Salary: £90,000 – 90,000 per year
Requirements:
- 15 years in software engineering, including significant experience in architecture roles
- Proven involvement in full-cycle product development
- Strong background in industrial, manufacturing, or automation environments
- Experience designing solutions that incorporate analytical data platforms
- Advanced cloud experience (Azure preferred; AWS or GCP also considered)
- Deep understanding of integration patterns, APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures
- Practical experience with DevOps, CI/CD, containerisation, and Infrastructure as Code
- A structured approach to cost analysis, scalability, and long-term maintainability
- Strong grounding in software security principles
- Comfortable working with modern .NET environments (C#, .NET Core), SQL and NoSQL databases, messaging frameworks, REST/gRPC APIs, and containerised deployments
- Understanding protocols such as TCP/IP, OPC UA, and Modbus in industrial settings
- Clear and pragmatic in decision-making
- Comfortable taking accountability
- Able to balance long-term strategy with delivery realities
- Respectful and collaborative in leading teams
Responsibilities:
- Design scalable, secure, and high-performing end-to-end solutions
- Take ownership of architectural standards and technical decision-making
- Ensure analytical data tools are embedded effectively to support data-driven decision-making
- Lead product architecture from concept through to deployment
- Oversee cloud-native design with a focus on performance and cost control
- Guide integration with third-party systems and industrial equipment
- Champion DevOps practices, automation, and structured development processes
- Embed security and compliance principles throughout the software lifecycle
- Provide clear technical leadership to engineering teams
- Communicate architectural decisions confidently to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Technologies:
- AWS
- Architect
- Azure
- C#
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- DevOps
- Embedded
- GCP
- Support
- NoSQL
- REST
- SQL
- Security
- TCP/IP
- gRPC
- microservices
- ASP.NET
- AI
More:
At Exalto Consulting, we are proud to partner with a leading software company in the food manufacturing sector to appoint a Solution Architect based in Slough, London, with the option for up to 50% remote work. Our client focuses on improving efficiency and compliance for food manufacturers through carefully designed software solutions. In this leadership role, you will face complex technical challenges in a collaborative environment and have genuine authority in shaping the architectural direction of the organization.
last updated 9 week of 2026
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