Software Engineering Architect

Job Title: Application and Interface Architect Location: London Bridge – Hybrid (2-3 days per week)

Our client are a newly launched Insurtech startup, backed by one of the UK’s largest and most innovative retail groups. Focused on personal lines insurance, they are on a mission to shake up the industry with fresh ideas, smart technology, and customer-first solutions. As a small, fast-moving team in the early stages of building their platform, they need bold thinkers and doers to help us turn our vision into reality.

Focusing on the internal design of the software (PAS, claims, customer platforms, etc.), microservices, logic, and databases, ensuring the architecture can handle current and future business requirements (scalability, maintainability, etc.).
· defining how data is exchanged between different software components, platforms, or services.

Design from the Ground Up: Define and implement a clear and scalable architecture for application interfaces, setting the technical foundation for the platform.
· Work hand-in-hand with product, engineering, and business teams to align technology decisions with company goals.
· Pick the Right Tools: Evaluate and implement the best tools, frameworks, and technologies for our needs, ensuring we’re building on solid ground.
· Bring hands-on expertise to development, helping the team troubleshoot, optimise, and iterate as we grow.
· Champion Quality: Establish best practices for interface design, ensuring performance, usability, and maintainability at scale.
· Be Agile: Thrive in a start-up environment where priorities can shift, and the path forward isn’t always clear. Your adaptability will help them succeed.

Deep Expertise: Significant experience in application and interface architecture, with a focus on building scalable, user-focused systems.
· Hands-on experience with Azure technologies and a strong understanding of HTML and related web technologies.
· Insurance Know-How: You’ve worked in or around the insurance industry, so you understand the systems, data flows, and unique challenges of personal lines insurance.
· REST, SOAP, GraphQL) and data formats (e.g., JSON, XML) that enable effective data exchange across platforms.
· Ownership & Impact: You’ll play a key role in building the platform from scratch, with the freedom to make big decisions and shape our approach.
· Hybrid Working: Spend meaningful time collaborating in the London Bridge office while maintaining flexibility with your schedule.

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
· Technical Skills: Proficiency in architectural frameworks, design patterns, and technologies such as Microsoft application architecture, Azure application development, data platforms, interfaces, and microservices architecture.
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