Technical Java Architect

Technical Java Architect

Location – Issaquah, WA (Hybrid)

12+ months

Role Overview

The Technical Architect will be responsible for defining the overall architecture, technical strategy, and integration approach for cloud-native applications and enterprise platforms. The role will guide backend services, API integrations, cloud infrastructure, security, scalability, and engineering governance across distributed teams.

Key Responsibilities

Define end-to-end solution architecture for backend systems, integrations, and cloud deployments

Lead architecture discussions, technical design reviews, and solution governance

Design scalable microservices using Java Spring Boot and cloud-native patterns

Define API contracts, integration patterns, orchestration flows, and data models

Guide implementation teams on best practices, coding standards, and architectural decisions

Design secure and resilient systems with proper authentication, authorization, encryption, and audit logging

Lead third party/vendor integrations using abstraction and adapter based architecture

Partner with DevOps teams on deployment architecture, CI/CD, observability, and monitoring

Ensure performance, scalability, availability, and disaster recovery considerations are built into the platform

Mentor technical leads and engineers across backend, frontend, and cloud streams

Support estimation, sprint planning, production readiness, and go-live activities

Required Skills

Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices Architecture

Experience designing large-scale distributed systems and REST APIs

Strong knowledge of cloud-native architecture on GCP

Hands on experience with GKE

Hands on experience with Cloud Spanner

Hands on experience with Pub/Sub

Hands on experience with Secret Manager

Hands on experience with Cloud Logging & Monitoring

Hands on experience with API Gateway / Apigee

Strong understanding of integration architecture and vendor API orchestration

Experience with event-driven systems, resiliency patterns, retries, circuit breakers, and fallback handling

Good understanding of database design, performance optimization, and schema evolution

Experience implementing security and compliance controls for sensitive/PII data

Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and Kubernetes deployments

Ability to drive architecture governance and technical leadership across teams

Nice to Have

Experience with Domain-Driven Design (DDD)

Experience with fraud, identity, verification, or customer profile systems

Experience with observability, distributed tracing, dashboards, and operational metrics

Experience with GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, or Cloud Build

Knowledge of frontend technologies such as React

Preferred Experience

10+ years of software engineering experience

5+ years in solution architecture or technical leadership roles

Experience leading cloud modernization or platform transformation programs

Experience working in Agile / Scrum delivery models

Strong stakeholder communication and technical mentoring skills #J-18808-Ljbffr