know what it takes to design scalable, secure, and resilient systems - especially in ecommerce or logistics.
• You’re comfortable working with modern cloud platforms (like Azure, AWS or GCP), containers, and infrastructure-as-code.
• You’ve got a strong grasp of architectural styles - from microservices to event-driven systems and cloud-native patterns.
• You're a natural leader - someone who can guide teams, influence direction, and bring people together around a shared technical vision.
• You’re a great communicator - just as confident chatting with devs as you are explaining complex ideas to non-tech stakeholders.
• BSc in Computer Science or Software Engineering would be useful, however equivalent professional experience is equally as beneficial.
• Relevant industry standard certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert) are advantageous but not required.

A Bit About Us

musicMagpie is the surprisingly quick and easy way to declutter and get cash for your stuff, which is why millions of people use us every year to sell their mobile phone, games consoles, tablets, smartwatches, CDs, DVDs, Games, Books, Blu-Rays & much more (you can now sell LEGO with us too!). We've paid hundreds of millions to our happy customers - the smart, sustainable and trusted way to shop an sell
As a pioneer in the circular economy, we’ve built a trusted platform using our circular model of recycling, refurbishing, reselling and renting products to give tech a second life and help to reduce e-waste on a massive scale.

As a musicMagpie employee, you’ll be part of a company that’s making a real difference, redefining how people buy and sell tech, and shaping a greener, more sustainable future. Plus, you’ll have the chance to learn, grow and innovate alongside a team that’s friendly, supportive and always looking ahead!
• 33 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
• Holiday purchase scheme on top of your above statutory allowance!
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Share save scheme
• Discounts across the musicMagpie product range
• Making a difference - 2 days paid leave for volunteering at a charity of your choice
• Health & wellbeing - Employee Assistance Helpline (EAP) & access to mental health first aiders and much more