Hybrid work model – 2 days in the office, 3 days remote
Initial 3-month contract - Expected total duration 9+ months
5V Tech are working with a global technology company building large-scale analytics and data platforms that support advanced navigation and mapping systems used by millions of users worldwide.
Our client is looking for a Staff Software Architect to join a highly technical engineering group focused on large-scale data processing, system architecture, and analytics infrastructure.
This is a primarily architecture-focused role, centred around designing scalable systems, improving data flows across complex environments, and helping engineering teams simplify and optimise large-scale platforms.
What you'll be working on
- Owning system architecture across multiple engineering teams
- Designing scalable distributed systems and cloud-based data platforms
- Building and improving data lakes, pipelines, and large-scale data flows
- Driving architectural decisions around scalability, reliability, and performance
- Improving complex system interactions and data movement across platforms
- Providing technical leadership and influencing engineering best practices
- Working closely with distributed teams to deliver high-impact solutions
Why this role stands out
- Architecture-first role with real technical ownership
- Large-scale distributed systems and data engineering challenges
- Influence across multiple teams without direct people management
- Strong focus on simplifying and optimising complex systems
- High-impact work used at integral scale
Requirements
- Experience as a Software Architect, Staff Engineer, or Technical Architect
- Strong system design and architecture experience in large-scale environments
- Strong experience with Python and Scala
- Strong background in software and data architecture, including data lakes, data pipelines, and large-scale data processing
- Experience designing scalable distributed systems and data platforms
- Experience with Azure cloud technologies
- Experience working with complex data flows and system integrations at scale
- Strong understanding of software engineering best practices across the SDLC
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Nice to have
- Experience with event-driven architectures or big data frameworks
- Experience in enterprise-scale environments
- Experience working with analytics or data-intensive platforms