Job Description:
Solution Architect - Care Services
Location: Leeds (LS5 3BF) or Salford (M50 3SP)
Permanent
Salary range: £64,900 - £68,000 (Negotiable depending on experience)
Role specific benefits: 10% Bonus
Full time: 37.5 Hours per week
Grade: C16
We make health happen
At Bupa, we're passionate about technology. With colleagues, customers, patients and residents in mind you'll have the opportunity to work on innovative projects and make a real impact on their lives.
Right from the start you'll become part of our digital strategy, joining us on our journey and developing yourself along the way.
At Bupa, technology plays a vital role in helping our Care Services grow and succeed. We build secure, scalable, and modern platforms that support both innovation and day‑to‑day operations across our diverse businesses. As we continue our move to cloud‑based services, we're looking for Solution Architects who can balance change with stability-owning solutions end to end, unlocking the value of data, and designing technology that delivers great customer experiences while minimising technical debt. Working closely with business and technology leaders, you'll help shape the future of care through smart, sustainable technology choices.
How you'll help us make health happen
Lead and drive technology change and innovation across Bupa Care Services
Translate business challenges into clear, strategic technology solutions, balancing cost, risk, and time to value
Collaborate across architecture, engineering, data, security, and operations to deliver the technical vision
Design and influence end-to-end solutions, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and governance
Build strong relationships with internal teams and external partners to support successful delivery
Communicate complex ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Ensure solutions meet governance, compliance, and quality standards with minimal friction
Key Skills / Qualifications
Proven experience in Solution Architecture roles
Ability to design end-to-end solutions for high-availability web, mobile, and cloud-based systems
Strong understanding of architecture modelling techniques such as UML and C4
Experience designing and delivering resilient, scalable, and secure systems
Solid background in web technologies including HTML5, JavaScript, REST, XML, and OData
Proficiency in modern programming languages such as Node.js, Java, C#, or Python
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (particularly Azure Cloud Platform and Google Cloud Platform), including PaaS solutions and workload migration
Expertise in modern architectural practices, including:
Microservices
API-led design
CI/CD pipelines
Infrastructure as Code
Cloud-native design patterns
Strong ability to collaborate with engineers and technical teams, confidently engaging in detailed technical discussions
Experience designing data architectures that are scalable, secure, and optimised for performance
Care and telecare industry knowledge is advantageous, though not essential
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
Target bonus of 10% based on individual and company performance
Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
Various other benefits and online discounts
Why Bupa?
We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to ”Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We're committed to ensuring you're treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process.
If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com
Time Type:
Full timeJob Area:
ITLocations:
Bupa Place, Kirkstall Forge
Bupa’s purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We do this by providing a broad range of healthcare services, support and advice to people throughout their lives. People are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we make health happen.
Every company needs an ethos, and we're no different. Through good days and challenging times, we always work with our values in mind. These are: Brave - Make new possibilities happen. Caring - Act with empathy and respect. Responsible - Own your decisions and actions.
We don't have shareholders at Bupa, which means we're free to invest our profits where they matter: our patients, our facilities, our research, and you.
As a healthcare provider, we have a duty to do the right thing. By our customers, our people and our partners. The Bupa Code holds us to this duty. It's our promise to protect, care for, and build trust with everyone who relies on us.
Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.
You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.Free
to be you.
Back in September 2018, we made a pledge. That we'd do whatever we could to make Bupa a diverse, kind and inclusive place to work.
Everyone deserves a positive working environment. Everyone deserves to have their voice heard. Everyone deserves freedom from bullying, harassment and discrimination.
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