Software Architect

About IRIS

IRIS Software Group is one of the UK's largest privately held software companies, trusted by 100,000+ businesses, schools and accountancy firms to keep their operations running. Our software pays 1 in 6 UK employees, supports over 12,000 schools, and is relied on by 91 of the top 100 UK accountancy firms.

We're a Great Place to Work® certified employer, recognised for our commitment to well-being, inclusion and development - and we're growing fast.

IRIS is expanding its next-generation cloud platform (IRIS Elements), a cloud-native SaaS platform built on event-driven, serverless, and container-based architectures (primarily AWS).

This role is a hands-on Architect (Level 4) position focused on supporting delivery teams and senior architects by producing high-quality architectural artefacts and ensuring consistent implementation of architectural direction.

The role requires the ability to work across application layers, including frontend, service, integration, and platform concerns, ensuring cohesive end-to-end solution design.

This is a highly collaborative role working closely with Senior and Principal Architects, engineering teams to translate architecture direction into practical delivery outcomes. The role is particularly well suited to strong senior engineers or emerging architects looking to br