Application architect, Design & Architecture

Job Summary

The Application Architect leads Next Gen Architecture modernization initiative, providing both strategic governance and hands‑on technical leadership.

To ensure architectural integrity, scalability and performance as the company decouples its monolithic legacy systems.

This role certifies architectural plans, validates work‑in‑progress against standards, and collaborates with engineering teams and stakeholders to ensure technology decisions align with business objectives and growth strategies.

This individual also identifies opportunities to leverage AI and modern practices to accelerate modernization efforts.

• Lead and oversee architectural transformation from monolithic to decoupled microservices architecture.
• Certify architectural plans and designs, ensuring alignment with Next Gen Architecture principles and standards.
• Validate work‑in‑progress across engineering teams to ensure adherence to architectural guidelines and identify deviations early.
• Ensure architectural designs support platform scalability, elasticity, and performance requirements to accommodate business growth.
• Document and maintain architecture designs, technical specifications, and decision records.
• Identify and implement opportunities to leverage AI and automation to accelerate modernization efforts.
• Provide regular progress updates, risk assessments, and recommendations.
• Build credibility and trust through hands‑on participation in critical technical initiatives.

• Establish and enforce architectural standards, patterns, and best practices across the organization.
• Review and approve architectural decisions for new features, integrations, and technical initiatives.
• Conduct architectural reviews to ensure scalability, security, performance, and maintainability.
• Define and maintain architectural guardrails that enable team autonomy while ensuring consistency.
• Drive adoption of modern development practices, architectural patterns, and AI‑assisted development tools.
• Mentor and guide engineering teams and team leads on architectural principles and best practices.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Partner with Product, Business stakeholders, and external partners to ensure technology decisions support business objectives and growth strategies.
• Evaluate technical feasibility of new business opportunities requiring technology expansion or external integration.
• Translate business requirements into architectural approaches and provide effort estimates for strategic initiatives.
• Communicate architectural vision, decisions, and trade‑offs effectively to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Leverage AI capabilities to enhance architectural analysis, documentation, and decision‑making processes.
• Champion adoption of AI tools and techniques to enhance team productivity and architectural outcomes.

• 10 years of experience in software development, with at least 5 years in enterprise architecture roles.
• Proven experience leading enterprise architecture modernization initiatives, including monolith‑to‑microservices migrations and legacy system transformations.
• Experience in architectural governance, establishing standards, and conducting architectural reviews across multiple teams.
• Track record of hands‑on technical leadership in complex, multi‑team environments.

• Deep expertise in microservices architecture patterns, API design, and distributed systems.
• Experience designing scalable, elastic architectures that support high‑volume e‑commerce operations.
• Strong knowledge of Java, Spring Boot, and modern application frameworks.
• Experience with relational databases (Postgre
  
  SQL) and data architecture principles.
• Proficiency in cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and containerization technologies.
• Understanding of Dev Ops practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure‑as‑code.
• Experience leveraging AI tools and technologies to enhance software development and architectural practices.

• Strong business acumen…