Overview Enterprise SaaS | World-Class Engineering
Principal Solution Architect
Enterprise SaaS | World-Class Engineering
Location: Manchester (Central) – Hybrid
Package: Up to £100,000 base + up to 30% bonus + car allowance
The Opportunity
This is a senior architecture role within a high-growth, enterprise-scale SaaS business building mission-critical platforms used at serious scale .
The organisation is actively modernising a complex technology estate into a cloud-native, shared SaaS platform, designed for reuse, speed, and long-term resilience. Architecture is not an afterthought here — it is a first-class discipline with real influence over how systems are designed, built, and evolved.
This role is for a Principal-level Solution Architect who wants to shape platforms, guide engineering teams, and design solutions that will still make sense in five years’ time.
What You’ll Own You will operate as a technical authority, working closely with senior engineering, product, and technology leaders.
Your focus is end-to-end solution architecture, not diagram production.
Key responsibilities Owning solution architecture across complex enterprise SaaS platforms
Designing cloud-native, scalable, resilient systems
Translating product and business needs into clear, executable technical designs
Defining architectural patterns, standards, and guardrails
Guiding engineering teams through architectural trade-offs
Ensuring solutions meet expectations around performance, availability, security, and scalability
Managing architectural risk and technical debt proactively
Influencing long-term platform strategy and technology direction
This is hands-on architecture, not governance theatre.
The Environment You’ll be working in:
A true product-led SaaS environment
Modern cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)
Event-driven and distributed systems
High-calibre engineering teams who value good architecture
A business that invests properly in technology and engineering standards
Architecture here is respected, listened to, and acted on .
The Profile This Role Is Built For This role is suited to someone who:
Operates comfortably at Principal / Lead Solution Architect level
Has a strong software engineering background
Has designed and delivered enterprise SaaS solutions
Is fluent in modern cloud and distributed system design
Can influence without ego and challenge constructively
Cares deeply about long-term platform quality
You should be comfortable:
Working across product, engineering, and senior stakeholders
Getting close to engineering teams
Making and standing by architectural decisions
Technical Background (Indicative) Experience in areas such as:
Cloud-native architecture (AWS / Azure)
Microservices and event-driven systems
REST APIs and integration patterns
Distributed systems
SQL and NoSQL data stores
Containerisation (Docker / Kubernetes)
Infrastructure as Code and modern DevOps practices
You don’t need to tick every box — depth and judgement matter more than buzzwords.
Working Model & Package Hybrid working – Manchester (central)
Up to £100,000 base salary
Up to 30% bonus
Additional car allowance
Senior-level autonomy and trust
Real influence over a large-scale SaaS platform
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