Lead Application Architect / Technical Lead

Solution Architect - England, UK

Ref: 112Monday 22 December 2025

Six-figure base salary plus bonus, benefits & Equity

Senior, hands-on architecture role leading the design and evolution of a cloud-native insurance platform used by MGAs, carriers, and delegated authority partners.

This role sits at the centre of a high-growth InsurTech environment, shaping how large volumes of insurance data are processed, validated, and exchanged securely at scale.


Role Details

  • Sector: InsurTech / Insurance Technology

  • Function: Architecture / Technical Leadership

  • Reporting line: Executive leadership

  • Location: As per role setup in Firefish


The Role

This position is responsible for leading the application architecture and technical direction of a modern, Azure-hosted insurance platform. You will work closely with senior engineers to ensure the platform remains scalable, secure, and capable of handling complex, high-volume data workflows.

Operating as the senior technical authority, you will balance hands-on architectural design with oversight of engineering standards, infrastructure decisions, and platform evolution. The role combines strategic responsibility with practical delivery in a fast-moving product environment.


Key Responsibilities

  • Own and evolve the overall application and platform architecture

  • Design scalable, secure Azure-based solutions for data-intensive workflows

  • Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance to engineering teams

  • Define and enforce coding, design, and deployment standards

  • Oversee data storage, ingestion, and processing at scale

  • Support complex integrations and client-facing technical requirements

  • Review architecture, designs, and code across the platform

  • Collaborate with Product and Delivery teams to align technical priorities


About You

You are a senior application or solution architect with strong experience building and scaling enterprise platforms in Azure. You are comfortable operating close to the technology while also influencing long-term architectural direction.

You enjoy working in smaller, high-impact environments where technical decisions have a direct effect on the product, customers, and commercial outcomes. Experience in insurance, regulated environments, or data-heavy platforms is highly advantageous.


Key Experience

  • Extensive experience in application or solution architecture

  • Azure-hosted platforms and cloud-native design

  • .NET / .NET Core application environments

  • Data-intensive systems and distributed architectures

  • Enterprise security, identity, and access management

  • Designing platforms used by external clients or partners


Next Steps

Further details are available on application.
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