Perform hands-on technical assessments of home-built platforms and codebases, evaluating code quality, architecture, DevOps/CI-CD, observability, resilience, scalability and technical debt. Produce clear, board-level findings, recommendations (keep/fix/buy/rebuild), evidence packs, heatmaps and roadmaps, and identify key-person risks and fragile integrations.
Intelance is an independent enterprise architecture, technology and cybersecurity advisory firm. We have been appointed to lead a board-level, independent technology and data review for a large UK omnichannel retailer.
A big part of this retailer's technology is home-built. We need a hands-on principal engineer who can get under the bonnet of that code, judge how good it really is, and explain what it means in clear terms.
Tasks
You will support an Intelance led independent technology audit.
Typical work may include:
* Review selected home-built platforms, applications and codebases.
* Assess code quality, technical debt, maintainability, documentation and engineering standards.
* Review platform architecture, APIs, integrations, services, data flows and points of failure.
* Assess DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, test automation, release management and deployment controls.
* Review observability, logging, monitoring, incident data, resilience and disaster recovery evidence.
* Assess whether the current platforms can scale for higher digital volumes, international growth and third-party integrations.
* Help judge which components should be kept, fixed, bought, rebuilt, retired or simplified.
* Identify key person dependency, weak documentation, fragile integrations and high cost areas.
* Work with cyber, data, cloud, enterprise architecture and business specialists.
* Turn technical findings into clear, plain-English messages for a CEO, CFO and Board.
* Support the creation of a technical evidence pack, architecture findings, heatmap and roadmap.
Requirements
We are looking for someone with deep software engineering and architecture review experience.
You should have:
* Experience as a Principal Engineer, Engineering Director, CTO, VP Engineering, Software Architect, Platform Architect, or senior technical assessor.
* Strong experience reviewing software codebases, not only designing architecture from slides.
* Good understanding of modern software architecture, APIs, microservices, event-driven design, cloud platforms and integration patterns.
* Strong understanding of CI/CD, DevOps, test automation, release management and engineering quality.
* Ability to assess maintainability, scalability, resilience, technical debt and documentation quality.
* Ability to review engineering practices without turning the work into a full code remediation project.
* Ability to explain technical issues in simple language to senior non-technical leaders.
* Strong judgement on build versus buy decisions.
* Experience working with complex, business critical platforms.
* Availability to support proposal activity immediately, with potential delivery work over an eight-week audit period.
Benefits
This is a senior associate opportunity with Intelance.
What is on offer:
* Short-term, high impact advisory work.
* Potential involvement in a Board level technology audit for a major UK business.
* Flexible day-rate associate model.
* Clear role boundaries and defined technical assessment scope.
* Opportunity to work with a senior team across enterprise architecture, cyber, data, AI, supply chain technology, finance systems and technology cost review.
* Work that focuses on evidence, real system quality and clear decisions, not generic consulting slides.
Please apply with:
* Your CV and LinkedIn profile
* Your availability over the next two weeks
* Your day rate
* Whether you are available to support a short proposal discussion at short notice
* We are moving quickly, so suitable candidates may be contacted immediately.
A big part of this retailer's technology is home-built. We need a hands-on principal engineer who can get under the bonnet of that code, judge how good it really is, and explain what it means in clear terms.
Tasks
You will support an Intelance led independent technology audit.
Typical work may include:
* Review selected home-built platforms, applications and codebases.
* Assess code quality, technical debt, maintainability, documentation and engineering standards.
* Review platform architecture, APIs, integrations, services, data flows and points of failure.
* Assess DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, test automation, release management and deployment controls.
* Review observability, logging, monitoring, incident data, resilience and disaster recovery evidence.
* Assess whether the current platforms can scale for higher digital volumes, international growth and third-party integrations.
* Help judge which components should be kept, fixed, bought, rebuilt, retired or simplified.
* Identify key person dependency, weak documentation, fragile integrations and high cost areas.
* Work with cyber, data, cloud, enterprise architecture and business specialists.
* Turn technical findings into clear, plain-English messages for a CEO, CFO and Board.
* Support the creation of a technical evidence pack, architecture findings, heatmap and roadmap.
Requirements
We are looking for someone with deep software engineering and architecture review experience.
You should have:
* Experience as a Principal Engineer, Engineering Director, CTO, VP Engineering, Software Architect, Platform Architect, or senior technical assessor.
* Strong experience reviewing software codebases, not only designing architecture from slides.
* Good understanding of modern software architecture, APIs, microservices, event-driven design, cloud platforms and integration patterns.
* Strong understanding of CI/CD, DevOps, test automation, release management and engineering quality.
* Ability to assess maintainability, scalability, resilience, technical debt and documentation quality.
* Ability to review engineering practices without turning the work into a full code remediation project.
* Ability to explain technical issues in simple language to senior non-technical leaders.
* Strong judgement on build versus buy decisions.
* Experience working with complex, business critical platforms.
* Availability to support proposal activity immediately, with potential delivery work over an eight-week audit period.
Benefits
This is a senior associate opportunity with Intelance.
What is on offer:
* Short-term, high impact advisory work.
* Potential involvement in a Board level technology audit for a major UK business.
* Flexible day-rate associate model.
* Clear role boundaries and defined technical assessment scope.
* Opportunity to work with a senior team across enterprise architecture, cyber, data, AI, supply chain technology, finance systems and technology cost review.
* Work that focuses on evidence, real system quality and clear decisions, not generic consulting slides.
Please apply with:
* Your CV and LinkedIn profile
* Your availability over the next two weeks
* Your day rate
* Whether you are available to support a short proposal discussion at short notice
* We are moving quickly, so suitable candidates may be contacted immediately.
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