Principal Software Architect

Summary

The Principal Software Architect will define architectural principles and target-state designs for a complex, multi-system platform. This role involves guiding engineering teams on scalability, security, and modernization while partnering with leadership to drive strategic technical decisions.

Salary: £100,000 - 120,000 per year

Requirements:
  • Proven experience defining architecture across SaaS, product-led or platform-based environments
  • Experience working across complex, multi-system or distributed technology landscapes
  • Strong understanding of API design, integration architecture and service-oriented systems
  • Cloud architecture experience, ideally within Azure
  • Strong appreciation for security-by-design, resilience, scalability and operational excellence
  • Comfortable influencing technical direction without formal management responsibility
  • Experience leading platform consolidation or large-scale modernisation programmes is highly advantageous
Responsibilities:
  • Define architectural principles, standards and target-state designs across our platform
  • Drive platform consolidation and reduce duplication across systems
  • Define service boundaries, ownership models and integration patterns
  • Review significant technical initiatives and provide architectural guidance across multiple engineering teams
  • Embed security, resilience, scalability and observability into platform design from the outset
  • Identify architectural risk, technical debt and platform constraints
  • Partner with Engineering and Product leadership on strategic technical decisions
  • Influence engineering teams through technical credibility rather than direct line management
Technologies:
  • API
  • Architect
  • Azure
  • Cloud
  • CTO
  • Security
  • Support

More:

We are hiring for a Principal Architect to help shape the future of a broad, complex technology platform spanning multiple systems, services, integrations and data capabilities. This is a genuine platform-level architecture role focused on guiding the evolution of our wider technology landscape, with a strong emphasis on consistency, scalability and maintainability. The role is based in Uxbridge, Greater West London, with hybrid working and two days onsite per week. We offer a salary of £100,000 to £120,000 plus benefits. You will work closely with senior engineering and product leaders and report to the CTO, with the opportunity to make a lasting impact across the organisation.

last updated 35 week of 2026

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