Associate Software Architect Backend

Job Description

Job Title: Associate Software Architect (Backend)

Job Location- Pune

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly experienced and visionary Principal Engineer/Associate Software Architect to join our dynamic engineering team. In this role, you will be a key technical leader, responsible for designing, building, and scaling our backend systems. You will be a hands-on contributor, a mentor to other engineers, and a strategic partner in shaping our technology roadmap. This is a unique opportunity to bridge the gap between high-level architecture and implementation, ensuring our systems are robust, scalable, and aligned with our business goals..

Key Responsibilities:

Architectural Design and Strategy:

• Lead the design and development of high-performance, scalable, and resilient backend services and APIs.
• Define and drive the long-term technical vision and architectural roadmap for our backend systems.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies, tools, and frameworks to improve system
• performance and engineering productivity.
• Create and maintain architectural documentation, including system diagrams, design patterns,and best practices.
  
  

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to a team of backend engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
• Lead by example with hands-on coding, code reviews, and setting high standards for code quality and test coverage.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management, frontend engineering, and DevOps, to deliver end-to-end solutions.
  
  

• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code in Java.
• Design and implement data models for relational and NoSQL databases.
• Optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability through profiling, load testing, and monitoring.
• Implement and champion best practices for security, data protection, and compliance
  
  

• 8–10 years of experience in backend development, with 3+ years in a leadership or
• architecture-focused role
• Strong expertise in Java (8+) and Spring ecosystem (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring
• Data)
• Proven experience designing and building microservices and distributed systems
• Hands-on experience with REST APIs, SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL,
• MongoDB, Redis)
• 3+ years working with AWS services (e.g., ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS)
• Experience with CI/CD tools, containerization using Docker, and Linux environments
• Proficiency with build tools like Maven or Gradle and test frameworks like JUnit/Mockito
• Strong focus on system performance, security, scalability, and reliability
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills
  
  

• Experience building and using ETL systems and integrations. (Python)
• Exposure to Spring Cloud, Spring Security
• Experience with observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Sentry
• Experience with ElasticSearch or event-driven architectures
• Experience working in a DevOps culture; good to have hands-on DevOps skills (e.g.,
• Terraform, Ansible, etc.)