Software Architect

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Hands-On Software Architect (Contract) | Outside IR35

London or Dublin | Hybrid (2-3 Days Onsite per Week)
Initial 3-6 Month Contract
Competitive Day Rate | Outside IR35
Immediate Start

 A leading consultancy is seeking a Hands-On Software Architect to support the delivery of a strategic integration platform on behalf of a global insurance and reinsurance organisation.

This is a highly technical architecture role suited to someone who enjoys remaining close to the code. You will be responsible for defining the technical architecture, establishing engineering standards and patterns, and working closely with development teams to deliver a modern, scalable integration platform within a complex enterprise environment.

Working within a Microsoft technology stack across both on-premise and Azure-hosted environments, you will collaborate with technical leadership, engineering teams, QA, and data specialists to deliver a resilient solution against a fixed delivery timeline.

Software Architect Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end technical architecture for a business-critical integration platform.
• Partner with senior technology stakeholders to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles and future technology strategy.
• Define architecture standards, design patterns, and engineering best practices.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership while remaining actively involved in solution design and development.
• Design secure, scalable, event-driven architectures using modern integration technologies.
• Lead architectural decision-making across APIs, messaging, integration, and cloud services.
• Ensure solutions are designed for resilience, recoverability, monitoring, and operational supportability.
• Support delivery teams through technical challenges and key programme milestones.

Software Architect Required Experience

• Proven experience as a Hands-On Software Architect or Technical Architect within medium-to-large-scale enterprise environments.
• Strong software engineering background with C# and .NET Core.
• Experience designing and implementing microservi