Application Architect
Application Architect - Laravel, API's, web app architectures
Fully Remote | UK or Europe
We are hiring an experienced Application Architect to work closely with Product and Engineering leadership to ensure the correct design and evolution of their technical systems.
This role operates upstream of development. You'll analyse requirements, define technical approaches and ensure systems are designed properly before implementation begins, reducing rework and improving long-term maintainability.
Role Overview
Act as the technical bridge between Product and Engineering
Work upstream of development to analyse requirements and define technical approaches
Ensure clear separation of concerns across frontend, backend and infrastructure
Responsibilities
Collaborate with senior technical and product leadership to analyse and clarify product requirements
Review and refine tickets before they are assigned to developers
Define and document system architecture, technical approaches, data models, data flows and API contracts
Ensure clear frontend vs backend responsibilities
Prevent over-engineering, under-engineering and business logic leaking into the frontend
Support engineering teams during implementation to ensure alignment with agreed designs
Escalate complex or high-risk technical decisions where required
Requirements
Solid experience in backend development and system design
Proven experience designing and evolving complex systems in production
Deep understanding of web application architectures, REST APIs and data-driven systems
Strong knowledge of relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL
Proven commercial experience working with PHP Laravel (essential)
Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Pragmatic mindset with sound judgement around technical trade-offs
Desirable Experience
Experience working in product-led environments
Experience with large monolithic systems evolving over time
Familiarity with modular or service-oriented architectures
Experience mentoring senior engineers on architectural topics
This role offers the opportunity to define how architectural decisions are made before development begins and to shape system design at a critical stage of growth.
Candidates will need to be based in either the UK or Europe only.
Unfortunately we are unable to provide sponsorship for this position.