Architect - Backend

• You are a seasoned Cloud and Modernization Architect with a strong sense of ownership and accountability. You are comfortable operating in complex enterprise environments and driving large-scale transformation initiatives.
• You also have a strong point of view on practical AI adoption. You can translate real engineering pain points into AI-enabled solutions, select the right patterns and ship systems with strong evaluation, observability, and governance.
• You bring deep expertise across cloud platforms, infrastructure, databases, and DevOps, and can translate legacy architectures into modern, scalable, and cloud-native systems.
• You balance long-term architectural vision with pragmatic execution and understand how to modernize systems safely and incrementally.
• You embrace change and continuously adapt to evolving technologies, architectures, and organizational needs. You are proactive, curious, and comfortable making architectural decisions in ambiguous environments.
• You thrive in cross-team environments and influence teams through technical leadership, clarity, and strong execution.
• You are impact-driven, not territory-driven, and measure success by how effectively you modernize systems, enable teams, and improve the organization’s overall cloud maturity.

Key skills and competencies

• 10+ years of experience in cloud architecture, infrastructure, or platform engineering
• Deep hands-on experience with public cloud platforms, preferably AWS
• Proven experience leading cloud migration and modernization of enterprise systems
• Strong experience designing cloud architecture including compute, storage, networking, and security
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform or CloudFormation
• Experience with cloud networking, VPC design, private connectivity, and secure architectures
• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Aurora
• Experience with NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB, MongoDB, or similar
• Experience with containers and Kubernetes, preferably EKS
• Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices
• Experience modernizing legacy systems into microservices or cloud-native architectures
• Experience with high availability, scalability, and disaster recovery design
• Experience working in enterprise environments with strong security and compliance requirements
• B.S. in computer science or equivalent

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