Architect

Our vision for the future is based on the idea that transforming financial lives starts by giving our people the freedom to transform their own. We have a flexible work environment, and fluid career paths. We not only encourage but celebrate internal mobility. We also recognize the importance of purpose, well-being, and work-life balance. Within Empower and our communities, we work hard to create a welcoming and inclusive environment, and our associates dedicate thousands of hours to volunteering for causes that matter most to them.

Chart your own path and grow your career while helping more customers achieve financial freedom. Empower Yourself.

Key Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end solution architecture for enterprise-grade applications
• Define and implement microservices-based architectures, ensuring scalability, resilience, and fault tolerance
• Lead system design discussions, architecture reviews, and technical decision-making
• Design and manage distributed systems handling high throughput and low latency
• Develop and enforce API & integration standards (REST, event-driven architectures)
• Collaborate with product, engineering, DevOps, and security teams
• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and performance optimization
• Mentor development teams and provide architectural guidance
• Evaluate and adopt new technologies and architectural patterns when appropriate

Primary Skills (Must Have)

• Solution Architecture & System-Design Microservices Architecture
• Design patterns, scalability, resilience
• Cloud Architecture - AWS / Azure / GCP
• Java & Spring Boot / Java Enterprise Architecture
• Distributed Systems Design
• API & Integration Architecture - REST, Event-Driven Systems
• High Availability, Scalability & Fault Tolerance

Good to Have Skills

• Containerization & Orchestration - Docker, Kubernetes
• RESTful APIs & API Gateways - Swagger / OpenAPI
• CI/CD Pipelines - Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI
• Cloud Services - IAM, VPC, Load Balancers
• Databases - SQL: PostgreSQL, MySQL,NoSQL databases
• Messaging & Streaming Systems - Kafka
• Security - OAuth2, JWT, Spring Security

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications of the job.  The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time.   You will be evaluated in part based on your performance of the responsibilities and/or tasks listed in this job description.   You may be required perform other duties that are not included on this job description. The job description is not a contract for employment, and either you or the employer may terminate employment at any time, for any reason, as per terms and conditions of your employment contract.

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity.  All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, religion, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.