Senior Solutions Architect

Job Description

The Role:

A strong background in Microservices Architecture is essential, along with the ability to create cloud-agnostic platforms that integrate seamlessly with internal and external systems.

• Lead the architecture, design, and delivery of modern microservices-based solutions that support scalability, flexibility, and independent deployment cycles
• Own the end-to-end solution architecture, ensuring products are highly configurable, scalable, and adaptable across cloud environments
• Produce and maintain High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD) documentation to support development and delivery teams
• Define deployment architectures that promote reliability, resilience, and operational efficiency
• Design integration frameworks covering APIs, microservices, event-driven services, and third-party platforms
• Establish architectural standards, technology stacks, and design patterns that support current and future product requirements
• Conduct architecture reviews and provide governance to ensure solutions meet performance, scalability, and quality standards
• Design systems that are highly available, secure, and capable of supporting growing customer demand
• Champion cloud-agnostic principles by leveraging services and patterns that can operate across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments
• Embed security, compliance, and governance best practices into all architectural decisions
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Engineering Teams, DevOps specialists, and business stakeholders to align technology solutions with strategic objectives
• Translate business needs and product vision into practical, scalable technical architectures
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor, promoting architectural best practices across internal teams and partner organisations
• Keep pace with emerging technologies, architectural approaches, cloud innovations, and SaaS industry trends
• Identify opportunities to optimise existing platforms, improve technical efficiency, and drive continuous architectural enhancement.

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cloud Computing, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 6 years experience in software architecture, solution design, or a similar senior technical role.
• Demonstrated success delivering solution architecture for SaaS platforms and cloud-agnostic applications.
• Strong expertise in designing distributed systems, scalable APIs, and enterprise-grade cloud solutions.
• Experience architecting multi-tenant SaaS products or large-scale enterprise applications.
• Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Google Professional Cloud Architect, or Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
• Exposure to data architecture, AI/ML integration, monitoring, and observability platforms.

Technical Expertise:

• Deep understanding of microservices architecture, microfrontends, event-driven systems, and API-first design methodologies.
• Ability to create robust architectural frameworks that support business growth and evolving customer needs.

• Strong hands-on knowledge of AWS, Azure, and GCP, with a focus on designing portable and cloud-neutral solutions.

• Proven ability to design highly scalable, resilient, distributed systems with strong performance characteristics.

• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as-code practices.

• Solid understanding of cloud security, access management, and compliance frameworks including GDPR, SOC 2, and ISO 270

• Working knowledge of modern development technologies including React, Python, Go, and Node.js, with an appreciation of contemporary software development frameworks and practices.