Lead Architect

Reed
Cr00Xt, CR0 0XT, United Kingdom
2 weeks ago
£115,000 – £130,000 pa

Salary

£115,000 – £130,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Lead
Posted
12 May 2026 (2 weeks ago)

Benefits

Competitive salary and bonus scheme Gym membership and wellness benefits Flexible working options

Lead Architect

  • Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent
  • Location: Hybrid, 3 days a week onsite in Clapham Junction
  • Hours: 40 per week

A new exciting permanent opportunity has become available for an experienced Lead Architect, to join an UK leading gym group where you will play a pivotal role in shaping the architectural blueprint that enables their technology vision.

Reporting directly to the CTO and leading a team of Solution Architects, Technical Architects, System Analysts, and Solution Designers, you will be responsible for maintaining robust and comprehensive documentation of current and target states across their technology landscape.

This strategic and hands-on role involves setting architectural vision, enabling scale, and ensuring technical excellence in execution.

Day-to-day of the role:

  • Own and evolve the enterprise architecture blueprint, reference architectures, and target state definitions.
  • Shape architecture principles and governance, driving alignment across business, data, applications, infrastructure, and security.
  • Lead technical decision-making across the cloud platform including 3rd party integrations.
  • Act as the senior technical voice in executive and programme-level forums, influencing both strategic investments and day-to-day designs.
  • Drive architectural runway, risk management, and lifecycle planning to support growth, resilience, and innovation.
  • Foster architectural standards, documentation, and tooling adoption (e.g., C4, Archimate, UML, LeanIX).

Required Skills & Qualifications:

  • Extensive hands-on experience in enterprise and solution architecture for large digital businesses i.e. subscriptions, memberships, platforms
  • Building scalable distributed systems using modern architecture patterns.
  • Deep experience defining and managing architecture governance models, roadmaps, standards, and artefacts.
  • Strong influencing skills across senior business stakeholders, technology leadership, and delivery teams.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Azure, including App Services, AKS, AAD, Event Hubs, API Management, etc.
  • Experience with high-concurrency, high-availability designs, fault tolerance, and auto-scaling patterns.
  • Solid understanding of Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Hexagonal Architecture, CQRS, and Event Sourcing.
  • Knowledge of regulatory and compliance frameworks: PCI DSS, ISO 27001, GDPR, PSD2, Cyber Essentials+.
  • Familiarity with architecture modelling platforms (LeanIX, BizzDesign, SparxEA) and use of modelling standards (UML, C4, BPMN, Archimate).

Recruitment process:

  • 1st stage - call with the CTO
  • 2nd stage - face to face interview completing a presentation
  • 3rd stage - cultural fit

Benefits:

  • Competitive salary and bonus scheme.
  • Gym membership and wellness benefits.
  • Flexible working options.
  • Opportunities to work on innovative products impacting thousands of members.

To apply for the Lead Architect position, please submit your CV to be considered immediately.


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