Senior Platform Architect (Progress OpenEdge & Java)

K&K Talents is an international recruiting agency that has been providing technical resources in the European region since 1993. This position is with one of our clients in United Kingdom who is actively hiring candidates to expand their teams.

Role: Senior Platform Architect (Progress OpenEdge & Java)

Employment type: Full Time Permanent

Location: Crawley, London

Mode: Hybrid

Required Skills & Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, platform architecture, or technical leadership roles.
• Strong expertise in Progress OpenEdge (ABL/OpenEdge platform) architecture and development.
• Extensive experience with Java and enterprise application development, including technologies such as Spring Boot, REST APIs, Microservices, and Hibernate/JPA.
• Proven experience designing and supporting large-scale, business-critical on-premise platforms.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles, distributed systems, software design patterns, and system integration.
• Experience defining and executing large-scale, multi-year technology strategies and roadmaps.
• Demonstrated success leading architecture and engineering initiatives across multiple teams and business domains.
• Strong knowledge of security architecture, governance, risk management, and compliance requirements.
• Experience driving platform standardization, operational excellence, and continuous improvement programs.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills, with the ability to influence senior technical and business stakeholders.
• Experience working within enterprise-scale or highly regulated environments is highly desirable.

Note: Applicants for employment in UK should possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa