Solution Architect

Key Responsibilities

Act as the technical owner and point of contact from pre-sales through delivery for enterprise client engagements.

Translate complex business requirements into scalable, extensible, and secure solution architectures.

Design and document high-level and low-level architectures using industry best practices and patterns.

Provide technical leadership across multiple projects, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and delivery goals.

Conduct architectural assessments, POCs for clients and internal stakeholders.

Collaborate with product owners, delivery managers, engineers, and clients to ensure architectural integrity throughout the SDLC.

Evaluate and select appropriate tools, frameworks, platforms, and third-party services.

Review code, configurations, and deployments for technical consistency and risk mitigation.

Define and enforce non-functional requirements (performance, scalability, security, resilience).

Continuously explore new technologies, patterns, and tools to improve architecture effectiveness and team productivity.

Required Skills & Experience

12+ years of hands-on software development and architecture experience, with at least 3+ years in a solution or enterprise architect role.

Strong background in Java and the Spring ecosystem (Spring Boot, Data).

Deep understanding of API design, integration patterns, message brokers (like Kafka, RabbitMQ), and distributed systems.

Hands-on experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.).

Proficiency in designing systems for high availability, scalability, performance, and security.

Clear understanding of engineering and build processes and DevOps pipelines.

Experience in enterprise software domains such as fraud detection, risk management, banking, or financial services is a major plus.

Soft Skills & Leadership Qualities

Strong communication and presentation skills; capable of interfacing with C-level executives and developers alike.

Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction across diverse teams.

Proactive, self-starter mindset with a passion for solving complex problems.

Experience working in agile and cross-functional teams.