Senior Solution Architect (Application)

Job description

Senior Solution Architect (Application)

- Own the end-to-end technical design of applications, including services, APIs, integrations, and system communication.

- Define and guide application architecture using Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices, Docker, and Kubernetes.

- Design APIs and integrations across multiple systems.

- Guide engineering teams on architectural and technical design decisions.

- Review implemented solutions to ensure alignment with the defined architecture.

- Maintain clear and practical architecture documentation that can be easily followed by new engineers.

- Design and support event-driven architectures using Kafka.

- Work with self-managed infrastructure rather than managed cloud services.

- Contribute with a strong hands-on background across both backend and frontend development.

- Apply solution/application architecture experience within a product-company environment.

Requirements

Requirements

- Proven experience owning solution or application architecture, beyond senior-level development responsibilities.

- Strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot.

- Strong knowledge of REST API design and microservices architecture.

- Experience designing integrations and communication between multiple systems.

- Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.

- Experience with event-driven architecture and Kafka.

- Strong backend and frontend technical background.

- Experience working with self-managed infrastructure rather than relying primarily on managed cloud services.

- Ability to document architecture clearly and practically for engineering teams.

- Experience working in a product company, rather than project delivery only.

- Strong ability to guide engineering teams and make architectural design decisions.