Principal Platform Architect

Principal Platform Architect

£130,000 GBP

Onsite WORKING

Location: Nottingham, East Midlands - United Kingdom Type: Permanent

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Principal Platform Architect to lead the delivery of innovative cloud platforms and solutions that enable large-scale business transformation and deliver real value to end users worldwide. This is a senior leadership role for an experienced technologist who is curious, adaptable, and eager to embrace new technologies.

The Principal Platform Architect will provide technical leadership within multi-disciplinary agile teams, ensuring a shared understanding of business outcomes, technical landscapes, and solution complexity. By guiding informed decision-making, this role will help shape solutions that meet both functional and non-functional requirements.

Building strong relationships with senior stakeholders is a key aspect of the role. The Principal Platform Architect will define architectural principles, set strategic direction, and play a pivotal role in establishing platform standards and blueprints. Alongside this, they will act as a technology ambassador, sharing expertise across teams, mentoring colleagues, and contributing to career development within the wider architecture and platform community.

Key Responsibilities Lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale platforms supporting cloud transformation, application modernisation, and deployment of web-based applications.

Define architectural strategies and principles, aligning platforms with business goals and user needs.

Collaborate with executive and senior stakeholders, translating complex technical information to support strategic decision-making.

Shape and implement technology standards, blueprints, and best practices across agile teams.

Mentor and develop architecture and engineering colleagues, fostering talent and supporting career growth.

Actively contribute to thought leadership, knowledge sharing, and the advancement of platform capabilities.

Essential Experience Proven track record of leading large-scale cloud transformation programmes (cloud migration, modernisation, platform engineering, and enterprise deployments).

Strong background in making and executing technology decisions that drive positive business and cust...