Software Architect - Backend Technologies (15-23 yrs)

Job Description :

Responsibilities :

- Design and architect software solutions that align with business objectives and technical requirements.

- Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements.

- Create architectural designs, technical specifications, and system diagrams.

- Evaluate and recommend appropriate technologies, frameworks, and tools to support the development process.

- Lead and mentor software development teams in best practices for design, coding, testing, and documentation.

- Define coding standards and guidelines to maintain code quality and consistency.

- Conduct code reviews to ensure adherence to architectural principles and best practices.

- Identify and address technical debt and architectural weaknesses in existing systems.

- Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including planning, estimation, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.

- Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in software architecture and development.

Requirements :

- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. Masters degree preferred.

- Total experience of 15+ years and proven experience of 8 years as a Software Architect in software development.

- Strong knowledge of software architecture principles, design patterns, and best practices.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.

- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with attention to detail.

- Ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

- Experience Working In An Agile Development Environment Is Required.

- Experience in working with geographically dispersed teams is preferred.

Technical Skills :

- Architecture and Design : Microservices Architecture, RESTful APIs, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)

- Cloud Platforms : AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

- Containerization and Orchestration : Docker, Kubernetes

- CI/CD and DevOps : Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Ansible

- Database Technologies : SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL), NoSQL (MongoDB)

- Monitoring and Logging : Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack

- Security and Compliance : OAuth, JWT (JSON Web Tokens), Encryption standards (AES, RSA)

- Messaging Architecture : Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ

- Performance and Scalability : Load balancing solutions (Nginx, HAProxy), Caching solutions (Redis, Memcached)

- Skills : C++ or Python or React.js