Senior Software Architect - Distributed Systems in India, भारत

Role & Responsibilities:- Design and define scalable, secure, and high-performance software architectures aligned with business and technical requirements.- Lead the architecture and technical design of complex applications, platforms, and distributed systems.- Translate business requirements into technical solutions, architecture diagrams, technology choices, and implementation roadmaps.- Define coding, design, integration, security, performance, and scalability standards across engineering teams.- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to software engineers and senior developers.- Review existing systems and identify opportunities for modernization, optimization, and technical debt reduction.- Evaluate and recommend appropriate technologies, frameworks, cloud services, and third-party solutions.- Work closely with Product, Engineering, DevOps, QA, Security, and Business teams to ensure successful delivery.- Establish and enforce best practices for API design, microservices, databases, cloud architecture, CI/CD, observability, and system reliability.- Conduct architecture and code/design reviews and ensure adherence to established technical standards.- Identify technical risks, scalability bottlenecks, security concerns, and performance issues, and define mitigation strategies.- Drive architectural decisions and document key technical decisions, trade-offs, and system designs.- Participate in technology strategy, proof-of-concepts, and evaluation of emerging technologies.- Support engineering teams during implementation and help resolve complex technical challenges.- Ensure solutions meet requirements for availability, scalability, maintainability, security, and cost https://jobeax.com/link/V9X9sdrkoLd4ur0G Candidate Profile:- 8 - 10 years of experience in software development, system design, technical leadership, or software architecture.- Strong experience designing and developing large-scale, distributed, and highly available applications.- Strong knowledge of software architecture and design patterns, including microservices, event-driven architecture, distributed systems, and API-based architectures.- Proficiency in at least one major programming language such as Java, C#, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, or C++.- Strong understanding of REST APIs, databases, caching, messaging systems, authentication, authorization, and integration patterns.- Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and cloud-native technologies is preferred.- Strong understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases and database architecture.- Experience with system performance optimization, scalability, reliability, monitoring, and troubleshooting.- Ability to make architecture decisions by evaluating technical trade-offs, cost, scalability, security, and maintainability.- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.- Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.- Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical direction to development teams.- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field is preferred. (ref:hirist.tech)