Role & responsibilities

1. Architecture & System Design

- Design scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant microservices-based backend architectures.
- Prepare and maintain HLD, LLD, sequence diagrams, data flows, and deployment architecture.
- Define non-functional requirements (performance, scalability, availability, security, and reliability).
- Establish architecture standards and drive technology selection.

2. Backend Engineering Leadership

- Provide technical leadership for Java/Spring Boot backend development.
- Define API standards, versioning, documentation, and backward compatibility.
- Promote Clean Architecture, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), and coding best practices.
- Review architecture, design, and critical code changes.

3. Cloud & Infrastructure

- Architect backend solutions on AWS (EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS/Aurora, S3, CloudFront, SQS/SNS, Kafka/MSK, Redis/ElastiCache).
- Design high-availability, auto-scaling, and disaster recovery solutions.
- Collaborate with DevOps on CI/CD, Blue-Green/Canary deployments, and rollback strategies.
- Optimize cloud infrastructure for performance and cost efficiency.

4. Security & Compliance

- Ensure compliance with RBI IT Framework, DPDP Act, and CERT-In guidelines.
- Implement secure authentication, authorization, encryption, and secrets management.
- Participate in security audits, risk assessments, and threat modeling.

5. Observability & Reliability

- Define logging, monitoring,



and alerting frameworks using CloudWatch, ELK, or similar tools.
- Establish SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets for critical services.
- Lead production incident RCA and implement preventive improvements.

6. Collaboration & Mentorship

- Partner with Product, Frontend, Mobile, and DevOps teams to deliver scalable backend solutions.
- Mentor backend engineers and drive engineering excellence.
- Promote architectural governance and continuous improvement across teams.

Preferred candidate profile

- 8+ years of backend engineering experience, including 3+ years as a Solution Architect or Tech Lead.
- Strong expertise in Java and Spring Boot (or equivalent backend technologies).
- Hands-on experience with microservices, distributed systems, RESTful APIs, and asynchronous messaging.
- Strong knowledge of AWS cloud architecture and cloud-native application design.
- Proficiency in PostgreSQL/MySQL and NoSQL database concepts.
- Experience implementing security best practices and compliance-driven solutions.
- Domain expertise in FinTech, NBFC, Banking, or Insurance.
- Working knowledge of Kafka, Event Sourcing, and CQRS.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation).
- Exposure to regulatory compliance and audit requirements.
- Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Solid ownership mindset with proven leadership and mentoring experience.

📌 Backend Solution Architect (Bhubaneswar)
🏢 Annapurna Tech Universe Private
📍 Bhubaneswar