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

1.

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).

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• Agile Methodology: Experience executing projects in a highly collaborative, fast-paced Agile

environment.

2. Technical Skills

• 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.

3. 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.