Software Architect – Telecoms

Company: MBR Partners
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

As Software Architect you will own the technical vision and architectural strategy for the telecom product portfolio, guiding cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, high-quality solutions. You will bridge product requirements with technical execution, balancing innovation with reliability. You’ll drive architectural roadmaps, engage with product, R&D, and customers to align on technical value, and champion AI, automation, and cloud-native evolution. This role offers impact through scalable systems and shaping the company’s innovation agenda.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end technical architecture, system design, and tech stack selection
  • Lead and mentor global engineering teams on architectural patterns and standards
  • Inform investment trade-offs by evaluating technical debt and infra costs
  • Ensure technical viability and high-quality delivery of product releases
  • Define and implement engineering frameworks, patterns, and development standards
  • Translate market trends (AI, cloud-native, automation) into scalable systems
  • Collaborate with Product and R&D to deliver clear technical value propositions
  • Engage key customers to understand integration constraints and operational pain points
  • Establish governance, code quality baselines, and design review processes
  • Optimize platform design for performance, resource utilization, and speed to market

Key requirements

  • Leadership experience in software architecture or senior engineering leadership roles
  • Proven experience defining technical strategy for complex, distributed R&D teams
  • Track record of aligning technical design with business outcomes and budgets
  • Experience designing complex, high-throughput, platform-based or telecom solutions
  • Ability to design globally distributed, highly available systems
  • Deep experience with Agile development and CI environments
  • Multi-year experience in the telecommunications industry with data processing workflows
  • Strong analytical mindset
  • Ability to bridge business strategy and code execution
  • Excellent technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams
  • Architectural strategy and system design
  • DevOps, SDLC, cloud infrastructure
  • AI and automation-led architecture

Posted: September 14th, 2026