Software System Architect

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & System Design

• Define end-to-end architecture for software platforms including application, data, integration, cloud, and security layers.

• Develop high-level designs, architecture diagrams, and technology roadmaps.

• Establish system-wide non-functional requirements including performance, scalability, security, reliability, and interoperability.

• Ensure architecture alignment with business goals, regulatory needs, and long-term product vision.

Technology Leadership

• Evaluate new technologies, frameworks, and tools and guide adoption of best-fit solutions.

• Lead architectural reviews, technical deep-dives, and cross-team design decisions.

• Provide technical mentorship to software engineers, DevOps teams, and product teams.

• Drive standardization, coding guidelines, and architectural governance.

Development & Integration Oversight

• Collaborate with development teams to translate architecture into actionable technical requirements.

• Oversee API design, microservices architecture, data models, and system integration approaches.

• Ensure adherence to modularity, reusability, security-by-design, and fault tolerance principles.

• Guide integration with internal and third-party systems including cloud services, databases, IoT, and analytics platforms.

Quality, Security & Compliance

• Ensure systems follow secure software development practices and cybersecurity standards.

• Define quality benchmarks, validation frameworks, and test automation strategies.

• Support compliance with standards such as ISO 27001, OWASP, GDPR, HIPAA, and applicable domain regulations.

• Conduct architecture risk assessments and lead mitigation planning.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with product managers to align functional requirements with architectural capabilities.

• Partner with DevOps teams for CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and deployment strategies.

• Collaborate with QA, data science, hardware teams where applicable, and business stakeholders.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Strong experience designing distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native architectures.

• Expertise in one or more programming languages such as Java, C#, Python, C++, Go, or TypeScript.

• Proficiency with cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases, message queues, REST and gRPC APIs, and containerization using Docker and Kubernetes. • Strong understanding of security frameworks, encryption, identity management, and authentication protocols.

• Experience applying architectural frameworks and patterns such as TOGAF or Zachman is an advantage.

• 4 to 5 years of experience in software engineering with at least 2 years in system or solution architecture roles.

• Demonstrated experience in designing large-scale, mission-critical enterprise systems.

• Experience in high-availability, real-time, or distributed systems is strongly preferred.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts.

• Proven leadership in cross-functional environments.

• Strong problem-solving capability, system thinking, and structured decision-making. Education Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Preferred Experience

• Professional certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, or TOGAF.

• Experience with AI and ML pipelines, IoT platforms, or medical device software systems.

• Working knowledge of enterprise integration patterns and domain-driven design.

• Experience contributing to enterprise technology strategy and long-term architecture planning