Senior Software Architect

Salary: £60,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements

• Significant experience in software architecture, system design, and development of complex engineering or scientific software systems.
• Technological breadth across development languages and platforms, including desktop, web, and distributed computing, which may include the cloud.
• Proven ability to design scalable and extensible architectures.
• Experience developing cloud infrastructure and distributed systems.
• Experience using modern front-end technologies.
• Ability to select languages and platforms to best fit the solution.
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices.
• Forward-thinking approach to take advantage of AI-assisted development processes.
• Experience leading software engineering teams in a startup or scaleup environment.
• Full existing UK work permission without time limit or sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Put architecture and systems in place for a new CAE platform.
• Develop the platform across desktop, web, and distributed computing environments.
• Design and implement scalable and extensible software architecture.
• Develop cloud infrastructure and distributed systems.
• Use modern front-end technologies as part of the solution.
• Select appropriate languages and platforms to best fit the solution.
• Grow and lead a team of software engineers.
• Help establish software engineering practices for a startup environment.

Technologies

• AI
• Cloud
• Web
• Architect

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We are an engineering software startup poised for growth and set to break new ground in CAE, helping liberate engineers from traditional design and creative constraints. We are developing a new platform based on our founders track record in this field, and the role will be mostly remote within the UK, with monthly two-day meetings in London. We are offering a highly competitive salary, with further benefits anticipated in line with company growth.

last updated 36 week of 2026