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# Technical Java Architect

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Issaquah, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $141,600.0 - $212,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Application Integration Architecture, Audit Trail, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, Database Design, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Distributed Systems, Github, Performance Tuning, Scrum Methodology, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Software Technical Review, Spring Cloud, ReactJS, Spring-boot, Apigee, Build Server, Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Containerization, Kubernetes, Front End Software Development, Api Gateway, Software Coding, Restful APIs, Domain Driven Design, Dynatrace, Api Management, Golang, Microservices
- **Published:** June 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us6d07f5a7474cd40fa400cea6e6d45649

## About the Role

* 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

## Description

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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