Job Description

Software Architect

6 month daily rate contract 

Must be Perth, WA

The Opportunity

We are partnering with a major mining organisation to deliver large-scale, business-critical technology solutions that support real-time operational environments.

We are seeking an experienced Software Architect to join a high-performing team responsible for designing and delivering complex distributed systems operating at scale.

This is a hands-on architecture role where you'll bridge the gap between solution architecture and engineering delivery, producing detailed technical designs that enable development teams to build with confidence and clarity.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate solution designs into detailed, developer-ready technical specifications.


• Design microservices, APIs, event-driven interactions and data models.


• Define system behaviour, event flows and state management across complex distributed systems.


• Produce detailed technical designs covering architecture, integrations, data structures and service interactions.


• Collaborate with development teams to shape Epics and User Stories.


• Lead architecture reviews, technical workshops and design discussions.


• Support engineering teams throughout delivery to ensure successful implementation.


• Contribute to architectural decisions focused on scalability, reliability, performance and maintainability.

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Software Architect, Solution Architect or Senior Software Engineer.


• Strong experience designing complex distributed systems and microservices architectures.


• Demonstrated ability to produce detailed technical designs and low-level architecture documentation.


• Strong understanding of event-driven systems and asynchronous processing.


• Experience working within real-time or near real-time environments.


• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Technical Requirements

• Strong background in C# / .NET Core / .NET 6+


• Event-driven architecture and messaging technologies


• RabbitMQ, Kafka, Azure Service Bus or similar


• Microservices and distributed systems design


• REST API design and asynchronous integrations


• SQL Server and relational database design


• Real-time telemetry, operational data or streaming data environments


• GitHub and CI/CD practices

Highly Desirable

• Mining, industrial technology or operational systems experience


• Industrial IoT or Operational Technology (OT) environments


• Geospatial, routing or spatial processing systems


• Azure or AWS cloud platforms


• Large-scale integration programs involving multiple vendors


• Safety-critical systems experience


• Experience with Actor Model frameworks such as Akka.NET

What's On Offer

• Opportunity to work on a large-scale technology transformation program within the mining sector.


• Complex technical challenges involving real-time systems and distributed architectures.


• High-impact architecture role with significant technical influence.


• Collaborative team environment with flexible working arrangements.


• Long-term project pipeline within a globally recognised organisation.