Lead Software Architect
Data Idols · Lathbury, Newport Pagnell ·
- Seniority
- Lead
- Category
- Architecture
Salary: £80,000 - 85,000 per year
Requirements:- Extensive experience designing and delivering high-quality software within modern engineering environments.
- Strong commercial experience with C#, ASP.NET, Azure, React and REST APIs.
- Experience designing scalable, secure and maintainable software architectures.
- Strong understanding of cloud-native application development and Azure services.
- Experience influencing technical strategy and architectural decision making.
- Knowledge of secure software development practices within SaaS or regulated environments.
- Experience mentoring engineers and promoting engineering best practice.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- An interest in using AI tools to improve software engineering productivity and delivery.
- Design and deliver scalable, secure and maintainable software solutions.
- Lead architectural decisions that balance innovation, performance and long-term sustainability.
- Drive engineering best practice, coding standards and software quality across development teams.
- Work closely with Product Managers and stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
- Mentor and coach engineers, helping to raise technical capability across the wider team.
- Champion modern software engineering practices, automation and continuous improvement.
- Explore and adopt AI-powered development tools where they add measurable value.
- Support the delivery of reliable, cloud-native SaaS products within a security-focused environment.
- Provide technical leadership across multiple projects while helping to shape the future direction of the engineering function.
- AI
- ASP.NET
- Azure
- C#
- Cloud
- Support
- REST
- React
- Security
- Architect
- CTO
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We are a growing, technology-led SaaS organisation investing heavily in our engineering capability and modern cloud platform. We offer a collaborative, forward-thinking engineering team where you will have genuine influence over technical direction. The role is hybrid, with one day every other week in Milton Keynes, and comes with a salary of £80,000 to £85,000 plus benefits including comprehensive healthcare and wellbeing support, life assurance, holiday trading, retail discounts, gym and fitness benefits, ongoing learning and professional development, and a culture where technical excellence is genuinely valued.
last updated 39 week of 2026