Java Architect

POSITION: Java Architect

Position Overview:

modern software architecture, microservices, and cloud-native Services

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end

  solution design

  for large-scale,

  cloud-native

  applications built on Java

  microservices

  architecture.
• Lead design & Development using

  modern cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure

  ) service offerings like AI, IOT etc
• Architect and implement robust microservice communication strategies using REST, messaging queues, and event-driven patterns.
• Drive and enforce microservice

  design patterns

  , domain-driven design, and

  API-firs

  t development.
• Collaborate with product owners, engineers, DevOps, and UI/UX teams to understand requirements, deliver secure, performant, and scalable systems.
• Support estimation of tasks, definition of milestones appropriately.
• Champion best practices in coding, testing, and deployment, ensuring high-quality software delivery.
• Guide and mentor development teams, ensuring clean code, test coverage, performance optimization, maintainability, perform code reviews, practice knowledge sharing across teams.
• Participate in PoC development, tool evaluation, and technology selection.
• Act as a technical advisor in solving architectural problems, system bottlenecks, and enterprise integration challenges.
• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends, ensuring our platforms stay modern and future ready.
• Demonstrate excellent Leadership, hands on Technical, Design & Architecture skills and lead the team to arrive at optimal solutions for business challenges.
• Demonstrate ability to rapidly learn new and emerging technologies and vision of technology transformation developing a vision of their suitability.
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to guide technical decisions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in a timely and efficient manner.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 12+ years of overall IT experience with 5+ years as a Java Developer.

Skills & Experience:

Programming & Architecture

• Hands on expertise in

  Java 17+, Spring Boot,

  Hibernate, JPA, JDBC, and REST APIs.
• Proven hands-on experience with

  microservices architecture

  and

  microservice communication strategies

  .
• Strong knowledge of

  design patterns

  ,

  event-driven architecture

  , and

  modular service decomposition

  .
• Experience on Docker and Kubernetes with real-time experience on using Kubernetes workloads.

Cloud-Native Engineering

• Strong understanding of

  cloud-native development (serverless)

  ,

  containerization (Docker)

  , and

  orchestration (Kubernetes, EKS, etc.)

  .
• Strong

  Design & Development

  experience in one of the

  cloud platforms

  (AWS/GCP/Azure) and services such as Lambda/Functions, API Gateway, RDS, Storage etc.
• Exposure to DevOps pipelines, tools like Jenkins, Git, Terraform, Helm, and deployment strategies like blue/green and canary.
• Experience in building modern cloud applications to align with

  Scalability, Availability, Resiliency and Performance

  .
• Expertise of O

  bservability

  tools and best practices: logging, tracing (Open Telemetry), monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana), and alerting.
• Knowledge of

  test coverage practices

  , automated unit/integration testing, and shift-left testing mindsets.
• Familiarity with

  Shift-Left Security

  ,

  Threat Modelling

  , and

  Secured API design

  .

Enterprise Awareness

• Understanding of

  data pipelines

  ,

  event pipelines

  , and enterprise integration platforms (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.).
• Exposure to security, scalability, performance tuning, and compliance in cloud environments.
• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, or SAFe practices and cross-functional team collaboration.

Leadership & Soft Skills

• Strong technical leadership with the ability to mentor, guide, and influence teams across disciplines.
• Excellent

  problem-solving and decision-making skills

  with a strategic mindset.
• Strong

  written and verbal communication

  skills, ability to translate complex technical topics to business stakeholders, work with Cross functional, global teams.

Preferred (Good to Have)

• Contributions to

  open-source

  , technical blogs, or developer communities.
• Experience with one or more of the leading front-end frameworks (Angular, ReactJS, Vue JS)