Camunda Principal Architect (Java & Spring Boot) Role Title Principal Architect – Camunda, Java & Spring Boot Function IT Engineering / Digital Transformation Location Pune / Hybrid Role Purpose The Principal Architect will lead the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise-scale process automation solutions using Camunda BPM, Java, and Spring Boot technologies. The role is responsible for defining technology strategy, establishing architecture standards, driving innovation, and ensuring scalable, secure, and resilient solutions across multiple business domains. As a senior technology leader, the Principal Architect will collaborate with Enterprise Architects, Product Owners, Business Stakeholders, Delivery Teams, and Engineering Leaders to build world-class workflow automation platforms and modern microservices-based solutions.

This role builds upon the Camunda, BPMN, Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and microservices expertise highlighted in existing Camunda engineering roles.

Key Accountabilities Enterprise Architecture - Define and own the enterprise architecture roadmap for Camunda-based process automation platforms.

- Design scalable BPMN and DMN-driven workflow solutions aligned with business objectives.
- Establish architecture principles, standards, and governance frameworks.
- Provide technical leadership for complex transformation programs.

Solution

Design & Delivery - Lead solution architecture from requirements through production deployment.

- Define integration patterns between Camunda, APIs, databases, event streams, and enterprise applications.
- Design cloud-native and containerized solutions using contemporary architecture practices.
- Ensure performance, scalability, security, and maintainability of solutions.

Technology





Leadership - Act as the highest-level technical authority for Camunda platforms.

- Mentor Solution Architects, Technical Leads, and Development Teams.
- Lead architecture reviews, design workshops, and technology evaluations.
- Drive engineering excellence and adoption of best practices.

Modern Software

Engineering - Define microservices architecture using Java and Spring Boot.

- Drive event-driven architecture patterns using Kafka and messaging platforms.
- Champion CI/CD, DevOps, observability, and automation practices.
- Establish reusable frameworks, accelerators, and reference architectures.

Stakeholder

Management - Partner with business leaders to identify automation opportunities.

- Translate business requirements into scalable technology solutions.
- Influence strategic technology decisions at organizational level.
- Collaborate with global teams and vendors.

Required Technical Skills Camunda

Expertise - Deep expertise in Camunda 7 and/or Camunda 8.

- Strong understanding of:
- BPMN 2.0
- DMN
- Process Orchestration
- Workflow Automation
- Human Workflows
- Process Monitoring and Optimization Java & Spring Ecosystem - Expert-level Java development experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with:
- Spring Framework
- Spring Boot
- Spring Cloud
- Spring Security
- JPA/Hibernate
- Strong understanding of Java design patterns and enterprise application architecture. Architecture & Integration - Microservices Architecture




- Event-Driven Architecture
- Domain Driven Design (DDD)
- API-led Architecture
- REST APIs
- Enterprise Integration Patterns
- SOA Architecture Messaging & Data - Apache Kafka
- RabbitMQ or equivalent messaging platforms
- SQL & NoSQL Databases
- Data Modelling Cloud & DevOps - Kubernetes
- Docker
- Azure / AWS / GCP
- GitHub / GitLab
- Jenkins
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Infrastructure as Code Non-Functional Expertise - Security Architecture
- Performance Engineering
- Scalability Design
- Reliability Engineering
- Monitoring & Observability Experience Required - 15+ years of software engineering experience.
- 8+ years in architecture leadership roles.
- 5+ years of Camunda implementation and architecture experience.
- Proven experience delivering large-scale enterprise automation programs.
- Strong experience leading distributed Agile teams.
- Experience working within SAFe, Agile, and DevOps environments. Core Competencies - Strategic Thinking
- Technology Leadership
- Architecture Governance
- Innovation Mindset
- Stakeholder Management
- Problem Solving
- Team Mentoring & Coaching
- Influencing & Decision Making Education & Certifications Education - Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Software Engineering.

Preferred

Certifications - Camunda Certified Professional

- TOGAF
- Azure / AWS Solution Architect
- Kubernetes Certifications Success Measures - Successful delivery of enterprise process automation initiatives.
- Adoption of architecture standards across teams.
- Improved platform scalability and reliability.
- Reduced technical debt.
- Increased automation and engineering productivity.
- Development of internal architecture and engineering capability.

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