Client Software Architect

Must-Have

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 8 years of professional software development experience, including recent hands-on coding and prototyping in modern technology stacks.
• 5+ years designing cloud-native, microservices, or event-driven architectures (Azure or equivalent cloud platforms).
• Strong experience building platform infrastructure and scalable backend systems.
• Proven experience owning end-to-end solution delivery, including design, implementation, and post-release operational accountability for medium-to-large projects.
• Experience with partner integrations — payments, SaaS APIs, loyalty, inventory, or authentication providers.
• Hands-on experience building prototypes or reference implementations to validate architecture and solution feasibility.
• Expertise in API-first design (REST/OpenAPI).
• Experience with relational/non-relational databases (SQL/NoSQL).
• Solid grasp of containerization, CI/CD, and Kubernetes-based delivery pipelines.
• Practical experience with generative AI and AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor).
• Excellent stakeholder communication skills, able to facilitate workshops, present technical solutions, and collaborate across business and engineering teams.
• Proven leadership in mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, and enforcing architecture governance.
• Preferred
• Strong retail platform domain knowledge (POS systems, store operations, payment processing).
• Certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, or equivalent.
• Experience with API Gateway or Integration Platforms (Azure APIM, Kong, Apigee, MuleSoft, Boomi).
• Solid understanding of API security and compliance (OAuth 2.0/OIDC, JWT, PCI).
• Familiarity with formal specifications (OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, JSON Schema) for contract-driven development.
• Background in distributed systems, microservices architecture, and infrastructure as code.
• Experience leading Dual-Track Agile processes, managing both Discovery and Delivery Tracks, and translating discovery outcomes into actionable backlog items.