Senior Software Architect

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Review and understand the business requirements and translate them into a viable implementation architecture.
• Identify system requirements and work with entire product development team to refine the same.
• Lead the definition of system architecture and detail-out the solution design to ensure that it is scalable, robust, high-performing and extensible.
• Ensure fault-tolerance and high-availability built into the system.
• Prepare implementation analysis, Proof-of-concepts, cost analysis and document the same for review and decision-making.
• Prepare Performance Testing (Load and Stress testing) plans to validate the system design and architecture for scalability.
• Interact with various stakeholders from the management and peer teams to provide the needed clarity on a given implementation or on the product itself.
• Write concise and clear technical specifications based on analysis of complex business requirements.
• Define, maintain, and support development environment while adopting industry best practices and tools.
• Develop high-quality and detailed system designs.
• Identify risks and conduct mitigation action planning while keeping the management informed.
• Review the work of other developers and provide prompt feedback.
• Keep a critical eye on what is being injected into the code base.
• Fully own the codebase and ensure that it is in alignment with the best industry practices and is clean and green at any given time.
• Gain in-depth knowledge of all functional workflows of the product.
• Red-flag any flaws within the existing design in terms of performance or security and come up with ways to mitigate and correct.
• Provide necessary support for the product in Production.
• Take part in regular architectural review meetings.
• Work in agile-scrum development environment.