Software Architect

Job description

Key Tasks & Responsibilities Architectural Design & Planning

Enterprise Alignment

• Understand, uphold, and apply enterprise-level design and architectural principles.

Requirement Discovery

• Facilitate discussions on both functional and non-functional requirements with solutions/software architects.

Detail Design Documentation

• Prepare and maintain comprehensive detailed design documents (including sequence diagrams, prototypes, data flow diagrams, and reference architectures).

Design Governance

• Actively engage in, lead, and secure approvals during collaborative design reviews.

Estimation & Roadmapping

• Lead estimation and planning sessions for technical components within an Agile framework. Development, Delivery & Quality Assurance

Hands-on Engineering

• Perform hands-on development and coding to build reliable, high performance product code, ensuring 100% unit-test coverage.

Impediment Resolution

• Proactively highlight technical blockers and work collaboratively towards swift resolutions.

Standard Compliance

• Ensure that all software deliverables adhere tightly to quality and security guidelines as mandated by enterprise standards.

Continuous Feedback & Demo

• Regularly demonstrate project deliverables to stakeholders and execute thorough playbacks of requirement and technical understanding.

Tracking & Statusing

• Conduct daily/weekly project tracking and reporting to maintain transparency on progress and milestones.

Required Skills & Competencies

• Conceptual Skills

Microservices Architecture

• Solid understanding of decoupled microservices and service-oriented environments.

Containerization

• Practical experience with containerization concepts and their operational capabilities.

Messaging & Integration

• Strong grasp of service communication paradigms and message queues (MQ).

Performance Optimization

• In-depth understanding of caching patterns and strategies to scale applications.

Modern API Paradigms

• Proficiency in headless API concepts and Event-Driven Architecture (EDA). Page 2 of 3

Agile Methodology

• Experience executing projects in a highly collaborative, fast-paced Agile environment.

Programming & Frameworks

• C#, .NET Core, React, and TypeScript.

Concurrency & Distributed Systems

• AKKA Framework.

API Management

• Swagger / Async API, including the concept of Swagger clients.

Data & Message Brokering

• C# coding specifically targeting RabbitMQ and Redis integrations.

Deployment & Ops

• Container orchestration and deployment using Docker and Kubernetes.

AI Tooling

• Advanced usage of modern developer AI toolsets such as Claude Code and Codex for efficient programming.

UI/UX Appreciation

• Experience with UI/UX Design concepts, Figma, and wireframing toolsets.
• Behavioral Skills

Strong Articulation

• Excellent ability to explain and diagram detailed designs (data flow, sequence, etc.) to technical and non-technical audiences.

Accountability

• Clear definition of “Definition of Done” (DoD) and commitment to achieving it.

Presentation Skills

• Strong presence to demonstrate features, playback requirements, and validate alignment with business goals.

Problem-solving Mentality

• Ability to highlight bottlenecks early and bring positive, constructive resolutions to the table.</p