Job Description

Description

New Opportunity Award winning Team

The Application Architect is a varied role where the core responsibilities are split into the defined areas of:

Providing technical direction and guidance on business requirements by designing software solutions

Ensuring best practices are being adhered to within the development teams

Evaluating and researching up and coming technologies with a view to utilising them within solutions

Assisting the development teams with their solution implementation

Coaching and mentoring less experienced developers

Your New Role

The Architect will be working closely with the other Architects, Platform Engineers, Product Owners, developers and other business stakeholders in order to ensure that the software solutions are practical, secure and attainable.

The architect is responsible for providing leadership and guidance to all developers in the department as well as for the design and development of new and existing software.


The role will involve being close to the code and therefore it is essential the Architect has commercial experience of developing cloud native applications (Azure / AWS / GCP) using .NET / C#. It is advantageous for the Architect to have worked with front-end Javascript frameworks such as React, Angular or Vue.

Key Accountabilities

Responsible for the overall application architecture, in collaboration with the infrastructure architects. Recommend/design structures and tools for systems that meet business needs.

Breakdown complex change into manageable deliverables.

Direct developers on requirements

Explain the technical solutions to stakeholders.

Inform clients and stakeholders on progress and challenges. Produce and maintain quality documentation on the systems architecture.

Identify technical issues and effect changes to avert future breakdown.

Advise on new technologies and make recommendations on how to continually improve current systems.

What You'll Bring to the Role

Must have excellent time management skills with the ability to delegate when required.

Must be a lateral thinker.

Must be tactful and diplomatic.

A framework based upon the SFIA is applicable to this role and provides levelling for:

Junior Developer

Developer

Senior Developer

Lead Developer


Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

Benefits

Davies are committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome candidates of all genders, gender identity and expression, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, nationality, and belief (or lack thereof).Join us and enjoy our ever-evolving benefits, including but not limited to: Reward platform - discounts for over 800 retailers 25 days holiday (rising with service) Well-being centre Recognition programme Paid fertility appointments Fostering friendly employer Pension - matched contribution at 5% Life Assurance (4 x basic salary) Development, training, and professional qualification

About Davies

We are a specialist professional services and technology firm, working in partnership with leading insurance, highly regulated and global businesses.



We help our clients to manage risk, operate their core business processes, transform and grow. We deliver professional services and technology solutions across the risk and insurance value chain, including excellence in claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation & risk, customer experience, human capital, digital transformation & change management.



Our global team of more than 8,000 professionals operate across ten countries, including the UK & the U.S. Over the past ten years Davies has grown its annual revenues more than 20-fold, investing heavily in research & development, innovation & automation, colleague development, and client service. Today the group serves more than 1,500 insurance, financial services, public sector, and other highly regulated clients.