Software Architect

We are seeking an experienced Software Architect to design, evolve, and govern the architecture of a high-throughput, secure, and highly available web-based product. This role is responsible for translating business and product requirements into scalable, resilient, and secure technical solutions, while guiding engineering teams on architectural best practices, non-functional requirements, and long-term technical strategy.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Architecture & System Design:

• Design and evaluate an end-to-end architecture for high-traffic, low-latency web applications

• Define scalability, availability, reliability, and performance strategies (horizontal scaling, caching, async processing, etc.)

• Create and maintain architecture diagrams, ADRs, and technical documentation (e.g., arc42)

Performance & Throughput:

• Design systems capable of handling high request volumes and peak loads

• Apply techniques such as:

  • Load balancing & traffic management

  • Caching (in-memory, distributed)

  • Event-driven and asynchronous processing

  • Database sharding, partitioning, and replication

• Define and review performance (latency, throughput, error rates)

Security (Security by Design):

• Embed security principles into architecture: security by default, defense in depth, least privilege,…

• Design authentication and authorization solutions (OAuth2, OIDC, SSO, RBAC, JWT)

• Ensure secure handling of data (encryption in transit & at rest)

• Address common web threats (OWASP Top 10)

Cloud & Infrastructure Architecture:

• Define infrastructure patterns: Containers & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)

• Experience on DevOps: CI/CD pipelines, Observability (metrics, logs, tracing), Resilience & disaster recovery

• Experience on Infrastructure as Code is a plus (Terraform, …)

Others:

• Act as a technical authority and advisor for engineering teams

• Review designs, major pull requests, and technical proposals

• Define architecture principles, standards, and guardrails

• Identify and manage technical risks and technical debt

• Guide software engineering team to follow and apply standards

• Work closely with Product Owners to translate business goals into technical solutions

• Communicate architectural decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Support roadmap planning with architectural input and impact analysis

Technical Skills:

• Strong experience designing large-scale, high-throughput web systems

• Deep understanding of: Distributed systems, REST / GraphQL APIs, Event-driven architectures

• Solid knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases

• Experience with modern frontend/backend separation architectures

• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure)

• Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)

• CI/CD, DevOps, or SRE collaboration experience

• Practical experience with: Web application security, Identity and access management, Secure API design

• Familiarity with security standards and threat modeling

Experience:

• 3+ years in software engineering using Java technologies, Spring Framework,…

• 3+ years in an architectural role (Solution Architect, Technical Architect, Senior Tech Lead)

• Experience building or scaling production systems with real users and traffic

• Experience with high-availability, high-reliability systems

• Background in performance testing and capacity planning

• Knowledge of observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)

• Experience working in Agile / Scrum environments