Lead Developer/Architect

Contractor Outside IR35

Hybrid (Dundee/Glasgow/Edinburgh/London)

Waracle is a world-class digital technology consultancy and home to a diverse, smart, curious, and ambitious community of specialists in technology-driven transformation. We work with ambitious clients to help them solve their biggest business and customer challenges. We help our clients to innovate and create intelligent digital products and services. We thrive on complex challenges and deliver business-critical IT transformation projects, moving seamlessly from strategy, design, and delivery to operations.

Role Overview

Waracle is seeking a Lead Developer/Architect to shape the technical direction on a key client project. This role is instrumental in creating a stable, scalable, and efficient foundation for our clients' digital products. You will be responsible for defining the technical strategy and planning for cross-platform technology delivery, ensuring a seamless transition from the client's current application estate to their future vision.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Technical Architecture: Plan and specify the approach for cross-platform delivery, including the creation of High-Level Designs (HLDs) to align all stakeholders on the project vision. You will ensure the foundational architecture is scalable and maintainable.

• Integration Strategy and Plan: Develop detailed architecture diagrams and API specifications to enable seamless communication between different systems and tools.

• Code Migration/Rebuild Plan: Maintain oversight and quality control of technical deliverables. This includes understanding the transition from a client's current to future state, and developing a plan for potential migrations, such as from AWS to Azure.

• Agentic AI and Personalisation Approach: Interrogate client requirements and translate them into technical delivery specifications. This includes developing an approach for delivering tailored user experiences.

• Security/Customer Data Strategy and Plan: As a key member of the team, you will ensure a robust plan for protecting customer data and maintaining security.

• Break down complex technical roadmaps into logical, manageable deliverables.

• Lead or act as a principal developer, leveraging expertise in
  React and Node.js.

• Architectural Expertise: Proven experience in a technical lead or principal developer role, with a strong background in multi-platform architecture (NextJS, NestJS, APIs).

• Technical Planning: Extensive experience with discovery and technical planning activities, including the creation of HLDs, architecture diagrams, and API specifications.

• Platform Proficiency: Deep understanding and hands-on experience with technologies like React, Node.js, and various CMS platforms.

• Integration & Infrastructure: Practical knowledge of integrations and infrastructure, with the ability to plan for and specify cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure).

• Strategic Thinking: The ability to understand a client's existing application landscape and devise a clear, phased strategy for future development.

• Quality and Oversight: A strong commitment to quality control and a proven track record of maintaining oversight on complex technical projects.