Lead developer/technical Work, Jobs in Thatcham, Brk (with Salaries)

Solutions Architect
Ridgeway Studios Marketing —Oxford
- £60,000 - £68,000 a year
- Mentoring
- In-person
- Communication skills
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WSP —Basingstoke
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- Hybrid work
- Analysis skills
- Communication skills
- Flexitime
- Work from home
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- Full-time
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- Free parking
- Relocation assistance
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Siemens Healthineers —Oxford
- Full-time
- Continuous improvement
- Team management
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- Annual leave
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- Full-time
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- Mentoring
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- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Doctoral degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Continuous improvement
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CPS —Reading
- £75,000 - £85,000 a year
- Weekend availability
- Hybrid work
- Azure
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- Communication skills
- Free parking
- Employee discount
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Infor —Farnborough
- Hybrid work
- English
- Leadership
- Communication skills
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Virtru —Farnborough
- £125,000 - £160,000 a year
- In-person
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
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- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- PMP
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- Continuous improvement
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Senior Software Engineer
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- Full-time
- Computer Science
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- Java
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First Stop Home Improvements —Reading
- £25,420 - £32,420 a year
- Full-time
- Recruiting
- In-person
- Training & development
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Project Planner - Water Industry
Stantec —Reading
- Hybrid work
- Mentoring
- Contracts
- Annual leave
Business Development Manager - Commercial Sales
InstaGroup —Wokingham
- £45,000 - £55,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Salesforce
- Life insurance
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Project Manager
Lumai —Oxford
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- PMP
- Engineering
- Bachelor's degree
- Annual leave
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Ground Segment Systems Engineer
Astroscale —Didcot
- £40,000 - £85,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Computer Science
- English
- Java
- Life insurance
- Sick pay
Principal Water Quality Scientist/ Modeller
AECOM —Basingstoke
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Master's degree
- Mentoring
- Scripting
Senior Environment Artist
Rebellion —Oxford
- Full-time
- Mentoring
- Free parking
- Relocation assistance
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Innovative Project Planner (Data Centres / Buildings / High-tech / Infrastructure) - UK (Hybrid)
Laminar Projects —Reading
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- English
- Construction experience
- Communication skills
Scientific Software Engineer
Oxford BioTherapeutics —Oxford
- £60,000 - £80,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Computer Science
- Master's degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Free parking
- Referral programme
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Solutions Architect

Ridgeway Studios Marketing
Oxford

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Job details

£60,000 - £68,000 a year

Qualifications

CI/CD
Stakeholder collaboration
Client engagement
Content management systems
E-commerce
Requirements gathering workshops
CI/CD pipelines
Risk management
Mentoring
Technical writing
Business requirements
Solution architecture
Project leadership
Communication skills

Full job description

We’re an award-winning digital agency based in Oxfordshire, working with high-profile clients including hmv, Optibac and Yo! Sushi. We deliver composable eCommerce and website solutions built using a modern tech stack and tailored to client needs.

We're growing our team and are looking for an additional Solutions Architect to lead their own client projects.

About the role

As a Solutions Architect at Ridgeway, you'll own projects end-to-end-from leading discovery workshops and scoping, through architecting the solution, to implementing critical components alongside a talented, highly-skilled team.

You'll provide the technical voice in client conversations, architect solutions that are performant, resilient, secure and scalable, and provide technical oversight throughout the development lifecycle, from pitch to production and beyond.

This is a hands-on technical Solutions Architect role within a digital agency environment, focused on delivering mid-enterprise CMS, ecommerce and composable platform solutions.

Responsibilities

While this role will be shaped and built around the right person, these are the key responsibilities the role will include:

Technical leadership: Drive architectural decisions across your projects and provide technical leadership across the company. Critically evaluate client briefs and proposed solutions in context of the entire solution. Conduct design reviews to ensure delivery aligns with approved architecture.
Solution design and delivery: Create robust, scalable architectures for modern headless composable commerce and CMS projects. Lead requirements gathering workshops and translate business needs into technical solutions.
Meaningful documentation: Write detailed technical specifications, cost estimations, and integration strategies, that provides clarity and helps the team and our clients understand the solution we’re building.
Client and partner engagement: Lead technical discussions with clients, technology partners and third-party vendors. There will also be opportunities to pitch to prospective clients.
Hands-on implementation: Stay close to the code, taking an active role in building critical technical components and mentoring the team to build their own skills. Stay ahead on the development landscape and bring new thinking to the team.
Collaboration: Work closely with Delivery Managers as a technical partner. Support and mentor senior developers in translating high-level designs into component-level implementations. Facilitate design workshops to ensure shared understanding.
Risk and quality management: Identify technical risks early. Manage design changes during development, assessing impact on scope and timeline. Ensure solutions meet production requirements—performance, security, resilience, scalability.

The role is approximately 60-70% hands-on delivery and 30-40% architecture and consultancy.

Skills and experience

Don't tick every box? If you have similar experience or transferable skills, we encourage you to apply. We're looking for curious, proactive problem solvers with an innovative mindset, if that sounds like you, we want to hear from you.

Essential Skills and Experience

Previous experience as a Solutions Architect, Technical Architect, System Architect or Solution Consultant with responsibility for project ownership and delivery - best-suited to someone who has already taken technical ownership of platform delivery, rather than a purely development-focused role
Proven experience delivering with modern application stacks and architectures is essential - particularly headless CMS, DXP, composable ecommerce, and API-first design.
Experience integrating multiple third-party services into a single secure, scalable solution.
Infrastructure and DevOps knowledge: hosting (Azure preferred), networking, security, CI/CD—you understand how solutions perform in production
A track record of leading technical discussions with clients and stakeholders, translating business requirements into robust technical solutions
Strong business acumen and a client-centric approach—you balance technical excellence with commercial reality
Strong communication skills across technical levels—from senior developers to non-technical clients
A delivery-focused mindset with the ability to manage priorities and make autonomous decisions

Desirable Skills and Experience

Experience delivering mid-enterprise digital platforms within digital agency, systems integrator (SI) environments, or client-facing consultancy is strongly preferred.
Strong background with JavaScript-based development frameworks such React and Next.js or back-end frameworks such as .NET.
Hands-on experience with DXP/CMS platforms (Storyblok, Kentico, Kontent, Contentful, Sanity) and commerce platforms (BigCommerce, Shopify Plus, commercetools)
Knowledge of Azure infrastructure, DevOps pipelines, and cloud architecture patterns
Previous experience with any of our current technologies: ridgeway.com/technologies

Why Ridgeway?

Working as part of a collaborative, highly-skilled team, you'll lead technical direction on genuinely bespoke projects—composable, headless architectures built around client needs, not preexisting templates.

We're based in a beautiful Cotswolds setting with excellent connectivity. Our Hanborough office has been designed with modern working life in mind and is just a two-minute walk from direct trains to Oxford, Reading, and London, taking the stress out of your commute.

Learning budgets, conference attendance, and paid certifications are standard—we're active in the Oxford tech community and support all our team members to learn and grow their skillset.

How to apply

If you’re a creative problem solver, who enjoys getting into the details while also taking a high-level view, we would love to hear from you. We’re looking for the right person for the role, not necessarily the one that ticks the most boxes.

To apply, please use the link below and provide your CV and a cover letter with a summary of a previous solution you worked on, the key decisions you took as part of the delivery and short explanation of the rationale behind them.

Further details.

Salary
This role offers a salary ranging from circa £60-68k, subject to skills and experience. Please state your salary requirements upon application.
Location

This role is based in our brand new office in Hanborough, Oxfordshire - ten minutes from Oxford city centre.
This is a UK-based role with regular time in our office (typically 2–3 days per week). Fully remote roles are not available.
Equal opportunities
We are an equal opportunities employer, and strongly support diversity in our team.
No agencies
We only accept direct applications and request agencies are respectful of this.

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