Software Architect

MCS Group | Your Specialist Recruitment Consultancy; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

MCS Group is partnering with a Dublin-based software company hiring a Software Architect to guide the next generation of a cloud-native SaaS platform. The role involves setting architectural standards, driving scalability, security and resilience, and influencing engineering teams across multiple disciplines.

You will shape long-term technical direction, work with leadership, and have a significant say in technology choices while mentoring senior engineers and ensuring robust platform governance.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and delivering cloud-native SaaS platforms.
• Excellent AWS architecture experience.
• Strong background in distributed systems and microservices.
• Knowledge of modern software architecture patterns.
• Ability to influence engineering teams without direct line management.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture of a modern cloud-native SaaS platform.
• Define the longer-term technical vision and architecture roadmap.
• Design scalable, secure and resilient distributed systems.
• Lead architecture across application, cloud, integrations and data.
• Set engineering standards and architecture principles.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Product on major technical decisions.
• Mentor senior engineers and raise the technical bar.

Skills

Cloud-native SaaS

AWS architecture

Distributed systems

Microservices

Architectural patterns

Stakeholder influence

Leadership without mgmt

Engineering curiosity

Tools

Docker

Datadog

Job description

Software Architect
Dublin - Hybrid

MCS Group is partnering with an innovative software company in Dublin who are looking for an experienced Software Architect to play a key role in the next stage of their growth.

This is a really interesting opportunity because it isn't about coming in and maintaining an existing architecture.
The business already has a successful SaaS product supporting high-volume, business-critical operations, but they're now investing heavily in building the next generation of their platform.

You have a lot of influence over what that looks like, from the overall architecture and technology choices through to engineering standards, scalability, resilience and security.

If you enjoy getting into complex technical problems, working closely with strong engineering teams and having genuine input into how a platform is built, this could be a really good one.

What you’ll be doing...

As Software Architect, you'll work closely with the engineering leadership team to shape the long-term technical direction of the platform.
You'll still be close to the technology, but your main focus will be making the right architectural decisions, setting standards and helping engineering teams build a platform that can scale with the business.
You'll be responsible for:

• Owning the architecture of a modern cloud-native SaaS platform
• Defining the longer-term technical vision and architecture roadmap
• Designing scalable, secure and resilient distributed systems
• Leading architecture across application, cloud, integrations and data
• Setting engineering standards and architecture principles
• Working closely with Engineering and Product on major technical decisions
• Supporting teams through complex technical challenges and trade-offs
• Driving best practice across Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture and Domain-Driven Design
• Improving performance, reliability, observability and overall platform resilience
• Helping shape how AI can be used responsibly across engineering and future platform capabilities
• Mentoring senior engineers and helping raise the technical bar across the team

The technology...

The environment includes:

Backend

• Node.js
• NestJS
• TypeScript
• JavaScript

Frontend

• Angular
• HTML
• CSS

Cloud & Infrastructure

• AWS
• ECS / Fargate
• Lambda
• S3
• RDS
• Docker

Data

• PostgreSQL
• MongoDB
• Redis / ElastiCache
• SQL

Monitoring

• Datadog

Architecture

• Microservices
• Distributed Systems
• Event-Driven Architecture
• Domain-Driven Design
• Cloud-Native SaaS

What we’re looking for...

You could currently be working as a Software Architect, Technical Architect, Platform Architect, Principal Engineer, Staff Engineer or a Lead Engineer who has taken on significant architecture responsibility.
Ideally, you’ll have:

• Strong experience designing and delivering cloud-native SaaS platforms
• Excellent AWS architecture experience
• A strong background in distributed systems and microservices
• Good knowledge of modern software architecture patternsExperience designing highly available, scalable and resilient systems
• The ability to work across both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience influencing engineering teams without necessarily having direct line management responsibility
• A genuine interest in modern engineering and continually improving how things are built

What’s on offer... The biggest attraction here is the opportunity to have real input into a new platform rather than simply maintaining what is already there. You’ll be joining at a point where some major architectural decisions are being made and will have the opportunity to help shape a modern cloud-native platform that needs to support significant future growth.