Core Java Architect

Title: Technical Architect - Backend (Java Springboot)

Location: Plano TX

Duration: 12 months

F2F Interview

Photon/Toyoto Financial Services

Description: We are seeking an experienced 15 plus years Technical Architect with a proven track record of designing and delivering microservices architectures for large-scale mission-critical this leadership role you will define architectural standards mentor development teams and work closely with business stakeholders to align technology solutions with strategic objectives. You should excel at communicating complex technical concepts have deep knowledge of distributed systems and possess a forward-thinking mindset that balances innovation with enterprise-level reliability.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Design Leadership

Define and evolve the overarching architecture for microservices ensuring alignment with business and technical objectives.

Provide technical oversight and guidance on domain-driven design (DDD) service boundaries and data management strategies.

Strategic Technology Roadmap

Collaborate with senior executives and product owners to develop a multi-year technology roadmap focusing on scalability resilience and high availability.

Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption where appropriate to maintain a competitive edge.

Microservices Implementation

Lead teams in designing developing and deploying microservices using best practices around RESTful APIs event-driven architectures and asynchronous messaging.

Ensure each service adheres to established coding standards security practices and API versioning guidelines.

Performance Scalability & Resilience

Oversee capacity planning and performance tuning efforts to handle high throughput and large data volumes.

Implement fault-tolerant patterns (e.g. circuit breakers retries load balancing) and strategies to mitigate single points of failure.

DevOps & CI/CD

Advocate for continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) best practices including automated build pipelines containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).

Work with DevOps teams to optimize deployment processes reduce downtime and ensure rapid rollbacks when necessary.

Observability & Monitoring

Champion the implementation of centralized logging distributed tracing and real-time monitoring tools (ELK Prometheus Grafana Jaeger).

Drive incident response and root cause analysis workflows to foster a culture of continuous improvement.

Data Strategy & Governance

Determine data storage solutions (SQL NoSQL) and data partitioning/sharding strategies aligned with service boundaries.

Ensure compliance with data governance and regulatory requirements (GDPR HIPAA etc.) as needed.

Technical Leadership & Mentoring

Mentor mid-level and junior engineers fostering a learning culture through design reviews code reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions.

Partner with project managers product owners and QA leads to ensure clear priorities and high-quality deliverables.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Work closely with business stakeholders transforming high-level requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Facilitate communication between engineering teams executive leadership and non-technical stakeholders to ensure alignment.

Risk Assessment & Management

Identify technical risks and propose mitigation strategies including spikes proofs of concept or architectural adjustments.

Regularly update leadership on project risks constraints and timelines.

Qualifications

Education & Background

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field (or equivalent real-world experience).
• 15 years of experience in software development with a minimum of 5 years in an architectural or technical lead capacity.

Technical Expertise

• Proficiency in microservices architecture domain-driven design (DDD) and event-driven systems.
• Deep experience with cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) containerization (Docker) orchestration (Kubernetes) and modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of messaging systems (Kafka RabbitMQ) and distributed transactions (Saga patterns eventual consistency).
• Expertise in observability (monitoring logging tracing) and performance tuning for large-scale high-throughput applications.
• Solid background in relational and NoSQL databases (MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB Cassandra) with an emphasis on data modeling and scalability.

Soft Skills

• Outstanding communication and presentation skills able to convey complex technical concepts to varied audiences.
• Proven leadership and mentorship abilities adept at guiding teams through change and fostering innovation.
• Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to quickly make informed decisions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications in AWS.
• Experience with service mesh (Istio Linkerd) or advanced orchestration features for large-scale microservices.
• Familiarity with security best practices (OAuth2 SAML PKI) and compliance frameworks.