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