Lead Architect

About Us

Role Summary

Lead Architect

individual contributor

dotted-line mentoring responsibility

CTO

Key Responsibilities

• Define, articulate, and evolve architectural strategies that ensure scalability, performance, security, and long-term maintainability.
• Lead and guide end-to-end solution design efforts across products, platforms, and integrations.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Product Management, DevOps, and Business stakeholders to ensure alignment of architecture with business and customer needs.
• Evaluate and recommend appropriate architectural frameworks, design patterns, and emerging technologies.
• Lead technical governance, including architecture reviews, risk assessments, performance audits, and cost-benefit analyses.
• Champion and mentor best practices among architects and senior engineers across teams.
• Promote cloud-native design principles and drive modernization of legacy systems.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards, security requirements, and regulatory norms.
• Spearhead research and development efforts for new tools, platforms, and methodologies.
• Optimize system performance and operational cost-efficiency.
• Stay ahead of trends in enterprise application architecture, cloud, AI, and data engineering.
  

Technical Skills & Expertise

• Must have worked in technology leadership role in an ERP or Enterprise grade product set-up.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python and Java
• Exposure to AI libraries, model training workflows, and algorithm design
• Strong understanding of architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF), Microservices, API strategies, and distributed systems
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and Container Orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)
• Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, observability tools, and system performance tuning
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 15+ years of experience in software development, with at least 8+ years in architectural leadership
• Proven experience in building and scaling ERP and enterprise-grade applications
• Demonstrated experience in enterprise software environments using Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Strong expertise in designing secure, scalable, and performant systems
• Track record of introducing architectural innovation and delivering large-scale systems
  

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and Event-Driven Architecture (EDA)
• Deep understanding of AI/ML workflows, including algorithm development and model deployment
• Strong background in data engineering—data pipelines, analytics, and visualization tools
• Experience working with global teams across geographies
  

Why work for VitalEdge?

• Dealer Management System (instead of software)
• DMS is not defined here, it is defined when used next at the end of this paragraph.