Java Architect

Role Overview

Seasoned hands-on architect to lead design and integration of large-scale, secure Java/Spring Boot microservices on PCF for lending/banking journeys. Own HLD/LLD, API design, performance engineering, and integration with core and thirdparty systems (e.g., Experian, IBM BPM/ODM). Mentor engineers, drive design reviews, and partner with enterprise architects and stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions.

Required Qualifications

• 9-12 years in Java application development/maintenance with recent 18+ months in microservices architecture
• Strong Java 8, Spring Framework, Spring Boot; REST/SOAP web services; microservices
• Proven experience on PCF (Pivotal Cloud Foundry) for cloud-native deployments
• API design and governance; strong application security understanding
• Performance engineering of distributed systems; capacity, throughput, latency tuning
• Architecting enterprise applications; create/read complex data-flow and system integration designs
• Experience integrating heterogeneous systems across Linux/Unix/Windows environments
• Tools: Swagger/OpenAPI, Mockito; strong analytical/problem-solving
• Excellent written/verbal communication; stakeholder management; work with enterprise architects
• Lending domain exposure across Customer, Staff, and RM journeys

Responsibilities

• Own and author Architecture, High-Level Design (HLD) and guide Low-Level Design (LLD) to align with solution intent
• Define end-to-end integration strategy across CORE DB, Experian, Risk Decision Services, IBM BPM and ODM suites
• Conduct design reviews of LLD and code to ensure alignment with HLD and non-functional requirements
• Devise performance engineering strategies; establish benchmarks, profiling, tuning and capacity plans
• Mentor software designers/analysts; provide technical leadership and enable knowledge sharing
• Plan and support testing, release and implementation activities across environments
• Engage independently with enterprise architects and business stakeholders to map needs to technical solutions

• Maintain architecture artefacts: sequence/component diagrams, data-flow, API specs

• Collaborate on operational readiness, logging/monitoring, and resilience patterns (retry, circuit breaker)