AVP / VP - Architect

Job Objective: As AVP/VP Architect- Lead the design and development of scalable, reliable, and high-performance architecture for Zwayam.

Job Description:

In this role you will:

• Hands-on Coding & Code Review: Actively participate in coding and code reviews, ensuring adherence to best practices, coding standards, and performance optimization.

• High-Level and Low-Level Design: Create comprehensive architectural documentation that guides the development team and ensures the scalability and security of the system.

• Security Best Practices: Implement security strategies, including data encryption, access control, and threat detection, ensuring the platform adheres to the highest security standards.

• Compliance Management: Oversee compliance with regulatory requirements such as GDPR, including data protection, retention policies, and audit readiness.

• Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity: Design and implement disaster recovery strategies to ensure the reliability and continuity of the system in case of failures or outages.

• Scalability & Performance Optimization: Ensure the system architecture can scale seamlessly and optimize performance as business needs grow.

• Monitoring & Alerting: Set up real-time monitoring and alerting systems to ensure proactive identification and resolution of performance bottlenecks, security threats, and system failures.

• Cross-Platform Deployment: Architect flexible, cloud-agnostic solutions and manage deployments on Azure and AWS platforms.

• Containerization & Orchestration: Use Kubernetes and Docker Swarm for container management and orchestration to achieve a high degree of automation and reliability in deployments.

• Data Management: Manage database architecture using MySQL, MongoDB and ElasticSearch to ensure efficient storage, retrieval, and management of data.

• Message Queuing Systems: Design and manage asynchronous communication using Kafka and Redis for event-driven architecture.

• Collaboration & Leadership: Work closely with cross-functional teams including developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions on time.

• Mentoring & Team Leadership: Mentor, guide, and lead the engineering team, fostering technical growth and maintaining adherence to architectural and coding standards.

Required Skills:

• Experience: 12+ years of experience in software development and architecture, with at least 3 years in a leadership/architect role. Technical Expertise:

• Proficient in Java and related frameworks like Spring-boot

• Experience with databases like MySQL, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, and message queuing systems like Kafka, Redis.

• Proficiency with containerization (Docker, Docker Swarm) and orchestration (Kubernetes).

• Solid experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).

• Experience with monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack) and alerting systems for real-time issue detection and resolution.

Compliance & Security:

• Hands-on experience in implementing security best practices.

• Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as GDPR and DPDP

• Architecture & Design: Proven experience in high-level and low-level architectural design.

• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to handle complex and ambiguous situations.

• Leadership: Proven ability to lead teams, influence stakeholders, and drive change.

• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Our Ideal Candidate: The ideal candidate should possess a deep understanding of the latest architectural patterns, cloud-native design, and security practices. They should be adept at translating business requirements into scalable and efficient technical solutions. A proactive, hands-on approach to problem-solving and a passion for innovation are essential. Strong leadership and mentoring skills are crucial to drive a high-performance team and foster technical excellence.

Why Join us: This is a unique opportunity to work on innovative and disruptive technologies that are shaping the future of the industry. We are looking for candidates who are willing to work passionately in a fast-paced environment and are ready to enhance their skills by learning something new. Being a part of the Info Edge team, you will be engaged in innovations, product development, integration with mobile and social media, technology, research and development, quality assurance, sales and marketing