Title: Technical Architect / Software Architect

Location: Pune, Maharashtra

Experience: 8–15 years Employment

Type: Full time

CORE TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS

The candidate should have strong hands-on experience with: - Java - Python - Microservices - Apache Spark / PySpark - System Architecture / Solution Architecture - Distributed Systems - Kafka or similar event-streaming technologies - Cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP - Kubernetes / containerized environments - Cluster management or experience working with distributed computing platforms

ADDITIONAL / SECONDARY SKILLS: - Angular or other modern frontend technologies - Spring Boot / Spring Cloud - Docker - REST APIs - CI/CD - SQL/NoSQL databases - Terraform or other IaC tools - Observability/monitoring - GenAI/AI exposure

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Designing scalable, secure, highly available software and data-intensive systems.
- Defining application and system architecture for Java/Python-based platforms.
- Designing and reviewing microservices and distributed systems.
- Working with Apache Spark/PySpark and distributed processing environments.
- Designing event-driven architectures using Kafka or similar technologies.
- Making architecture decisions across cloud, compute, storage, networking, and application layers.
- Driving technical design, HLD/LLD, architecture reviews, and technology decisions.
- Working closely with engineering teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.




- Providing technical guidance, mentoring, and design reviews for developers and technical leads.
- Identifying performance, scalability, reliability, and technical-debt issues and driving improvements.
- Collaborating with product, engineering, DevOps, data, and other stakeholders.
- Staying hands-on with critical technical problems rather than being limited to people management.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 8–15 years of relevant software/data/platform engineering experience.
- Strong hands-on experience in Java and Python.
- Strong understanding of microservices and distributed systems.
- Practical experience with Apache Spark/PySpark.
- Experience designing or contributing significantly to system/solution architecture.
- Experience with Kafka or another distributed messaging/event-streaming platform.
- Experience with at least one major cloud platform.
- Good understanding of Kubernetes/containerized environments or distributed cluster platforms.

NICE TO HAVE

- Angular/React or full-stack exposure. - Spring Boot/Spring Cloud. - Terraform/IaC.
- Databricks, EMR, Dataproc, Azure Databricks, or similar Spark platforms.
- Experience with large-scale data platforms.
- GenAI/LLM exposure.
- Experience modernizing legacy systems into microservices/cloud-native architectures.

Interested applicants can share their resume at [email protected].

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