Software Architect
| Posting date: | 28 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | £70 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | PAYE available |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 May 2026 |
| Location: | Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE3 3AF |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | Carbon60 |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | BBBH177003_1777372128 |
Summary
We are looking for a software architect to join our team in Newcastle.
Responsibilities
- Work with System Architects to translate business goals and high-level requirements into robust software architectures, balancing performance, security, reliability, and compliance
- Design scalable, flexible, and maintainable architectures for complex geospatial systems using the latest modern cloud based technologies and tools
- Identify technical risks early and define pragmatic mitigation strategies
- Work in an AGILE scrum team, collaborating closely with software engineers, testers and the Product Owner, providing clear guidance and hands-on architectural support
- Collaborate with development teams to select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and patterns
- Ensure delivered solutions align with the agreed architecture and meet both functional and non-functional requirements
- Produce clear, structured documentation covering architecture decisions and design rationale
- Contribute to and support technical and architectural reviews
Skill Set
Essential
- Strong experience designing and owning software architectures for complex systems, preferably in a cloud environment with an awareness of DevSecOps
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with practical delivery
- Confidence communicating architectural designs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience working in environments with security, reliability, and compliance constraints, preferably in the geospatial domain.
- A collaborative mindset and passion for mentoring and supporting engineering teams
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.