Technical Java Architect

The Technical Architect will be responsible for defining the overall architecture, technical strategy, and integration approach for cloud-native applications and enterprise platforms. The role will guide backend services, API integrations, cloud infrastructure, security, scalability, and engineering governance across distributed teams., * Define end-to-end solution architecture for backend systems, integrations, and cloud

• deployments
• Lead architecture discussions, technical design reviews, and solution governance
• Design scalable microservices using Java Spring Boot and cloud-native patterns
• Define API contracts, integration patterns, orchestration flows, and data models
• Guide implementation teams on best practices, coding standards, and architectural
• decisions
• Design secure and resilient systems with proper authentication, authorization, encryption,
• and audit logging
• Lead third-party/vendor integrations using abstraction and adapter-based architecture
• Partner with DevOps teams on deployment architecture, CI/CD, observability, and
• monitoring
• Ensure performance, scalability, availability, and disaster recovery considerations are
• built into the platform
• Mentor technical leads and engineers across backend, frontend, and cloud streams
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• 5 days ago

• Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices Architecture
• Experience designing large-scale distributed systems and REST APIs
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native architecture on GCP
• Hands-on experience with:
• GKE
• Cloud Spanner
• Pub/Sub
• Secret Manager
• Cloud Logging & Monitoring

o API Gateway / Apigee

• Strong understanding of integration architecture and vendor API orchestration

• Experience with event-driven systems, resiliency patterns, retries, circuit breakers, and

• fallback handling
• Good understanding of database design, performance optimization, and schema evolution
• Experience implementing security and compliance controls for sensitive/PII data
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and Kubernetes deployments
• Ability to drive architecture governance and technical leadership across teams

Nice to Have

• Experience with Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
• Experience with fraud, identity, verification, or customer profile systems
• Experience with observability, distributed tracing, dashboards, and operational metrics
• Experience with GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, or Cloud Build
• Knowledge of frontend technologies such as React

Preferred Experience

• 10+ years of software engineering experience
• 5+ years in solution architecture or technical leadership roles
• Experience leading cloud modernization or platform transformation programs
• Experience working in Agile / Scrum delivery models
• Strong stakeholder communication and technical mentoring skills