Platform Architect

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Eddy Nsabue

Eddy Nsabue

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London
Dependent on experience
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The Organisation

A high-growth, European-headquartered technology business operating in digital identity, cybersecurity and regulatory technology.

The company provides a market-leading identity platform used by enterprises, governments and regulated organisations to manage customer, workforce and B2B identities securely.

With an established client base across financial services, telecoms and the public sector, the business is entering an exciting phase of growth driven by rising demand for secure digital identity solutions across Europe.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Platform Architect to play a key role in shaping the future architecture, scalability and performance of a sophisticated identity platform.

This is a high-impact role working across engineering, product, client delivery and leadership teams to ensure the platform remains secure, resilient and commercially aligned as the business continues to grow.

The successful candidate will combine strong technical depth with the ability to engage stakeholders, guide engineering teams and translate business needs into robust architectural solutions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own and evolve the architecture roadmap for the core platform and associated services
  • Ensure platform scalability, resilience, security and performance standards are met
  • Lead architectural decisions across cloud infrastructure, applications, integrations and data flows
  • Work closely with engineering and product teams to support new feature delivery
  • Define technical standards, governance and best practice across the platform estate
  • Support client implementations requiring complex integrations or bespoke solutions
  • Identify technical risks, legacy constraints and optimisation opportunities
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to align technology decisions with commercial priorities
  • Provide architectural leadership for platform modernisation and future growth initiatives

Candidate Profile

  • Proven experience in a Platform Architect, Solution Architect, Enterprise Architect or similar role within a software or SaaS environment
  • Strong knowledge of cloud platforms, modern application architecture and API-led integration
  • Experience designing secure, highly available and scalable enterprise platforms
  • Understanding of cybersecurity principles, identity management or regulated technology environments is highly desirable
  • Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Hands-on mindset with the credibility to challenge and guide engineering teams
  • Commercial awareness and the ability to balance technical excellence with business priorities

Why Join?

  • Opportunity to shape the architecture of a high-growth, market-leading technology platform
  • Broad exposure across product, engineering and senior leadership teams
  • Fast-paced, collaborative and entrepreneurial culture
  • Operate in a market with strong long-term growth drivers
  • Play a visible role in the next phase of scale and innovation