SaaS Technical Architect

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The Role

Proventeq is looking for a challenge-driven Technical Architect to strengthen our SaaS product development and technical delivery capabilities. The ideal candidate will have a can-do attitude and demonstrable career progression from a software development background, with proven experience in the architecture, design and development of large & complex applications and services using Microsoft technologies such as C#/.Net/SQL Server and Azure.

Key responsibilities

Product architecture and delivery

• Lead the Proventeq product development team to deliver new modules for our AI-powered SaaS product.
• Own the product architecture: multi-tenancy, security, scalability, resilience, performance, cost management and technical roadmap.
• Design and maintain the product's Azure Marketplace integration, including subscription lifecycle handling and, where applicable, metered billing.
• Define engineering standards, code review practice, CI/CD pipelines and environment strategy; coach and mentor developers.

Solution architecture and professional services

• Work closely with the professional services team on the technical architecture and design of Azure, SharePoint and Microsoft 365 solutions and platform modernisation projects.
• Design and review content migration and modernisation patterns, for example moving content from legacy ECM systems and file shares into SharePoint / Microsoft 365, including metadata mapping, validation and governance.

AI and machine learning

• Take technical lead on the appropriate use of AI/ML technologies, including large language model (LLM) and retrieval-augmented solutions, document processing and intelligent classification
• Set practices for responsible AI, evaluation, cost control and model lifecycle management.

Collaboration and commercial support

• Work within a team spread across multiple geographic locations and share knowledge on new trends and upcoming technologies
• Support the sales team and partners in demos, webinars and training.
• Contribute to proposals, technical specifications and client-facing technical discussions.

Required skills and experience

• Excellent knowledge of C#/.NET, SQL Server and web technologies such as React.
• Proven expertise in SaaS product development for Azure. Marketplace, including integration with the SaaS Fulfillment APIs (v2), landing page and webhook handling, and subscription lifecycle management; experience with the marketplace metering service is a plus.
• Good knowledge of Azure services, APIs and Azure Functions
• Experience with Microsoft Entra ID: app registrations, OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect and multi-tenant single sign-on.
• Experience designing cloud-native Azure architectures (for example App Service, Container Apps or AKS, Service Bus, Azure SQL, Key Vault) and Infrastructure as Code (Bicep or Terraform).
• Good understanding of AI/ML technologies, ideally including building solutions with Microsoft Foundry (formerly Azure AI Foundry / Azure OpenAI), Azure AI Search and Azure AI Document Intelligence.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Graph API and SharePoint / Microsoft 365 extensibility (SPFx, SharePoint REST or CSOM, Power Platform).
• Strong understanding of modern development methodologies and tools, including Agile, Azure DevOps (or GitHub) and automated testing.
• Awareness of secure development, data protection and compliance requirements (GDPR; SOC 2 / ISO 27001 environments).
• Strong technical leadership: able to propose, design and defend technical solutions.
• Expertise in producing high-quality technical documentation: technical specifications, architecture decision records and proposals.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and excellent client-facing skills
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline (or equivalent practical experience) [to confirm with client]

Desirable skills and knowledge

• Good knowledge of SharePoint and/or the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) domain.
• Experience with SharePoint Premium (formerly Microsoft Syntex), Microsoft Purview or SharePoint Embedded.
• Experience with migration from ECM or collaboration platforms such as OpenText, Documentum, FileNet, Box, Google Workspace or Lotus Notes.
• Experience building AI agents or Copilot extensions.
• Microsoft certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect, Azure Developer or Azure AI Engineer, and familiarity with the Microsoft ISV programmes (ISV Success, co-sell).
• Familiarity with the Microsoft Commercial Marketplace SaaS Accelerator reference implementation.

Personal attributes

• Can-do attitude and comfort with ambiguity in a growing product environment.
• Clear communicator with both technical teams and senior client stakeholders.
• Collaborative approach to working across time zones.
• Curiosity about emerging technology and willingness to teach others.

What we offer

• Competitive salary + discretionary performance bonus
• Flexible working, open culture, and opportunities for fast career progression.
• Private health insurance
• Rest up with 25 days holiday per year