Lead Architect - Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Lead Architect - Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
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Job Description
This is a remote position.
Job Title: Lead Architect Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Responsibilities
Architecture Design & Development
Design architecture for infrastructure orchestration microservices messaging and discovery systems
Develop and maintain APIs (e.g. REST with FastAPI) for infrastructure services
Integrate asynchronous processing using Celery RabbitMQ or Kafka
Establish scalable observable and secure service design patterns
Apply domain-driven design principles and modern Python-based frameworks including Pydantic
Strategic Architecture Leadership
Lead the development of microservices-based API-first architectures for provisioning workflows
Model complex infrastructure relationships using graph-based approaches
Contribute to the technical roadmap and evaluate architectural risks and enablers
Cross-Domain Alignment & Guidance
Coordinate with product management delivery teams and peer architects
Represent architecture in design forums and cross-functional reviews
Mentor engineering teams on architecture and best practices
Implementation Oversight
Ensure delivery of architecture-compliant solutions throughout development
Enforce standards for observability security (IAM/OAuth2) and reliability
Promote clean architecture reusable components and maintainable codebases
Quality & Continuous Improvement
Conduct regular architecture reviews
Oversee documentation of designs specifications and RFCs
Monitor trends in infrastructure automation DevOps and distributed system design to inform improvements
Requirements
Eligibility
Residency in the EU or UK
Must-Have Experience
7 10 years in software architecture or infrastructure platform engineering
Strong Python engineering skills (FastAPI Pydantic Celery)
Expertise in modular/distributed systems and high availability architecture
Microservices and distributed systems design (synchronisation replication consensus)
Data modelling (relational document graph)
REST API design and development
Authentication/Authorisation (IAM/RBAC/OAuth/OIDC)
Message broker design (async/sync patterns)
Service discovery systems and Kubernetes concepts (namespaces services deployments ingress)
Observability concepts (logs metrics traces) and associated tooling
Proficiency in software architecture patterns (DDD event-driven design)
Must-Have Language Skills
Fluent English (C1 level or above)
Preferred Experience
Architecture cloud infrastructure or security certifications (e.g. TOGAF AWS/Azure/GCP)
Experience with observability tools (Prometheus Grafana OpenTelemetry)
Exposure to IaaS service delivery and API-first platform design
Benefits
Employment Type
Full Time
