Application architect, Software Development

We are hiring an experienced Application Architect to work closely with Product and Engineering leadership to ensure the correct design and evolution of their technical systems.

This role operates upstream of development. You’ll analyse requirements, define technical approaches and ensure systems are designed properly before implementation begins, reducing rework and improving long-term maintainability.

• Act as the technical bridge between Product and Engineering
• Work upstream of development to analyse requirements and define technical approaches
• Ensure clear separation of concerns across frontend, backend and infrastructure

• Collaborate with senior technical and product leadership to analyse and clarify product requirements
• Review and refine tickets before they are assigned to developers
• Define and document system architecture, technical approaches, data models, data flows and API contracts
• Ensure clear frontend vs backend responsibilities
• Prevent over-engineering, under-engineering and business logic leaking into the frontend
• Support engineering teams during implementation to ensure alignment with agreed designs
• Escalate complex or high-risk technical decisions where required

• Solid experience in backend development and system design
• Proven experience designing and evolving complex systems in production
• Deep understanding of web application architectures, REST APIs and data-driven systems
• Strong knowledge of relational databases such as Postgre
  
  SQL or MySQL
• Proven commercial experience working with PHP Laravel (essential)
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Pragmatic mindset with sound judgement around technical trade-offs
• Experience working in product-led environments
• Experience with large monolithic systems evolving over time
• Familiarity with modular or service-oriented architectures
• Experience mentoring senior engineers on architectural topics

This role offers the opportunity to define how architectural decisions are made before development begins and to shape system design at a critical stage of growth.

Candidates will need to be based in either the UK or Europe only.

Unfortunately we are unable to provide sponsorship for this position.