Description:
iqx the Technology Division of iq business seeking a highly experienced Tech Lead / Solutions Architect with a strong background in enterprise solution design, modern software engineering, and technical leadership within consulting and product-driven environments. The successful candidate will operate at the intersection of architecture, hands-on engineering, and strategic technology decision-making , with the ability to rapidly prototype, define technology standards, and guide teams toward scalable, secure, and future-ready solutions.
The role requires comfort with AI-assisted development tools to accelerate solution exploration and proof-of-concepts, alongside responsibility for defining and governing technology stack standards across teams and projects.
Minimum Qualifications & Experience
- 8+ years in software engineering, with 5+ years in technical leadership and/or solution architecture roles.
- Proven experience in enterprise or consulting environments delivering complex, multi-system solutions.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
Key Responsibilities
Solution Architecture & Technical Strategy
- Define and own end-to-end solution architectures aligned to business strategy, scalability, performance, and security requirements.
- Establish and maintain technology stack standards , architectural patterns, and reference architectures across the organization.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and platforms, including cloud services, frameworks, and AI-assisted development tooling, and drive informed adoption.
Technical Leadership & Delivery
- Lead design and implementation of complex, distributed systems using modern architectures (microservices, event-driven, cloud-native).
- Set engineering best practices across code quality, testing, CI/CD, observability, and DevOps.
- Perform architecture and code reviews to ensure consistency with defined standards and long-term maintainability.
Rapid Prototyping & Innovation
- Rapidly prototype solutions and validate architectural approaches using AI coding tools and environments (e.g. Lovable, Trae.ai, Copilot, Claude Code, ChatGPT, similar platforms).
- Use AI-assisted development to explore solution options, accelerate proof-of-concepts, and de-risk architectural decisions.
- Translate prototypes into production-ready designs and delivery roadmaps.
Consulting & Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as a trusted technical advisor to business and delivery stakeholders.
- Translate complex business requirements into clear, implementable technical architectures.
- Support pre-sales, solutioning, and technical due-diligence activities where required.
Team Leadership & Mentorship
- Lead and mentor engineers, senior developers, and technical leads.
- Build architectural capability across teams through coaching, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
- Drive alignment between delivery teams and architectural governance.
Governance, Security & Compliance
- Ensure solutions comply with security, regulatory, and operational standards.
- Embed security-by-design, resilience, and scalability into all architectural decisions.
Please Note:
As all iqbusiness roles require honesty in the handling of or access to cash, finances, financial systems, or confidential information; our recruitment process requires that the following background checks be completed: credit, criminal, ID, and qualification verification.
iqbusiness is committed to sustainable growth and transformation, we embrace diversity and employ previously disadvantaged individuals
Requirements:
- 8+ years in software engineering, with 5+ years in technical leadership and/or solution architecture roles.
- Proven experience in enterprise or consulting environments delivering complex, multi-system solutions.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- Define and own end-to-end solution architectures aligned to business strategy, scalability, performance, and security requirements.
- Establish and maintain technology stack standards , architectural patterns, and reference architectures across the organization.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and platforms, including cloud services, frameworks, and AI-assisted development tooling, and drive informed adoption.
- Lead design and implementation of complex, distributed systems using modern architectures (microservices, event-driven, cloud-native).
- Set engineering best practices across code quality, testing, CI/CD, observability, and DevOps.
- Perform architecture and code reviews to ensure consistency with defined standards and long-term maintainability.
- Rapidly prototype solutions and validate architectural approaches using AI coding tools and environments (e.g. Lovable, Trae.ai, Copilot, Claude Code, ChatGPT, similar platforms).
- Use AI-assisted development to explore solution options, accelerate proof-of-concepts, and de-risk architectural decisions.
- Translate prototypes into production-ready designs and delivery roadmaps.
- Act as a trusted technical advisor to business and delivery stakeholders.
- Translate complex business requirements into clear, implementable technical architectures.
- Support pre-sales, solutioning, and technical due-diligence activities where required.
- Lead and mentor engineers, senior developers, and technical leads.
- Build architectural capability across teams through coaching, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
- Drive alignment between delivery teams and architectural governance.
- Ensure solutions comply with security, regulatory, and operational standards.
- Embed security-by-design, resilience, and scalability into all architectural decisions.