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The ideal candidate will be a hands-on technical leader with deep expertise in Java architecture, REST services, SQL, distributed systems, and full-stack development using ReactJS and NodeJS.\nThis role will be responsible for defining the long-term architecture roadmap, ensuring platform scalability, reliability, security, and enabling enterprise-wide test automation across mission-critical financial applications and data platforms.\nThe successful candidate will partner with engineering leaders, product teams, quality engineering teams, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders to accelerate automation adoption while maintaining high engineering standards.\nKey Responsibilities\nArchitecture & Technical Leadership\nDefine and own the ATF platform architecture and technical roadmap.\nLead design reviews and establish architecture standards for enterprise automation solutions.\nDrive modernization initiatives using cloud-native and microservices-based architectures.\nProvide technical leadership for strategic automation initiatives across multiple engineering teams.\nEvaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption strategies.\nPlatform Engineering\nDesign and develop scalable automation platform services using Java and Spring Boot.\nArchitect RESTful APIs and service integrations supporting enterprise automation workflows.\nLead development of reusable automation components, agents, plugins, and framework utilities.\nEnsure platform reliability, scalability, observability, and fault tolerance.\nFull Stack Development\nArchitect and oversee development of modern web applications using:\nReactJS\nNodeJS\nTypeScript/JavaScript\nHTML5/CSS3\nDesign intuitive user experiences for automation administration, reporting, monitoring, and analytics.\nDatabase & Data Architecture\nDesign and optimize enterprise-scale SQL solutions.\nDevelop data models supporting automation execution, reporting, auditability, and analytics.\nOptimize application performance through efficient database design and query tuning.\nEngineering Excellence\nEstablish engineering best practices, coding standards, and architecture governance.\nDrive DevOps, CI/CD, automated quality controls, and platform observability.\nLead code reviews, architecture reviews, and technical mentoring.\nSupport production readiness, release governance, and operational excellence.\nStakeholder Management\nPartner with technology leaders, product owners, quality engineering teams, and business stakeholders.\nTranslate business objectives into scalable technical solutions.\nCommunicate architecture strategy and technical direction to executive leadership.\nRequired Qualifications\nExperience\n15–20+ years of software engineering experience.\n8+ years in technical leadership, architect, or principal engineer roles.\nProven experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale automation platforms.\nTechnical Skills:\nCore Technologies\nJava (Expert), Spring Boot, REST API Architecture, SQL Server / PostgreSQL / Oracle, Microservices Architecture\nFull Stack Technologies\nReactJS, NodeJS, JavaScript / TypeScript, HTML5 / CSS3\nCloud & DevOps\nAzure or AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub / Azure DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines\nData & Messaging\nSQL Optimization\nMessaging Platforms (Kafka preferred)\nData Integration Patterns\nArchitecture Competencies\nEnterprise Architecture\nSolution Architecture\nAPI-First Design\nEvent-Driven Systems\nPerformance Engineering\nSecurity Architecture\nScalability & Resilience Design\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience building enterprise-grade Automated Testing Frameworks.\nExperience with test automation platforms and quality engineering methodologies.\nFinancial services or capital markets experience.\nExperience supporting highly regulated environments.\nExposure to AI-assisted testing and intelligent automation solutions.\nFamiliarity with cloud-native modernization initiatives.\nLeadership Expectations\nLead through influence and technical excellence.\nMentor architects, senior engineers, and development teams.\nBuild strong engineering culture focused on innovation and continuous improvement.\nDrive strategic technology decisions aligned with business outcomes.\nManage multiple concurrent initiatives and technology priorities.\nSuccess Metrics\nIncreased automation adoption across engineering teams.\nImproved platform scalability and reliability.\nReduced test execution cycle times.\nEnhanced engineering productivity through reusable automation capabilities.\nSuccessful delivery of platform modernization initiatives.\nImproved platform observability, governance, and operational efficiency.\nPay: $55.00 - 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