At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the architecture of a high-scale, real-time platform using AWS and AI technologies.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking tech company in Manchester with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary of £70k, hybrid work model, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Be part of a dynamic team where your ideas can drive real change.
- Why this job: Shape the future of technology by designing robust systems that integrate AI.
- Qualifications: Experience in defining architecture for complex systems and strong AWS skills.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
A client of ours is seeking a Software Architect to take full ownership of the architecture for a high-scale, real-time platform currently being rebuilt on a modern AWS stack. The business is adopting an agentic-first delivery model, where AI agents contribute meaningfully alongside a small, senior engineering team.
This is a system-defining role, not a ticket-reviewing position. You will set the architectural direction, standards, and guardrails that enable fast, consistent delivery without drift.
The Opportunity
You will play a key role in shaping how a modern platform is designed, built, and scaled in an environment where AI-assisted development is a core part of the delivery model. The focus is on creating systems that are robust, adaptable, and capable of handling high-throughput, bursty demand.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and define the overall system architecture across AWS, including core services and serverless components for asynchronous workloads.
- Design high-volume, high-performance data-access layers to support real-time demand.
- Establish technical standards, patterns, and architectural boundaries, ensuring they are enforced through CI and automation.
- Lead solution design and ensure a strong definition-of-ready before development begins.
- Continuously evolve the architecture to support scaling without requiring re-platforming.
- Collaborate on the evaluation and governance of AI-generated code and agent-driven system interactions.
Technology Environment
TypeScript, NestJS, and AWS form the core stack. Infrastructure includes containerised services, serverless functions, managed databases, caching layers, and CDN capabilities. A strong emphasis is placed on high-throughput data design, performance optimisation, and CI-enforced architectural consistency.
What They Are Looking For
- Proven experience defining architecture and engineering standards for complex systems.
- Deep understanding of high-throughput data environments, including caching, read scaling, partitioning, and storage selection.
- Experience implementing guardrails that teams follow, ideally enforced through automation.
- Strong background in AWS and modern backend engineering practices.
- Comfortable working in environments where AI contributes significantly to code and delivery.
Desirable Experience
- Experience with AI-assisted or agent-driven development environments.
- Background in real-time or high-demand platforms such as marketplaces.
- Understanding of testing and evaluation approaches for non-deterministic systems.
- Ability to design systems that remain flexible and easy to evolve over time.
This is an opportunity to take genuine ownership of a platform's technical direction and help define how modern engineering teams operate alongside AI systems.
Contact Details:
Oscar Associates (UK) Limited Recruitment Team
