Software architect java in India, Bengaluru

About Responsive Responsive (formerly RFPIO) is the global leader in strategic response management software, transforming how organizations share and exchange critical information. The AI-powered Responsive Platform is purpose-built to manage responses at scale, empowering companies across the world to accelerate growth, mitigate risk and improve employee experiences. Nearly 2,000 customers have standardized on Responsive to respond to RFPs, RFIs, DDQs, ESGs, security questionnaires, ad hoc information requests and more. Responsive is looking for a Software Architect who combines deep technical expertise with strategic leadership to design and evolve scalable, reliable, and secure SaaS architectures. You will play a critical role in building trust with stakeholders, mentoring engineering teams, and driving innovation across the organization.
Architecting Solutions at Scale: Design, document, and evolve large-scale distributed systems that balance performance, reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
Embed with engineering teams for large projects, providing architectural guidance, and act as a consultant for smaller initiatives.
Lead by doing—coding, optimizing, and troubleshooting across the stack (Java, Spring Boot, React, MongoDB)—while partnering with feature development teams.
Performance & Reliability: Investigate, analyze, and resolve bottlenecks to optimize system performance, maintain high uptime SLAs, and ensure efficient resource utilization.
Cloud-Native Expertise: Design architectures leveraging AWS, Azure, or GCP , containerization ( Kubernetes, Docker ), and Infrastructure-as-Code.
drive adoption where beneficial to improve developer productivity, performance, or customer experience.
Incident Leadership: Participate in architectural governance and, over time, join on-call rotations for high-severity incidents to support system reliability.
Emerging Tech: Evaluate emerging tech (databases, LLM APIs, orchestration tools) and translating hype into grounded engineering choices.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

Experience

• 12+ years of overall software development experience, with at least 5 years focused on architecting and designing large-scale, cloud-based distributed systems.
• Mastery in Java and Spring Boot for backend development, with working knowledge of React for frontend integration.

Hands-on experience with data layer technologies, including databases ( MongoDB, SQL/NoSQL ), caching systems, and messaging/event-driven architectures.
Strong knowledge of application and cloud security best practices .
Deep understanding of cloud-native architecture , container orchestration ( Kubernetes, Docker ), and CI/CD pipelines.
Proficiency in performance optimization, monitoring, and troubleshooting using modern observability tools.
Experience in Agile environments, with tools like JIRA.
Experience in designing and implementing AI-powered applications, including LLMs, RAG architectures, AI agents, and workflow automation solutions
Experience with event-driven architectures and real-time data processing frameworks
Career Growth: Be part of a company that values learning and professional development.
Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive compensation and benefits to support our employees.
Cutting-Edge Technology: Work on AI-driven solutions, cloud-native architectures, and large-scale data processing.