Software Architect

MCS Group Consultancy; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

MCS Group Consultancy in Dublin is seeking an experienced Software Architect to lead the architecture of a modern cloud-native SaaS platform. You will shape the technical vision, influence engineering standards, and collaborate with product teams on major decisions.

The role emphasizes design of scalable, secure, resilient systems, guidance across microservices and event-driven patterns, and mentoring senior engineers to raise the technical bar.

Qualifications

• Strong experience designing and delivering cloud-native SaaS platforms.
• Excellent AWS architecture experience.
• Background in distributed systems and microservices.
• Experience designing highly available, scalable and resilient systems.
• Ability to work across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience influencing engineering teams without direct line management.
• Genuine interest in modern engineering and continuous improvement.

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 architecture

AWS

Distributed systems

Microservices

Event-Driven Architecture

Domain-Driven Design

Leadership

Mentoring

Tools

Node.js

NestJS

TypeScript

JavaScript

Angular

HTML

CSS

AWS

Docker

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

Datadog

Job description

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'll 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...

• 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 patterns Experience 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. TPBN1_IJ