Job Specifications
About Our Team
RX is a global leader in events and exhibitions, leveraging industry expertise, data, and technology to build businesses for individuals, communities, and organisations. With a presence in 25 countries across 42 industry sectors, RX hosts approximately 350 events annually. RX is committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all our people. RX empowers businesses to thrive by leveraging data-driven insights and digital solutions. RX is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. For more information, visit www.rxglobal.com.
Our engineering team includes over 150 professionals working across both offshore and onshore locations. We focus on building customer-facing products and backend integrations that power the RX Global platform.
About The Role
Are you a visionary technologist ready to lead the design of cutting-edge software systems? At RELX/RX, we are looking for a Software Architect to drive architectural excellence across our Digital Platform. This is your opportunity to influence global solutions. We're looking for a strategic thinker with deep technical expertise, strong communication skills, and a passion for mentoring teams, driving architectural excellence, and staying ahead of industry trends.
Key Responsibilities
Lead Architecture Design & Governance: Define and enforce software standards, patterns, and best practices across scalable, secure, and resilient systems.
Strategic Collaboration: Partner with global architecture and engineering teams to align technical decisions with business goals.
Drive Innovation: Introduce emerging technologies, foster communities of practice, and enable teams through training and mentorship.
Optimise & Monitor: Ensure system health, performance, and cost-efficiency through proactive architectural oversight.
Integrate & Support: Collaborate with DevOps, troubleshoot complex issues, and manage third-party integrations.
Collaborates to Deliver: Supports building inclusive, high-performing teams and communicates with impact.
Acts with Agility: Embraces curiosity, manages complexity, and builds global connections.
Experience & Qualifications
Solid background in software engineering and architecture.
Experience working on large-scale platforms and global teams.
Comfortable collaborating across time zones and cultures.
Key Skills
Architecture & Design: Strong grasp of software architecture principles and patterns (e.g., microservices, event-driven), with experience in system design and modelling (e.g., UML, C4).
Programming: Proficient in one or more languages such as C#, Python, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
Cloud Platforms: Hands-on experience with AWS (and/or Azure, GCP), focusing on scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency
DevOps & CI/CD: Familiar with tools like GitHub, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, and automated testing and monitoring.
Data & Integration: Skilled in data modelling, APIs, messaging systems (e.g., Kafka), and ETL pipelines.
Security & Compliance: Knowledge of secure design, identity management, and regulatory standards (e.g., GDPR).
Problem Solving: Proven ability to lead teams in diagnosing and resolving complex technical issues.
Project Planning: Strong skills in planning, risk management, and cross-functional coordination.
Education & Certifications
Degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
Architecture certifications (e.g., TOGAF, ArchiMate) are a plus but not required.
Why Join Us?
Join our team and contribute to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence. Bring your expertise to a team that values bold ideas, technical excellence, and collaborative success. If you are ready to advance your career and make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply.
Work In a Way That Works For You
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.
Working For You
We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days.
Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits.
Wellbeing programs.
Life assurance.
Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme.
Save As You Earn share option scheme.
Optional Dental Insurance.
Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave.
Employee Assistance Programme.
Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children.
RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you.
Access to employee resource grou