Job DescriptionJob Overview:The ideal candidate is a hands-on Architect who can define technical strategy, guide engineering teams, and ensure enterprise applications are designed, built, and operated effectively in production environments. You will provide architectural leadership while driving best practices in application reliability, observability, performance, security, and operational excellence.
Working across the full application lifecycle, you will partner closely with client stakeholders, product owners, and engineering teams to design and deliver scalable, secure, and resilient solutions. You will help establish engineering standards, support modernization initiatives, and ensure applications remain maintainable, performant, and supportable in production.
In addition, you will champion modern software engineering practices and the adoption of AI-powered development tools, including GitHub Copilot and Claude, to enhance developer productivity, improve code quality, and accelerate solution delivery. This role is ideal for a leader who combines strategic architectural vision with a passion for remaining actively engaged in the development, support, and continuous evolution of enterprise applications.
Responsibilities- Lead and mentor a globally distributed development pod consisting of client employees and third-party vendor resources, fostering accountability, collaboration, and high performance.
- Partner with Product Owners and business stakeholders to refine requirements, assess technical feasibility, and translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.
- Own the technical architecture and solution design for the pod, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, security requirements, and long-term business objectives.
- Drive sprint, release, and quarterly planning activities while proactively managing dependencies, risks, and cross-team coordination.
- Collaborate with architects, product teams, QA, operations, and other pod leaders to ensure successful end-to-end solution delivery.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance throughout the software development lifecycle, from design and development through deployment and production support.
- Accountable for pod deliverables, ensuring commitments are met with high quality, within scope, and on schedule.
- Lead stakeholder reviews, architecture discussions, sprint demonstrations, and status communications to provide transparency on progress and outcomes.
- Champion best practices in application reliability, observability, performance, security, and operational excellence.
- Drive adoption of modern engineering practices and AI-assisted development tools to improve developer productivity, code quality, and delivery velocity.
- Utilize analytical, process and/or technical skills to meet project objectives and deliverables that are self-directed and within project scope.
Qualifications- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years in a Technical Architect, Solution Architect, Lead/Principal Engineer, or similar leadership role.
- Strong expertise in C#/.NET, enterprise application architecture, and high-volume REST API development.
- Experience designing and delivering cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure, including services such as Azure Functions, Service Bus, and Cosmos DB.
- Hands-on experience with microservices, distributed systems, containerized applications, and modern integration patterns.
- Strong knowledge of application security, performance optimization, scalability, resiliency, and observability best practices.
- Experience with React and modern web application development frameworks.
- Proven experience leading and mentoring engineering teams, including globally distributed teams comprised of client and third-party resources.
- Experience partnering with product owners and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Hands-on experience with Agile delivery methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and production support operations.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, or similar platforms to improve engineering productivity and software delivery.
- Proven track record of technical leadership roles delivering solutions within defined timeframes.
- Skilled in building relationships with clients and in practice development activities.
- Demonstrated success in performing work and managing complex and/or large consulting projects.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills; Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical staff.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
- Azure certifications and/or architecture-related certifications.
Preferred Skills and Education:- Experience working with a globally distributed team and managing off-shore teams.
- Master's degree in Computer Science or related field.
- Certification in (Insert technologies).
- Experience with authoring, editing and presenting technical documents.
Disclaimer: The above statements are not intended to be a complete statement of job content, rather to act as a guide to the essential functions performed by the employee assigned to this classification. Management retains the discretion to add or change the duties of the position at any time.
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