Architect

Architect Contract Architect | Fabric Platform Engineering Hands-on architecture role across reusable platform products, APIs, datastores, UX, cloud and AI-enabled engineering Role summary We are looking for an experienced, hands-on contract architect to support our Fabric platform engineering team. The role combines architecture leadership with practical delivery: shaping product direction, creating architecture blueprints, guiding engineering teams, reviewing code and, where useful, writing code or prototypes directly. The architect will work across platform products and reusable services as priorities evolve, with a strong focus on pragmatic delivery, secure design and engineering quality. What you will do Partner with Product Managers, Business Analysts and stakeholders to clarify outcomes, shape product vision and translate requirements into pragmatic architecture options. Produce concise architecture blueprints, high-level and low-level designs, technical decision records and implementation guidance for platform products. Design secure, scalable and reusable services, APIs, datastore patterns, integration approaches, UX-facing capabilities and common components. Work closely with engineering teams to turn architecture into implementation, including hands-on prototyping, code review, pair design, design assurance and technical debt management. Select appropriate technologies, promote reuse, define development standards and help create common frameworks or accelerators ac