Cloud Architect, Liberty Global

• Strong background in software engineering with a proven track record of delivering cloud‑native applications
• Experience designing solutions on GCP or another major cloud platform, with a solid grasp of cloud‑native architectural patterns
• Deep understanding of microservices, RESTful APIs, event‑driven architectures, and distributed systems
• Hands‑on experience with modern front‑end, back‑end, and integration technologies (e.g., React, Node.js, Python, Pub/Sub, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL)
• Strong foundation in cloud security, IAM, networking, data flows, and observability
• Skilled in producing and reviewing high‑level designs, solution architectures, and technical standards
• Comfortable working directly with engineering teams to support design decisions, troubleshoot issues, and guide implementation
• Clear and confident communicator, able to explain technical concepts to technical and non‑technical stakeholders alike
• Experienced in agile, product‑led delivery environments
• Solid understanding of CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and how they shape architectural choices in partnership with Platform teams

Desirable

• As a Cloud Architect (Product), you will play a pivotal role in shaping the architecture of our cloud‑native SaaS products. You will define, document, and oversee the application-level architecture to ensure our solutions are secure, scalable, maintainable, and aligned with the organisation’s broader technology strategy
• Partnering closely with Product, Engineering Leads, Platform, Security, and Data teams, you will translate business objectives into well‑structured technical designs and guide engineering squads through delivery
• This is a hands‑on, influential position that sets the technical direction for our products and ensures our engineering teams build solutions that support the company’s long‑term vision
• Own the application and solution architecture for product squads, ensuring alignment with cloud‑native and platform standards
• Translate product requirements into scalable, maintainable system designs and integration patterns
• Define clear API contracts, service boundaries, event flows, and domain models
• Collaborate with Platform, Security, and Infrastructure teams to meet standards for IAM, networking, security, observability, and CI/CD
• Produce and maintain architecture artefacts, including HLDs, sequence diagrams, API specs, and decision records
• Support engineering teams with design guidance, coaching, and hands‑on implementation input
• Lead architecture reviews, identifying risks, dependencies, and security considerations
• Promote modern engineering practices—modularity, reusability, event‑driven design, and automated quality controls
• Contribute to agile planning through epic shaping, technical discovery, estimation, and defining pragmatic architectural approaches
• Help refine and embed engineering standards and best practices across squads