# Application Architect London, Macclesfield · Hybrid at Fourth

- Company: Fourth
- What the company does: Restaurant and hospitality-specific technology, services, and analytics to manage your workforce and inventory. Backed by Insight.
- Company website: http://www.fourth.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Remote (US)
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-08-12
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://careers.fourth.com/jobs/8211571-application-architect
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/fourth-application-architect-london-macclesfield-hybrid/

## About the role

We are seeking a motivated Application Architect to help shape the architecture of key strategic initiatives across Fourth. Working as an embedded member of delivery teams, you will provide hands-on architectural leadership, helping engineers design, build and evolve scalable, maintainable and resilient software solutions. You will apply Fourth's application architecture standards, patterns and engineering principles, while

## What they're looking for

- · Demonstrable, hands-on experience in application or software architecture and engineering
- · Strong knowledge of application design patterns and architectural styles (e.g. microservices, event-driven, layered)
- · Experience with modern application frameworks and technologies
- · Experience with API design, microservices, and distributed systems architecture
- · Excellent collaboration and problem-solving skills with the ability to document and communicate complex solutions
- · Ability to lead and manage projects and teams in a fast-paced environment