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You will be the subject-matter expert the whole programme leans on. That means guiding the shared services work, keeping the flagship consumer app on track, and covering the platform wherever services meet. It is a broad remit, and it is hands-on.\nThe programme\nThe client's shared services team supports several business lines. They are internationalising their flagship app alongside the shared services behind it, such as identity, loyalty and partner integrations. The first target is an isolated region with its own data-residency stack. Multi-region rollouts follow through 2027.\nWhat you will work on\nSetting the architecture direction across the shared services, and making sure each one can run inside an isolated region with no hidden dependency on the original one.\nKeeping the flagship app's internationalisation coherent as the services underneath it change.\nOwning the seams: how the shared services interact across and within regions.\nData residency: deciding what data is shared, what stays regional and what never leaves a region, across Cassandra and Postgres.\nKafka in both worlds: self-contained within an isolated region, and replicated across regions where it is needed.\nTerraform and Kubernetes that stand up a new region repeatably, with explicit regional config and visible drift.\nCross functional stakeholder management. You will be the glue between multiple teams. \nIn your first two weeks you will review what the client's team has already built for the first region. You will come back with an honest verdict on what holds up, what will block an isolated launch, and what will make multi-region harder later.\nYou will likely have\nStood production systems up in new, isolated regions under data-residency rules, and taken systems multi-region, including the data and failover decisions.\nBeen the architecture lead across several teams or services, not just one.\nCurrent, senior Go, and enough React to change it with confidence.\nDeep working knowledge of Cassandra, Postgres and Kafka in distributed setups.\nKubernetes and Terraform experience at the level of designing platforms, not just using them.\nThe confidence to say \"this will not work\" to a client, with evidence.\nA habit of making the engineers around you better.\nYou do not need experience in the client's industry, or with a specific cloud provider. AI tools are welcome in your workflow; we expect you to understand and own every line you ship.\nWhat we’ll offer you:\nWe trust people to do their best work. That means flexibility over rigid rules, impact over activity, and real investment in your growth both professionally and personally. You’ll be part of a supportive, and friendly culture, surrounded by smart, curious people who care deeply about what they do.\nWe offer flexible working, including hybrid and remote options. Our office hubs are located in Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, London and Bulgaria, with occasional travel to client sites or CreateFuture offices when needed.\nWe trust you to manage your time balancing collaboration with client time and focused work. What matters is the impact you have, not how busy you look.\nOur hiring process\nWe try to keep our hiring process clear, fair and respectful of your time. We aim to get back to everyone who applies and we will be upfront about where you are in the process.\nIt usually looks like this:\nCall with our Talent Acquisition Team \nRole specific capability interview \nDepending on the role, we might also ask you to do a short presentation, a practical or technical task or have a values focused conversation. We will explain what is involved before anything happens.\nInclusion at CreateFuture \nWe believe diverse teams build better workplaces and better products. We want CreateFuture to be a place where people feel able to be themselves and do their best work.\nIf you need any adjustments or support during the application process, just. 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