Solution Architect
Digital Forms
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At Digital Forms we help mid-sized service businesses go through digital transformation — part consulting, part building the software ourselves. That mix is the job: understanding what a client actually needs, then designing something real enough to ship.
As a Solution Architect, you're the person who turns messy business problems into a clear technical plan. You'll sit in discovery workshops, dig into the client's existing systems and APIs, weigh up the options, and decide how a new system should be built — then make sure it actually gets built that way.
It's senior, it's client-facing, and it stays technical. You won't disappear into slide decks: you stay close to the code, you talk directly to our clients, and you own your design from the first conversation through to production.
Requirements
Responsibilities
- Get to the bottom of what the client needs, and turn it into architecture that scales and survives contact with reality
- Design the system and choose the stack for new builds
- Stay hands-on — write and review production code, and prototype when a design needs proving rather than describing
- Look at existing systems and APIs and call what's reusable, what's a dead end, and what needs replacing
- Work shoulder-to-shoulder with client stakeholders, product owners, and developers
- Document the architecture clearly enough that the team can build from it
- Keep the technical direction consistent and feasible as things evolve
- Guide the implementation team and be the person they bring the hard calls to
- Run client workshops and technical discovery sessions
Hard Skills:
- 7+ years in software delivery, with at least 3 spent as a Solution Architect or senior backend / technical lead
- 5+ years actually writing production code (not just designing or reviewing it) in Python, , Java, or Kotlin
- Real hands-on time with AWS or Azure
- Comfortable with API design, event-driven architecture (Kafka, SQS, or RabbitMQ), and microservices / integration patterns
- At home with both relational and NoSQL databases
- Able to read API docs and judge integration options for yourself
- Experience building custom software, not just wiring up SaaS tools
- Solid grasp of how software gets shipped (Agile, DevOps)
Soft Skills:
- You've run workshops and architecture reviews directly with external clients — and US/UK clients won't be new territory
- Business-level English, spoken and written (C1+); you can hold the room with international clients
- Happy to keep CET-overlapping hours so you're there when the client is
- You can explain a technical trade-off to someone non-technical without losing them
- Analytical, pragmatic, and you take ownership rather than waiting to be told
- Client-oriented and adaptable
Highlights
Architect real solutions for our US, EU & UK clients — hands-on, close to the code, in the room from the first workshop to production. Senior, client-facing, and genuinely technical.
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