Midland Heart Ltd

Midland Heart is seeking an experienced Architect (Software Development) to provide technical leadership, architectural oversight and strategic direction across major software development, re-platforming and digital transformation initiatives. This high-impact role guides technology choices, champions modern engineering practices and helps deliver secure, scalable digital services for colleagues and tenants.

We're looking for an experienced Architect (Software Development) to provide technical leadership, architectural oversight and strategic direction across major software development, re-platforming and digital transformation initiatives. This is a high-impact leadership role where you'll guide technology choices, champion modern engineering practices and help deliver secure, scalable, digital services for our colleagues and tenants. About the role Reporting to the Director of Digital and Technology, you'll lead the architectural design and technical direction for software products and platforms, ensuring our solutions are secure, maintainable and aligned to our wider digital strategy and enterprise architecture. You'll also line manage and develop a small team of Software Developers, creating the conditions for high performance, continuous improvement and innovation. What you'll be doing Lead architectural design and technical oversight for software re-platforming and digital transformation initiatives, applying secure-by-design and zero trust principles. Own architecture, tools and technology choices across digital products, ensuring solutions are scalable, reliable, secure and maintainable. Lead and develop a software development team, encouraging modern engineering practices, collaboration and continuous learning. Define and embed coding standards, architectural patterns, quality gates, CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code practices. Collaborate with Product, Design and delivery teams to shape technical roadmaps, assess feasibility, identify risks and support smooth agile delivery. Work closely with Cyber Security to ensure risk is understood, managed and designed into solutions from the outset. Review and assure code delivered by external providers before release into production, ensuring it meets architectural, security and quality expectations. Provide hands on expertise for live service support, including debugging, root cause analysis and resolution of complex technical issues. Our ideal candidate? You'll be an accomplished technical leader with solid experience in software architecture, solution design and modern software delivery. You'll bring the confidence to guide technical direction, the curiosity to explore better ways of working, and the communication skills to make complex technical concepts accessible to a range of stakeholders. Key experience you'll have includes: Demonstrable experience designing software architecture and leading the delivery of scalable technical solutions. Proven track record of delivering large-scale software modernisation, re-platforming or digital transformation programmes. Experience leading, coaching and developing software engineering teams in a technical leadership or management capacity. Evidence of using AI assisted software development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code or similar) to enhance development productivity and deliver. You'll also be aware of accessibility standards such as WCAG and how to embed these into engineering practices. If you're knowledgeable about modern software architecture, confident leading technical teams and excited by the chance to deliver secure, scalable digital solutions with real-world impact, we'd love to hear from you. As a smart working organisation, you can expect a balance of working from the office (Birmingham, Bath Row) and from home. Typically, you'll be working from the office 3 days per week and 2 days per week from home. Who is Midland Heart? We're one team working together for our tenants. A large, ambitious housing organisation providing people with an affordable place to call home. We value people from all walks of life and strive to create an inclusive environment where you can grow your career and make an impact. We expect a lot from our people, but in return, you'll find a supportive and rewarding workplace where great people thrive. We are proud to say we have recently been named in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026 list, within the Big Organisations category (The Times). The closing date is Wednesday 5th August.

Midland Heart is seeking an experienced Data Engineer to design, build and maintain data pipelines in Azure and Databricks, delivering trusted datasets for reporting, analytics and decision making. You will implement scalable ELT processes, IaC with Terraform and CI/CD, focus on data quality, lineage and security, and collaborate with Architects, BI Developers and Analysts. The role offers a smart working pattern with 3 days in the Birmingham office (Bath Row) and 2 days from home.

As a Data Engineer, you will: Design, build and maintain data pipelines in Azure and Databricks, supporting the ingestion and transformation of data from source systems through to curated datasets Implement scalable ELT processes using Databricks and PySpark Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) together with CI/CD pipelines to support automated deployments Implement data quality, lineage, monitoring and observability across our data platform Optimise Azure data services for performance, reliability and cost efficiency Work closely with colleagues across the Data team to deliver high-quality, secure and well-governed data solutions Follow DevOps and Git best practices, ensuring all solutions are robust, maintainable and aligned to architectural standards You will join: A highly collaborative technical delivery team responsible for developing and supporting Midland Heart's Azure data platform and cloud-based lakehouse architecture. Working alongside Data Architects, Business Intelligence Developers and Analysts, you'll help deliver reliable, scalable data solutions that underpin reporting, analytics and business decision making. Our ideal candidate? We're seeking an experienced professional with: Experience designing reliable, maintainable and observable data engineering solutions for production environments. Experience building end to end data pipelines in Azure and Databricks environments including reliability, monitoring, and observability Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code Experience implementing data quality, lineage, metadata and security controls in modern data platforms. Strong Python development skills and advanced SQL for data engineering. As a smart working organisation, you can expect a balance of working from the office (Birmingham, Bath Row) and from home. Typically, you'll be working from the office 3 days per week and 2 days per week from home. Who is Midland Heart? We're one team working together for our tenants. A large, ambitious housing organisation providing people with an affordable place to call home. We value people from all walks of life and strive to create an inclusive environment where you can grow your career and make an impact. We expect a lot from our people, but in return, you'll find a supportive and rewarding workplace where great people thrive. Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and are therefore unable to provide visa sponsorship. The successful candidate will be required to have the right to work in the UK. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Please feel free to contact us if you would like to discuss any adjustments you might need in order to be successful in this role.

We're looking for an experienced Architect (Software Development) to provide technical leadership, architectural oversight and strategic direction across major software development, re-platforming and digital transformation initiatives. This is a high-impact leadership role where you'll guide technology choices, champion modern engineering practices and help deliver secure, scalable, digital services for our colleagues and tenants. About the role Reporting to the Director of Digital and Technology, you'll lead the architectural design and technical direction for software products and platforms, ensuring our solutions are secure, maintainable and aligned to our wider digital strategy and enterprise architecture. You'll also line manage and develop a small team of Software Developers, creating the conditions for high performance, continuous improvement and innovation. What you'll be doing Lead architectural design and technical oversight for software re-platforming and digital transformation initiatives, applying secure-by-design and zero trust principles. Own architecture, tools and technology choices across digital products, ensuring solutions are scalable, reliable, secure and maintainable. Lead and develop a software development team, encouraging modern engineering practices, collaboration and continuous learning. Define and embed coding standards, architectural patterns, quality gates, CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code practices. Collaborate with Product, Design and delivery teams to shape technical roadmaps, assess feasibility, identify risks and support smooth agile delivery. Work closely with Cyber Security to ensure risk is understood, managed and designed into solutions from the outset. Review and assure code delivered by external providers before release into production, ensuring it meets architectural, security and quality expectations. Provide hands on expertise for live service support, including debugging, root cause analysis and resolution of complex technical issues. Our ideal candidate? You'll be an accomplished technical leader with solid experience in software architecture, solution design and modern software delivery. You'll bring the confidence to guide technical direction, the curiosity to explore better ways of working, and the communication skills to make complex technical concepts accessible to a range of stakeholders. Key experience you'll have includes Demonstrable experience designing software architecture and leading the delivery of scalable technical solutions. Proven track record of delivering large scale software modernisation, re-platforming or digital transformation programmes. Experience leading, coaching and developing software engineering teams in a technical leadership or management capacity. Evidence of using AI assisted software development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code or similar) to enhance development productivity and deliver. You'll also be aware of accessibility standards such as WCAG and how to embed these into engineering practices. As a smart working organisation, you can expect a balance of working from the office (Birmingham, Bath Row) and from home. Typically, you'll be working from the office 3 days per week and from home 2 days per week. Closing date The closing date is Wednesday 5th August; however we encourage you to apply early as we may close before this date, dependent on the volume of applications we receive.

Are you a skilled Data Engineer with experience in Azure and Databricks? If so, join Midland Heart and help us build and maintain our modern cloud-based data platform, delivering reliable, scalable and secure data solutions that enable better decision-making across the organisation. As a Data Engineer, you will: Design, build and maintain data pipelines in Azure and Databricks, supporting the ingestion and transformation of data from source systems through to curated datasets Implement scalable ELT processes using Databricks and PySpark Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) together with CI/CD pipelines to support automated deployments Implement data quality, lineage, monitoring and observability across our data platform Optimise Azure data services for performance, reliability and cost efficiency Work closely with colleagues across the Data team to deliver high-quality, secure and well-governed data solutions Follow DevOps and Git best practices, ensuring all solutions are robust, maintainable and aligned to architectural standards You will join: A highly collaborative technical delivery team responsible for developing and supporting Midland Heart's Azure data platform and cloud-based lakehouse architecture. Working alongside Data Architects, Business Intelligence Developers and Analysts, you'll help deliver reliable, scalable data solutions that underpin reporting, analytics and business decision-making. Our ideal candidate? We're seeking an experienced professional with: Experience designing reliable, maintainable and observable data engineering solutions for production environments. Experience building end-to-end data pipelines in Azure and Databricks environments including reliability, monitoring, and observability Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code Experience implementing data quality, lineage, metadata and security controls in modern data platforms. Strong Python development skills and advanced SQL for data engineering. As a smart working organisation, you can expect a balance of working from the office (Birmingham, Bath Row) and from home. Typically, you'll be working from the office 3 days per week and 2 days per week from home. Who is Midland Heart? We're one team working together for our tenants. A large, ambitious housing organisation providing people with an affordable place to call home. We value people from all walks of life and strive to create an inclusive environment where you can grow your career and make an impact. We expect a lot from our people, but in return, you'll find a supportive and rewarding workplace where great people thrive. We are proud to say we have recently been named in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026 list, within the Big Organisations category (The Times). Interested? Click on "Documents" below for a full Role Profile. Applying is easy - simply register on our candidate portal uploading a current CV and covering letter, which show us that you have what it takes to make a success of the role. Please note, we cannot accept an application without a cover letter. The closing date is Tuesday 28th July. Assessments for this role will consist of an initial MS teams Interview followed by an in-person assessment at our Birmingham, Bath Row office. Please be advised however, that we may close earlier than this date, dependent on the volume of applications that we receive. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Please feel free to contact us if you would like to discuss any adjustments you might need in order to be successful in this role.

Midland Heart Ltd in the United Kingdom seeks a Data Engineer to design, build and maintain a modern cloud-based data platform using Azure and Databricks. You will deliver reliable, scalable data solutions that support decision-making across the organisation. You will implement end-to-end data pipelines with PySpark, apply CI/CD and infrastructure as code (Terraform), and ensure data quality, governance, observability and cost efficiency. The role blends office and home working in a hybrid model.