Lead Architect
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Job Description:
Have you got the right qualifications and skills for this job Find out below, and hit apply to be considered. Lead Architect Dallas, TX / Chicago, IL / New York, NY - OnsiteWe are looking for a hands-on Lead Architect with strong experience in Java, Spring Boot and Cloud platforms who can own end-to-end system architecture and confidently communicate with senior stakeholders. This is not a pure managerial role - you must be deeply technical and capable of driving architecture decisions across large-scale distributed systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own architecture design across application, integration, data and cloud layers
- Design scalable, high-performance and resilient systems
- Lead and drive architecture discussions with senior stakeholders and client teams
- Define design standards, best practices and governance
- Review and approve high-level and low-level designs
- Guide engineering teams and resolve complex technical challenges
- Evaluate and recommend tools, frameworks and cloud services
- Mentor senior engineers and tech leads
Required Skills:
10+ years in software engineering with 3+ years in architecture/lead role
Strong hands-on expertise in:
- JavaSpring Boot
- Microservices & API-driven architecture
- Experience designing distributed, enterprise-scale systems
- Strong experience with Cloud (AWS / Azure / GCP)
- Solid understanding of: xaygatp Architecture patterns
- System design tradeoffsCI/CD and DevOps practices
- Strong communication - must be able to defend architecture decisions
- Preferred Experience
- Healthcare domain (strongly preferred)
- Experience with event-driven architecture (Kafka / Pub-Sub)
- Knowledge of:
- Observability
- Performance tuning
- Production readiness
- Experience in cloud migration or modernization programs