IT & Software

Software Architect

Spectrum IT Recruitment

Southampton · Hampshire · United Kingdom

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Overview

In this role you will lead architectural design for secure, scalable cloud-based software and guide AI-enabled development. You will collaborate with software engineers, product teams and stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions that leverage AI tools throughout the lifecycle. The position sits at the intersection of modern architecture, cloud technologies and AI-assisted engineering, shaping an AI-native engineering environment. You will mentor teams, establish best practices and ensure robust, maintainable systems.

Responsibilities
  • Lead architecture and design of secure, scalable cloud-based software solutions
  • Provide technical leadership across the software development lifecycle from design through deployment
  • Develop and enhance applications using C#, .NET and cloud technologies
  • Champion and integrate AI development tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Codex) in daily work
  • Identify opportunities to improve architecture and delivery via AI-assisted engineering
  • Ensure solutions meet security, performance, scalability and maintainability standards
  • Lead architectural decisions and establish best practices across teams
  • Mentor developers and review AI-generated outputs
  • Collaborate with Product Management and engineering to translate requirements into technical solutions
  • Support debugging, testing, code reviews and continuous improvement
Key requirements
  • Proven experience as Software Architect, Solution Architect or Senior Software Engineer with architectural responsibilities
  • Strong hands-on development with C# and Visual Studio/VS Code
  • Experience designing cloud-based, multi-tenant applications
  • Solid understanding of software architecture, design patterns and SOLID principles
  • Experience developing RESTful APIs and extensible integration solutions
  • Knowledge of databases and Entity Framework or similar
  • Experience with Git, Azure DevOps or equivalent
  • Strong understanding of application security, authentication and authorization
  • Experience with unit testing, code reviews and QA
  • Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools (Copilot, Claude Code, Codex)
  • Excellent communication, problem-solving and stakeholder engagement skills
  • Ability to own architectural decisions and ensure quality and reliability
  • communication
  • problem-solving
  • stakeholder engagement
  • C#
  • Visual Studio/VS Code
  • RESTful APIs

Reference: WJ-747_31289875 · Posted 11 Nov 2026, 08:44 PM

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