Software Architect

Software Architect

Full time | 5-6 Years Experience | Job location - Chennai, India

Software Architect

Education

• A Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree in Engineering or related field.

Desirable skills

• Strong stakeholder communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to simplify complex architecture concepts.
• Structured problem-solving and decision-making ability.
• Ability to work with cross-functional engineering, business, and product teams.

Technical Skills

• 5-6 years of hands-on software development and architectural design experience.
• Strong expertise in Javascript based technologies, Node.js, React, Typescript. 
• Strong expertise with any one of the SQL technologies, MySQL or PostgreSQL. 
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices, APIs, messaging, caching, and database architecture.
• Experience with any one of the cloud-native architectures (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Strong knowledge of design patterns (DDD, event-driven architecture).
• Solid understanding of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Ability to create high-quality architecture documents and diagrams.

What you will do

1.    Architecture & Design

• Define the overall application architecture modules, components, services, APIs, data models, and integration patterns.
• Create and maintain high-level and low-level design documents.
• Evaluate and choose appropriate technology stacks, frameworks, and tools.

2.    Development & Implementation

• Actively contribute to coding key components, prototypes, and proof-of-concept implementations.
• Collaborate with developers to troubleshoot complex technical issues and optimise code performance.
• Apply best practices in modern frontend and backend engineering, ensuring alignment with architectural standards.
• Validate implementation against architecture through hands-on reviews and performance benchmarking.

3.    Technical Leadership

• Work closely with engineering teams to guide implementation aligned with architectural principles.
• Conduct code reviews, improve code quality, and drive engineering best practices.
• Mentor developers and tech leads on architecture concepts and patterns.

4.    Performance, Scalability & Reliability

• Ensure systems are designed for scalability, availability, and load handling.
• Conduct performance profiling, debugging, and architecture optimization.
• Apply security best practices and compliance standards in all designs.

5.    Stakeholder Collaboration

• Collaborate with product managers to understand functional and non-functional requirements.
• Translate business needs into technical designs and engineering roadmaps.
• Work closely with DevOps and Cloud teams on CI/CD, deployment architecture, and observability.

What you will get

• Defined and rewarding growth path.
• Remuneration commensurate to industry standards.
• Access to the right combination of people, tools and technology for performing at superlative levels.
• International exposure and client engagement.