Solution Architect​/Principal Architect

Position: #20052 - Solution Architect/Principal Architect
Company:
Qualitest Group

Country/Region: US

Are you interested in working with the world’s leading AI-powered Quality Engineering company? Ready to advance your career, team up with global thought leaders across industries, and make a difference every day? Join us at Qualitest!

We’re seeking a Solution Architect / Principal Architect to join our growing team in the United States. This is a remote position.

Position Overview

Summary

We are seeking an experienced Architect to lead and evolve our API strategy, working closely with cross‑functional teams to define standards, guide implementation, and ensure secure, scalable, and observable API ecosystems. The ideal candidate has deep experience in API design and architecture, API gateway implementation (OCI API Gateway knowledge preferred), REST and Graph

QL knowledge, CI/CD pipeline integration, and API observability, coupled with a strong development background in object‑oriented languages.

Key Responsibilities

• API Governance & Strategy

• Contribute actively to internal API Work Groups to define, review, and evolve API standards and practices.

• Develop and enforce API guidelines and best practices across the organization.

• Maintain and drive adoption of OpenAPI Specifications (OAS) to ensure consistency and quality.

• Guide and mentor development teams on API design, implementation, and integration patterns.

• Lead the design and implementation of API Gateway solutions, with a preference for OCI API Gateway.

• Collaborate with infrastructure and Dev Ops teams to integrate APIs into CI/CD pipelines.

Observability & Monitoring

• Establish and maintain comprehensive API observability, including logging, tracing, monitoring, and alerting.

• Work with SRE and Dev Ops to ensure SLAs and performance benchmarks are met for all APIs.

Security & Compliance

• Define and implement API security strategies, including authentication, authorization, and data protection.

• Ensure APIs adhere to regulatory and organizational compliance requirements.

• Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies in APIs and microservices.

• Drive innovation by introducing new tools, frameworks, and techniques to improve API lifecycle management.

Must haves

• Proven experience as an API Architect or in a similar senior technical role.

• Deep understanding and hands‑on experience with OpenAPI Specification.

• Strong expertise in API Gateway technologies, especially OCI API Gateway or similar (e.g., Azure APIM, Kong).

• Proficient in CI/CD practices for APIs using tools such as Git Hub Actions, Jenkins, or Azure Dev Ops.

• Experience in API observability and monitoring using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK.

• Proficiency in object‑oriented programming languages, preferably Java or .NET.

• Good understanding and practical experience with Graph

QL and REST APIs.

• In‑depth knowledge of API security, including OAuth2, JWT, mutual TLS, rate limiting, and threat protection.

Nice to have

• Experience with microservices architecture and service mesh technologies.

• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Benefits

Why Quali Test?

• Be a part of a company who strives to support for diversity and inclusion in the workplace – we are one, we are many ebrate culture, share knowledge with engineers from around the globe, and inspire each other through our differences.

We have more than 40% women and around 120 different nationalities.

• Local and global opportunities – we offer you internal rotation and international mobility opportunities to grow your career.

• Clear view of your career and progression with the company – Qualitest is growing massively (since 2021 – tripled our employees base – we now have more than 8,000 engineers) and giving you the opportunity to grow with us.

• Work hard and play harder with our flexible and casual culture. Take a break from work and join an employee event, orenjoy the amenities and games provided from one of our Employees Centers. Save your earnings and prepare for your future by enrolling in our 401k plan where…