Technology & Software Architecture Lead

Technology & Software Architecture Lead Southampton | Hybrid | 2-3 days a week onsite Senior Technology Leadership Role | Reporting to the CTO Are you an experienced Software Architect, Application Architect or senior technical leader looking for an opportunity to shape and rebuild business-critical software solutions? We're recruiting a Technology & Software Architecture Lead to join a successful and growing organisation undergoing an exciting period of technology transformation.

Working closely with the CTO, you'll review the existing software and application landscape and lead the future design, rebuild and modernisation of customer-facing technology solutions. The focus is very much on software, architecture and technical leadership. You'll assess existing solutions, understand what is working and what needs to change, and define a modern technology architecture capable of supporting future growth.

This could involve rebuilding applications, improving integration's, consolidating systems and introducing new technologies, including AI, where they can deliver genuine business value. What are we looking for? You'll combine strong software engineering knowledge with architecture and technical leadership experience. You should be comfortable operating strategically while remaining close enough to the technology to guide development teams and technical decisions. Experience across areas such as:
Software, application or solutions architecture Designing and modernising complex customer-facing applications Software transformation or application rebuild programmes Modern software development and architecture Microservices and service-oriented architectures APIs, integration patterns and third-party services C#, .NET, JavaScript, and/or Python SQL, data integration and enterprise data systems Cloud-native architecture and modern engineering practices Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD Technical leadership of software development teams

Experience with AI, LLMs or agentic AI would be highly valuable, particularly where you have helped move AI into real business or customer solutions. Why apply? This is an opportunity to join an established and growing organisation at an important point in its technology journey. Rather than simply maintaining an existing architecture, you'll have the opportunity to review what exists today and help shape what comes next.

If you're a Software Architect, Principal Engineer or Software Development Lead looking for a role where you can make a genuine impact, we'd love to hear from you. Hit apply or contact Steve at Spectrum IT Recruitment. Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.