Senior Application Architect

Role Overview

• Drive system level technical design and implementation of greenfield components
• Have constant focus on architectural best practices for solving scalability, availability and security areas in Doc ES
• Collaborate with product administration and management peers
• Ensure consistency and quality in the digital document services landscape
• Work closely with Solution architects, DDM Lead Architect, Lead developer and development team as well as Product Managers to enhance stability and drive improvements
• Adapt and apply system architecture, integration guidelines, and data architecture principles defined by the DDM Solution Architecture and EDP
• Maintain a strong focus on operational cost and nonfunctional requirements in close alignment with the DDM Solution Architect
• Continuously learn and adapt to the evolving enterprise Digital Document Solution landscape with guidance from the DDM Solution Architect
• Collaborate with the Lead Solution Architect, Domain Specialists, and Business Analysts during requirement analysis to ensure alignment with the broader DDM solution direction
• Serve as a backup domain SME for DocES to prevent single points of failure in domain expertise
• Act as the custodian of the technical and system level architecture of DocES components as they evolve
• Maintain up-to-date system design documentation for new and enhanced DocES backend components
• Serve as the security-by-design guardian to ensure that DocES implementations consistently align with enterprise security architecture principles
• Serve as the bridge between DocES and the Digital Core Backend Team for changes involving relevant SDKs and architectural dependencies
• Mentor the DocES development team to ensure adherence to backend design best practices defined by Digital Core
• Review development processes and low-level design documentation in collaboration with the DocES Lead Developer
• Support high engineering standards through regular implementation of backlog and technical debt reviews
• Coach developers on best practices related to design patterns, clean architecture, cloud-native, and microservices
• Coordinate with development and testing teams to improve overall technical quality and ensure technical debt is systematically addressed
• Work closely with DBAs and DevSecOps teams to prevent and resolve system level health or operational issues
• Engage with DevSecOps, Database, and Network teams to troubleshoot blocker issues in environments or CI/CD pipelines
• Collaborate with the testing team to conduct performance tests aligned with the nonfunctional requirements of each new release
• Analyze DocES component observability data, including system reliability and performance trends, to drive continuous improvement

Requirements

• University degree in computer science, IT or equivalent.
• 3-4 years of experience in architect roles (e.g technical architect or software architect).
• Overall minimum technical/IT experience of 8-12 years.
• Experience with ELK and Prometheus for application log and metrics monitoring.
• Experience with microservice patterns (such as Domain Driven, Event Driven, and CQRS).
• Good knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure).
• Familiarity with database design best practices and performance analysis.
• Business fluency in both written and spoken English is a must.
• Strong at effective cross-cultural communication with an international and collaborative mindset.
• Knowledge of agile software delivery methodologies along with experience of handling development tickets in Jira & documentation in Confluence like tools.

Tech Stack

• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• Microservices
• Prometheus

Benefits

• Sharing the costs of sports activities
• Private medical care
• Sharing the costs of language classes
• Sharing the costs of professional training and courses
• Life insurance
• Integration events
• Corporate gym and sports teams
• Coffee / tea
• Employee parking space
• Extra social benefits
• Holiday funds
• Christmas gifts
• Employee referral program
• Charity initiatives
• Bicycle parking
• Modern, ergonomic office
• Yoga in the office