About We are looking for a skilled and driven Technical Delivery Architect to lead the build and launch of innovative digital applications that empower communities and transform local finance. Technical Delivery Architect Remote with monthly travel to Liverpool HQ (Shared workspace desk option) • Full time position • 6 months fixed term contract • £50,00 FTE (or negotiable depending on experience) Please Note: Applicants must be authorised to work in the UK Mutual Credit Services (MCS) is adapting financial tools from long-standing use in the banking sector for the benefit of small businesses and communities. Its flagship venture, Local Loop Merseyside, will be a member-owned business-to-business “clearing club” that uses a graph algorithm to clear invoices, freeing up cash flow and boosting the Liverpool City Region's economic resilience. By joining MCS you'll help prove a new model of collaborative, community-owned financial infrastructure that can be replicated in other cities worldwide. The Role You'll own the end-to-end technical delivery of our MVP as we build to launch, acting as the ‘glue' connecting the driven Product-founder team and Business Analyst to our excellent Technical Team Lead and engineering team, reporting to the Programme Manager. Delivery & Scrum • Run sprint planning, backlog grooming and retros in GitHub Projects • Forecast capacity and remove blockers so the dev team can hit sprint goals Architecture & Design • Translate detailed Business Requirements into scalable solution designs, architecture diagrams, and actionable tickets • Maintain high-level and detailed architecture documents covering apps, data, and infrastructure (AWS, Supabase, Next.js, Postgres) • Define and evangelise coding and design standards; review pull-requests with a security-by-design mindset Quality & Security Assurance • Own post-merge QA: automated test pipelines, manual exploratory testing, performance baselines • Implement penetration testing (OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, Metasploit). Deliver security requirements into CI/CD and track remediation • Guard non-functional requirements - performance, reliability, compliance - through every sprint Benefits • Remote-first working with monthly Liverpool co-working • Friendly and collaborative team culture • Holiday allowance • Purpose-led mission making a measurable local and global difference The Ideal Candidate You are a UK-based, technically versatile leader with a strong background in architecting and delivering secure digital products. You thrive in startup-style teams, bring clarity to complexity, and are motivated by purpose as much as performance. Required • 5+ years in Solution/Technical Architect roles delivering web or mobile products • Experience as a Scrum Master or Technical Project Manager • Strong expertise in GitHub, CI/CD, secure coding practices, and system design • Skilled in translating technical detail for non-technical stakeholders • Proficient in diagramming tools (e.g., C4 models) and user story creation Desirable • AWS Solutions Architect, TOGAF, or CISSP certification • Experience in fintech, mutual credit, or community finance • Knowledge of Supabase or invoice-clearing algorithms • Familiarity with business continuity and disaster recovery planning • Residing in or near Merseyside (preferred but not essential) Are you ready to help reinvent financial systems for people and communities? Apply now! How To Apply For The Role If you have the skills and experience required for this position, click “apply” today and check your inbox for an email providing more information on how to complete your application and provide any other supporting documents. Mutual Credit Services is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from people of every background and identity, irrespective of race, ethnicity, colour, religion or belief, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, neurodiversity, or any other characteristic that makes you uniquely you. You must be authorised to work in the UK. No agencies please. Other suitable skills and experience include Solutions Architect, Technical Project Manager, Software Development Manager, DevOps Architect, Product Delivery Manager, Technical Team Lead, IT Solutions Consultant, Application Architect, Agile Delivery Lead, Systems Integration Architect TITL1\_UKTJ Nice-to-have skills • AWS • CISSP • Github • Scrum Master • Next.js • Liverpool, England, United Kingdom Work experience • Solutions Architect • Agile Coach / Scrum Master • Cloud Architect Languages • English