Lead Enterprise Architect (HealthTech, Java/Kafka Stack)
| Posting date: | 27 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £100,000 to £140,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £100-140k + Package |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 February 2026 |
| Location: | London, bh88dy |
| Remote working: | Fully remote |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4762183_1769517141 |
Summary
Lead Enterprise Architect (HealthTech, Java/Kafka Stack)
UK Remote
£100 - £140k + 20% Bonus, 12% Pension, PMI.
Your new company
I am engaged on a project to recruit a Lead Enterprise Architect to join a prominent HealthTech brand that have expanded internationally. It's a greenfield position with genuine global impact, excellent benefits and support for a company that promotes wellness and has a positive impact on people's lives.
This role is offered UK Remote, with occasional days in either Bournemouth, London or Manchester. You must also be open to travel internationally to Singapore 3-4 times a year (expensed).
Your new role
This is a strategic, senior architecture role created to act as a technical bridge. The remit is to lead the structured transfer of platforms, services and code between global engineering teams - think enterprise architect + technical diplomat + platform evangelist across multiple geographies, predominantly the UK and Asia.
You'll:
- Own architectural governance, documentation and non functional requirements.- Track and drive remediation of technical debt and legacy risks.
- Identify emerging platform capabilities and innovations and assess suitability for new markets.
- Lead the technical design and planning of joint development initiatives.
- Define architectural blueprints, integration models and delivery approaches.
- Act as a senior technical advisor to business (exec level) and technology leadership.
- Champion shared platforms to accelerate delivery, reduce cost and improve consistency.
The key element that ties their mission together - they reward people for making positive/healthy lifestyle choices, and this extends to their employees. They are constantly launching new partnerships with the biggest brands which means the tech team needs to operate with the mentality of a start-up, it's constantly changing and is truly innovative.
What you'll need to succeed
We're looking for lead enterprise architecture experience within the FinTech/Insurance/HealthTech sectors, progressing from a Solutions Architecture/Software Engineering background.
You must be able to engage at exec/board level, articulating business value for highly technical architecture concepts. Relationship management is key, dealing with scepticism, selling the vision and influencing key stakeholders. Beyond this you'll understand the nuance and sensitivities of working across multiple timezones/geographies.
The tech stack is Java, Kafka, modern integration patterns/event driven architecture and Cloud (Aws / Azure / GCP are fine). We need strong experience building enterprise microservice architectures with security and scalability at the forefront.
What you'll get in return
You'll work for an award-winning bluechip company with an excellent reputation, both in the external market and amongst its employees, one that champions diversity and Women in Technology.
The benefits are market leading and include a 20% bonus scheme, 6% matched pension, Flexible Working Hours and UK Remote working, Health Insurance, Health & Wellbeing Incentives, almost unlimited Training & Development Opportunities, up to 30 days holiday + bank holidays, Reward & Recognition Schemes and multiple companywide events/socials & paid international travel.
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