Solution Architect (Cloud | Microservices | Data Engineering)

We are seeking a highly experienced Solution Architect to lead the design, scalability, and evolution of a modern, cloud‑native, microservices ecosystem powering a large-scale digital commerce and services platform. The architect defines architectural standards, ensures platform reliability, and shapes the long-term technology roadmap.

Key ResponsibilitiesArchitecture Ownership (High-Level Domains Only)

• End-to-end architecture across distributed microservices for: Customer Experience, Product & Content Management, User Identity, Order Processing, Supplier Integrations, Payments, Customer Support, Engagement Systems, Notifications, Analytics, and Internal Tools.
• Define system boundaries, integration patterns, and communication strategies.
• Establish standards for API design, observability, security, and high availability.

Cloud & Infrastructure Architecture

• Design scalable cloud architectures using containers, serverless services, distributed storage, and managed databases.
• Govern VPC, networking, IAM, and environment isolation.
• Lead performance optimization and cloud cost governance.

Data Engineering & Analytics Architecture

• Architect ingestion, transformation, and distribution pipelines.
• Build data frameworks for analytics, personalization, search, and event-driven insights.
• Define data governance and lifecycle management strategies.

Microservices & Domain-Driven Design

• Enforce modular, decoupled, fault-tolerant architecture.
• Apply DDD principles, bounded contexts, and clear ownership.
• Establish standards for idempotency, retries, and messaging guarantees.
• Build frameworks for CI/CD, testing, logging, monitoring, and release automation.

Integration Architecture

• Create patterns for secure integration with external systems and internal platforms.
• Govern API authentication, authorization, versioning, and contract testing.

Security, Compliance & Governance

• Implement secure-by-design architecture.
• Enforce least-privilege, zero-trust, encryption, auditing, and certificate rotation.

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

• Collaborate with product, engineering, DevOps, QA, and data teams.
• Lead architecture reviews and mentor engineering teams.
• Break down complex initiatives into executable roadmaps.

Required Skills & ExperienceTechnical Skills

• 8–12+ years experience in cloud architecture and distributed systems.
• Strong expertise in microservices and cloud-native patterns.
• Solid understanding of REST and event-driven systems.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Knowledge of caching, search, and performance optimization.
• Mastery of CI/CD, IaC, and DevOps tooling.
• Experience with data engineering and analytics.

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication.
• Strong problem-solving.
• Ability to influence architectural decisions.
• Experience in fast-paced cross-functional environments.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Contract
Contract length: 12 months