Hours: Standard
Closing Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026
Overview
We're looking for T shaped architects, people with strong core solution architecture capability, complemented by broad knowledge across multiple domains (e.g. applications, data, integration, infrastructure, or security). What matters most is how you think, collaborate, and approach problems.
Hybrid Working
You will typically spend three days a week in our Skipton office and two days working from home.
What You'll Do
- Design end to end technology solutions aligned to enterprise architecture, strategy, and target state capabilities.
- Partner with product owners, delivery leads, and engineering teams to turn complex requirements into clear, actionable designs.
- Guide and influence technical decisions, balancing short term delivery with long term sustainability.
- Provide architectural governance and assurance across the delivery lifecycle.
- Identify risks, trade offs, and opportunities to improve simplicity, reuse, and coherence.
- Champion modern architecture approaches, including API led integration, cloud native design, and reusable platforms.
What You'll Need
- Ability to design scalable, end to end solutions within complex technology environments.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, with confidence working across business and technical teams.
- Pragmatic, delivery focused approach with the ability to balance immediate needs and long term outcomes.
- Experience designing and delivering enterprise scale technology solutions in agile environments.
- Broad technical knowledge across areas such as software engineering, systems design, cloud platforms, APIs, microservices, and modern architecture patterns.
What's In It For You
- Annual discretionary bonus scheme.
- 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a max of 30 days.
- Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum).
- Colleague mortgages and access to Skipton products and services at discounted rates.
- Flexible working to help balance your commitments.
- Private medical insurance, health and wellbeing app, volunteering opportunities, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships.
- Lifestyle perks such as a Home and Tech voucher usable at John Lewis, Currys, and IKEA.