TL;DR

Technical Architect: Defining and owning the long-term technical vision and architecture for a modern retail & hospitality POS and Payments platform with an accent on modernisation, event-driven design, and cloud infrastructure. Focus on leading AI-first engineering initiatives, ensuring scalability, security, and delivering elegant solutions for complex systemic challenges.

Location: Flexible (Norwich, Norfolk)

Company

%hirify_global% builds modern, reliable, and scalable retail & hospitality POS and Payments platforms.

What you will do

Own the long-term technical vision and reference architecture for %hirify_global%.
Drive modernisation, service unification, and event-driven system design across the platform.
Lead AWS/K8s architecture, failover design, and Infrastructure as Code standards.
Champion cost efficiency, improve reliability, performance, and observability.
Lead AI-first engineering initiatives, deploying AI tools for code generation, testing, and automation.
Mentor senior engineers and raise architectural literacy.

Requirements

English: B2 required
Proven experience as a senior technical leader solving complex systemic challenges.
Ability to partner across teams and influence without direct authority.
Deep understanding of good architecture principles and delivering scalable, resilient systems.
Commercially savvy and energised by transformation.
Passion for helping teams ship faster with confidence and clarity.
Familiarity with AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Redis, Terraform, and New Relic.

Culture & Benefits

Direct impact on a platform powering thousands of businesses globally.
Freedom to innovate and shape a modern, unified architecture.
Culture valuing engineering craft, autonomy, and continuous improvement.
Opportunity to lead transformational change at scale.