Technical Architect

Technical Architect – C# / Azure / AI

Location: UK Remote

Contract: Permanent | Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)

Salary: Competitive (DOE)

The Opportunity:

We're working with an established UK technology business looking for an experienced Technical Architect to take ownership of the technical direction of its cloud-native SaaS platforms.

This isn't a role where you'll spend your days sitting in meetings producing architecture diagrams that never get built.

You'll have a genuine say in how software is designed, developed and delivered, working directly with the CTO and influencing engineering teams across the business.

It's a particularly exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys solving complex technical problems, experimenting with new technologies and helping shape the future of products, including the adoption of AI-powered solutions .

You'll be stepping into the most senior purely technical position within the development function, with the freedom to influence architecture, engineering standards and long-term technical strategy.

What You'll Be Doing

• Taking ownership of the overall architecture of multiple cloud-native SaaS products.
• Designing scalable, secure and reliable systems using C#, Azure and modern web technologies .
• Working closely with the CTO to help shape technical strategy and future product development.
• Building proof-of-concepts to explore new technologies and solve complex engineering challenges.
• Helping drive the adoption and integration of AI-powered solutions.
• Providing technical leadership, guidance and mentoring across development teams.
• Designing event-driven architectures, microservices and API integrations.
• Influencing engineering best practices across security, DevOps, testing and cloud infrastructure.
• Reviewing technical designs and code to ensure high engineering standards.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who has come through a strong hands-on software engineering background and progressed into architecture while maintaining a genuine interest in building technology.

Essential experience:

• 10+ years of commercial software development experience.
• Strong experience with C# / .NET and JavaScript .
• Proven experience designing and building cloud-native applications, ideally within Microsoft Azure .
• Experience building AI-powered solutions.
• Strong understanding of microservices, asynchronous processing and event-driven architecture.
• Experience designing and securing APIs.
• Strong understanding of SOLID principles, software architecture patterns and best practices.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Good understanding of application security, including OWASP.
• Comfortable working with senior stakeholders and influencing technical decisions.

Even better if you have:

• Experience building Agentic AI solutions or working with AI coding agents.
• Strong Azure experience, including Azure Functions and Cosmos DB.
• Experience with Domain-Driven Design (DDD).
• Knowledge of DevSecOps, infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience designing highly scalable and resilient systems.
• Exposure to Blazor, MAUI or data-intensive applications.

What's In It For You?

• Remote working
• A genuinely influential position, reporting directly to the CTO.
• The opportunity to shape the architecture and technical direction of established SaaS products.
• Exposure to modern AI technologies and the opportunity to influence how they're adopted.
• 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing to 28 days with service.
• Pension scheme and death-in-service benefit.
• Healthcare cash plan.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Career development and progression opportunities.

Interested?

If you're an experienced Software Architect, Technical Architect or Senior/Principal Engineer who's ready to have a bigger influence on technical direction, I'd be keen to have a conversation.