Key Responsibilities
* Design, build, and evolve core frameworks and reusable platform components.
* Perform hands-on coding for technology upgrades and migrations
(Java/Spring/Jakarta/Tomcat and related platform components).
* Own and drive large-scale modernization initiatives across services and
shared libraries.
* Build and evaluate POCs to assess new technologies, patterns, and platform
capabilities.
* Resolve complex technical issues across frameworks, distributed services, and
integration layers.
* Ensure implementation alignment with platform and enterprise architecture.
* Define, review, and enforce coding standards, framework usage policies, and
technical guidelines.
* Mentor architects, tech leads, and engineers; guide design and code quality
decisions.
* Drive adoption of emerging technologies including AI-assisted development,
cloud-native tooling, and observability practices.
* Collaborate with architecture, product, and engineering stakeholders for
execution and delivery alignment.

Essential Experience Java & Backend




* Strong Java proficiency across mixed runtimes (legacy and modern), with
migration ownership toward up-to-date LTS baselines (JDK 11+, preferably JDK 17).
* OOP concepts, SOLID principles, and design patterns.
* Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, and Spring Security.
* RESTful API design and implementation.
* JPA and Hibernate.

API & Integration
* Strong API governance and specification experience using Swagger/OpenAPI.
* Experience with event-driven architecture and messaging patterns: Kafka
producers/consumers, event contracts, serialization formats (JSON, Avro).
* Strong validation and business-rule enforcement patterns in API and service
layers.
* Security and authentication implementation including OAuth2, JWT, and API
security best practices.

Data & Schema
* Hands-on No-SQL and relational database experience (PostgreSQL preferred;
MongoDB/Cassandra exposure is valuable).
* Strong database schema evolution practices using ver

📌 HOS: Technical Architect — Senior (India)
🏢 IBS Software
📍 India