Enterprise Architect (.NET)

Barden is delighted to partner with a global business on the appointment of an Enterprise Architect. This role offers a rare opportunity for a hands-on architect who enjoys defining technical direction and validating it through code. You’ll work closely with engineering leadership to modernise a large-scale platform and drive the next phase of innovation across data, cloud, and AI.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

• Lead the architectural vision for our client’s product suite
• Design scalable, cloud-native architectures
• Stay hands-on, building proof-of-concepts and contributing production code to validate architectural decisions
• Partner with platform, data, and product teams to define service boundaries, APIs, and integration patterns
• Play a key role in the modernisation of legacy systems, evolving them toward scalable, modern, AI-enabled platforms
• Drive opportunities to embed AI and intelligent automation

ABOUT YOU:

• Experienced software architect or principal engineer who enjoys staying close to the code
• Strong background designing and building distributed systems at scale
• Deep expertise with .NET / C# and modern architecture patterns
• Strong TypeScript / Angular experience, with the ability to own features end-to-end across the full stack
• Experience with cloud-native systems (Azure preferred) and API-driven architectures
• Comfortable influencing engineering standards across large teams
• Curious about how AI and emerging technologies can transform complex workflows

OTHER DETAILS:

• Work alongside senior engineering leadership and an established architecture team
• Influence the direction of a platform used by hundreds of clients
• Modern engineering environment with strong focus on AI-enabled development tools
• Opportunity to shape architectural standards

Our client is based in Cork City, and the team is in the office three days per week. Please only apply if this working arrangement is feasible from your location.