Technical Architect
Location: Flexible
Reporting to: CTO
Company: Epos Now
Epos Now is on a mission to build the most modern, reliable, and scalable retail & hospitality POS and Payments platform on the market - and we’re looking for a Technical Architect who wants to own that mission end-to-end- supporting the mission from 100k user to over a million!. This is your chance to define the blueprint of a next-generation POS ecosystem, lead ambitious modernisation programmes, and empower engineering teams to move faster than ever before.
Why This Role Matters
As our Technical Architect, you’ll be the guiding force behind the technical choices that shape our platform. You’ll lead architectural strategy across payments, ordering, fiscalisation, data and platform APIs — ensuring everything we build is scalable, secure, and beautifully engineered.
If you love solving complex problems, taming legacy systems, and creating elegant solutions that deliver true business impact, this role is built for you.
What You’ll Lead & Deliver
Architectural Excellence
- Own Epos Now’s long-term technical vision and reference architecture
- Drive modernisation, service unification, and event-driven system design
- Chair Architecture Reviews and lead our internal Architecture Committee
- Mentor senior engineers and raise the bar on architectural literacy
Collaboration at Scale
- Work closely with Product, Engineering, DevOps, Data, and external partners
- Ensure shared frameworks and standards are adopted across all tribes
- Influence roadmap decisions to ensure long-term scalability
Cloud & Infrastructure Leadership
- Steer AWS/K8s architecture, failover design, and IaC standards
- Improve reliability, performance, and observability across the platform
- Champion cost efficiency with data-driven insights
Driving Innovation & AI Adoption
- Lead our AI-first engineering initiative (75%+ AI-assisted build & test)
- Deploy AI tools for code generation, testing, observability, and automation
- Deliver cutting-edge PoCs and continuously evolve our tech ecosystem
What Success Looks Like
- 95%+ uptime for critical services
- Reduced technical debt and improved modularity
- Clear simplification of the platform and faster engineering throughput
- High engagement from engineering teams and external partners
- Proven impact on customer experience (speed, reliability, NPS)
Your Toolkit
While the advert keeps it high level, you’ll work with a modern tech stack including:
AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Redis, Terraform, New Relic, and more — plus a growing suite of AI engineering tools.
Who You Are
You’re a senior technical leader who thrives on solving complex systemic challenges, partnering across teams, and influencing without authority. You care deeply about good architecture, but even more about delivering scalable, resilient, customer-impacting systems.
You're commercially savvy, energised by transformation, and passionate about helping teams ship faster with confidence and clarity.
Why Join Epos Now?
- Direct impact on a platform powering thousands of businesses globally
- Freedom to innovate and shape a modern, unified architecture
- A culture where engineering craft, autonomy, and continuous improvement matter
- The opportunity to lead transformational change at scale
