Senior Java Architect

Responsibilities:

Perform rapid POCs to experiment and build rails for the engineering team

Support engineers and project managers in rapid development and deployment

Work with VPs and Architects to assist creating and maintaining, the enterprise/platform Architectures, Data Architectures, API Strategies, Building Enterprise solution Architectures for new initiatives

Actively participate in team and enterprise-wide architecture and engineering discussions

Introduce enterprise architectural paradigms and solutions into the portfolio

Engage and work with cross-functional leaders to understand and help define business principles, goals and strategy within scope of responsibility

Communicate to senior leaders regarding strategy direction and changes

Mentor engineers and solution architects to ensure technology complexities are understood very clearly to implement solutions expeditiously with high quality 

Minimum Qualifications:

10 years of strong hands-on experience in Java and experience with backend or middleware processing

Extensive experience in designing and implementing large scale cloud-native platforms with high resiliency, availability, and reliability

Strong experience in applications with high throughput and performance

Experience with microservices architectures and service mesh technologies is preferred

Strong written, verbal communications, presentation skills, leadership, problem solving and analytical skills

Proven collaboration skills along with the ability to influence without authority

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Science Engineering, or related field required; Advanced Degree preferre