Software Architect-Backend

Role: Software Architect Backend

Location: Bangalore

Tekion is looking for Backend Architect who wants to be part of building nextgeneration business applications on the cloud. Software Engineer will use his/her passion and expertise for creating world class products.

He/she will collaborate with the product and engineering teams anddevelopment managersto create the business application ofthe future.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the technical vision & architecture for Java backend services: service-oriented architecture, modules, APIs, data stores, integration layers.
• Design high-level and low-level architecture: service boundaries, data models, communication patterns (REST, messaging/event driven) in a Java ecosystem.
• Choose and justify technology and framework decisions for the Java backend stack (e.g., Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA, microservices, containerisation).
• Ensure the architecture meets nonfunctional requirements: scalability, availabilty, performance, reliability, security, maintainability.
• Mentor, coach and review development teams: establish backend coding/architecture standards (in Java), conduct code & design reviews, guide best practices.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends in Java backend development, cloud, microservices, and evaluate/pilot new patterns and tools.
• Document architecture decisions, roadmaps, system diagrams, APIs and ensure they are communicated to stakeholders.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline.
• 12+ years of backend software engineering experience, with substantial hands-on Java development and at least 3-5 years in a technical lead or architect role.
• Deep understanding of service-oriented / microservices architectures, distributed systems, event/messaging systems (e.g., Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ) and backend patterns.
• Experience in building high-volume/high-transaction Java applications using REST APIs and microservices.
• Strong knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases, caching technologies performance tuning of Java backend systems.
• Familiarity with cloud deployment containerisation / orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines. For example: Docker, Kubernetes, cloud for Java backend.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills ability to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders, present architectural decisions clearly.
• Proven ability to mentor developers, lead technical design, make trade-off decisions under ambiguity.

Address

Tekion India Private Limited 6th, 7th & 8th Floor, Helium, Bagmane Solarium City, Doddanekkundi Village, KR Puram Hobli, East Taluk, Bangalore - 560037