Ironclad is the leading AI-powered contract lifecycle management platform, processing billions of contracts every year.
Every business is powered by contracts, but managing them can slow companies down and cost millions of dollars. Global innovators like L’Oréal, OpenAI, and Salesforce trust Ironclad to transform contracting into a strategic advantage - accelerating revenue, reducing risk, and driving efficiency. It’s the only platform that manages every type of contract workflow, whether a sales agreement, an HR agreement or a complex NDA.
We’re building the future of intelligent contracting and writing the narrative for how contracts unlock strategic growth. Forrester Wave and Gartner Magic Quadrant have consistently recognized Ironclad as a leader in our category. We’ve also been named one of Fortune’s Great Places to Work six years running, featured on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work, and recognized by Forbes’ 50 Most Promising AI Companies.
We’re backed by leading investors like Accel, Sequoia, Y Combinator, and BOND. We’d love for you to join us!
This is a hybrid role based out of London. Office attendance is required at least twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays for collaboration and connection. There may be additional in-office days for team or company events.
Candidates must have the unrestricted right to work in the United Kingdom.
Architecture @ Ironclad
The mission of the Enterprise Architecture team at Ironclad is simple:
Define, evangelize and realize the business and technical architectures that maximize success for Ironclad, its customers and its partners.
Enterprise Architects at Ironclad are customer-facing advisors on both technical and business architecture. They wield deep and broad technical expertise with real-world solutions, marry this with business strategy experience and consultative skills, and serve as trusted advisors to our customers across our relationship with them, from pre-sales to deployment to operations.
As an Enterprise Architect at Ironclad, you'll work cross-functionally with our sales, product, engineering and customer success teams to architect solutions based on the business goals of our customers, our partners and Ironclad. These solutions need to not just function, but also drive business value and accelerate the innovation that we are driving in the contract lifecycle management domain. You play a critical role in driving our customers and partners to the architectures that will realize this innovation and all of its potential.
We seek experienced architects with deep technical roots in coding, integration, security, analytics and cloud computing, strong communication skills, and a strong collaborative ethic. Our company and our customer base are both growing rapidly, and as an Ironclad Enterprise Architect you will be helping to design and build the foundational pillars of our vision for the future of contract lifecycle management. If you’d like to join us on this mission, let’s talk!
What You Will Be Doing:
Engage with prospective customers to understand their overall goals and advise on solutions involving the Ironclad platform and their enterprise systems that deliver value.
Advise Ironclad, customer and partner implementation teams on high-value architecture practices, either as a billable resource or as a strategic investment in customer success.
Engage with customers in a variety of modes, including ad hoc collaborative sessions, structured workshops, and as part of a deployment project team.
Develop and nurture long-term advisory relationships with our larger customers and partners, from the executive stakeholder level downwards, to ensure long-term value of Ironclad-based architectures within their business contexts.
Develop on-the-ground intelligence for the Ironclad product team on business and technical drivers that should influence our product roadmap.
Share your expertise through various Ironclad content channels, providing guidance on solution patterns for common system/process/business contexts.
What We Look For:
B.S. Computer Science, Software Engineering, Management Information Systems or equivalent
8+ years experience in either software, system, or enterprise architecture.
Deep understanding and direct experience with cloud architecture and modern platform concepts including SaaS, PaaS, cross-cloud data and process integration, multi-tenancy, etc.
Knowledge of enterprise systems that intersect with digital contracting processes, such as the examples below:
CRMs (e.g., Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Hubspot, etc.)Procurement and ERP systems (e.g., Coupa, Oracle Fusion, SAP, Workday, etc.)ITSM systems (ServiceNow, Jira, etc.)Security/Trust/Risk systems (e.g., OneTrust, ProcessUnity, etc.)Data visualization systems (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Looker, etc.)IdPs (e.g., Okta, Azure AD, OneLogin, etc.)
Knowledge of enterprise business processes (e.g., procure-to-pay, quote-to-cash, etc.) that intersect with digital contracting processes.
Solid understanding of enterprise application integration technologies (e.g., event-based integration, RESTful concepts, middleware approaches, etc.)
Experience with tools and techniques for enabling analytics, data-based insights, artificial intelligence.
Experience with common enterprise architecture principles such as persona-based journeys, process orchestration, master data management, etc.
Good understanding of security processes, regulations, standards & challenges involved in cloud or hybrid applications
Articulate, consultative and pragmatic approach with mature written and verbal communication skills
Benefits:
Private Medical & Dental insurance, covered at 100% for you and dependents
Life assurance and Income Protection
Generous leave policies, including parental leave, medical leave and compassionate leave
Family-forming support through Maven for you and your partner
Monthly stipends for wellbeing, hybrid work, and (if applicable) phone use
One-time home office setup stipend
Standard pension contribution scheme
Regular team events to connect, recharge, and have fun
And most importantly: the opportunity to help build the company you want to work at
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.