Lead Technical Architect

As Lead Technical Architect, you shape architectural vision and technical strategy for clients and Hippo’s practice. You’ll lead complex engagements, set standards, and mentor a team of architects and engineers. You’ll engage C-suite stakeholders, influence pre-sales, and drive thought leadership in a collaborative, agile environment. This role centers on building secure, scalable cloud-native platforms and driving transformation that delivers measurable societal impact. You join a multi-disciplinary team focused on delivering bespoke digital services.

• Contributory Pension Scheme (Hippo 6% & Employee 2%)
• 25 Days Holiday plus UK Public Holidays
• Perkbox discounts
• Critical illness cover
• Life assurance and death in service cover
• Volunteer days

• Define and evangelise architectural vision, standards, and best practices across the delivery practice
• Act as trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, including C-level executives, guiding long-term technical strategy
• Lead complex technical engagements with architectural oversight and quality assurance
• Mentor and coach architects and senior engineers to enhance skills and impact
• Drive pre-sales and business development, shaping technical responses to bids
• Contribute to thought leadership through public speaking, writing, and community engagement
• Make and communicate key architectural decisions impacting multiple projects or clients

• Senior-level experience as a Technical Architect with a track record leading large-scale digital transformations
• Expertise designing and implementing complex architectures across major Public Cloud platforms with multi-cloud strategies
• Deep understanding of Cloud-native stacks with hands-on Kubernetes and advanced CI/CD tooling
• Extensive Infrastructure-as-Code experience, particularly Terraform
• Proven ability to influence C-suite stakeholders
• Knowledge of security, networking, and governance in cloud context
• Consultancy experience including pre-sales, proposals, and business growth
• Mastery of working in an Agile environment and leading teams

• Stakeholder management and communication
• Mentoring and leadership
• Strategic thinking and influencing at executive level
• Kubernetes
• CI/CD tooling
• Terraform