Application Architect

Summary Application architect with 10 to 15 years of overall experience, who have experience providing architecture solutions in product development perspective, in one or more verticals like banking / healthcare / supplychain / logistics / e-commerce etc… Experience working in startups is a plus Key Responsibilities Provide infrastructure & application architecture solutions for applications that are delivered in SAAS & enterprise delivery model, in both new application development and legacy application modernization scenarios, as a cloud-native / vendor-agnostic implementation, to fulfil project requirements Design solutions that follow different industry guidelines (PCI / HIPAA etc) and privacy guidelines (EU GDPR / California's CPA / Australia's Privacy Act etc...) Define overall application architecture, that includes system components, data flow, communication protocols, and technology stack to meet project needs Gather functional and non-functional requirements of the application from different internal & external stakeholders Choose an architecture pattern along with major design patterns that facilitates guidance to do reusable & maintainable code creation so that, the application do scale with better performance to serve target audience needs when deployed on a scalable architecture Recommend tech stack to meet project requirements while also considering market trends & customer preferences (be it team availability or other) Guide development teams when developing the application with technical expertise and with resolutions to complex design issues Identify potential bottlenecks and provide solutions to optimize application performance Document application architecture in detail with an application component diagram & infrastructure architecture diagram along with corresponding technical specifications (that also covers application performance monitoring (APM) & observability needs). Collaborate with different other teams (that includes UI/UX designers, database administrators, QA engineers, devops engineers etc...) to ensure seamless integration and application deployment Required Skillsets Proficiency in at least one of the server-side programming languages (that includes Nodejs, Python, Java, PHP, C#, etc...) using popular frameworks in the same Have a clear understanding on single page application development (Reactjs/Angular/Vuejs/Blazor etc...), mobile application development (native/hybrid) Deep understanding of different software architecture patterns and design patterns Expertise in database modeling with a clear understanding about different database technologies in SQL & NOSQL and design principles about the same Knowledge of object relational mapper (ORM) usage when doing database queries Understand stored procedures in SQL databases Understand mapreduce concepts in NOSQL Databases Understand server-side in-memory cache concepts Knowledge of IAAS/PAAS/SAAS solutions from different cloud service providers like AWS, Azure, GCP etc... Experience developing applications securely as per OWASP standards Experience with GIT and have knowledge of CI/CD pipeline solutions Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audience Strong analytical skills to identify and troubleshoot technical challenges Ability to mentor and guide development teams