Java Application Architect

We are

At Synechron we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechrons progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence Consulting Digital Cloud & DevOps Data and Software Engineering servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models Digital Underwriting mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20 years our company has been honored with multiple employer awards recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about Synechron has a global workforce of 16400 and has 60 offices in 20 countries within key global markets.

Our challenge

We are looking for a highly experienced Java Application Architect III to lead the design development and continuous improvement of our enterprise-scale API gateway platform. This role is ideal for a technically deep engineer with extensive hands-on experience in API and gateway solutions combined with strong architectural influence standards enforcement and best practice guidance across multiple teams.

Additional Information*

The base salary for this position will vary based on geography and other accordance with law the base salary for this role if filled within Chandler AZ is$120k - $130k/year & benefits (see below).

The Role

Responsibilities:

• Define and enforce API design standards including RESTful principles versioning error handling and backward compatibility.
• Lead the architecture and implementation of scalable secure and observable API gateway solutions supporting high-throughput business-critical services.
• Drive the evolution of API management practices including onboarding governance lifecycle management deprecation and retirement strategies.
• Implement and optimize gateway functionalities such as routing transformation traffic management authentication and policy enforcement.
• Develop automation scripts and operational workflows using Python to improve platform reliability and efficiency.
• Design and implement automated API testing frameworks covering functional integration regression and performance validation.
• Ensure comprehensive observability through metrics logs traces alerting and SLO-driven monitoring.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including application developers security and operations to align architecture with organizational standards.
• Mentor engineering teams influence technical decisions and shape platform-level improvements and best practices.
• Integrate API gateways with enterprise identity providers and security platforms ensuring compliance and security.

Requirements:

• Hands-on experience designing building and operating API platforms or gateway solutions in production environments.
• Deep expertise in API design: RESTful APIs versioning backward compatibility and error-handling patterns.
• Strong experience with security protocols such as OAuth2 OpenID Connect JWT mTLS and API key management.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in high-throughput distributed systems.
• Advanced proficiency in Java with experience in API gateway or service-oriented architectures.
• Strong Python skills for automation tooling and operational workflows.
• Extensive experience with designing and implementing automated API testing (functional integration regression performance).
• Expertise in observability and telemetry including metrics logs traces alerting and SLO-driven monitoring.
• Hands-on experience with Git code reviews CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code practices.

Preferred but not required:

• Experience with enterprise-grade API gateway platforms such as Apigee Kong Azure API Management or AWS API Gateway.
• Strong understanding of API lifecycle management including onboarding governance versioning deprecation and retirement at scale.
• Practical experience defining and enforcing traffic management and security policies like rate limiting throttling quotas and request/response transformations.
• Familiarity with service mesh ingress controllers or edge routing technologies and their integration with API gateways.
• Experience integrating APIs with enterprise identity providers and security platforms.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment strategies for API gateway configurations.
• Exposure to performance/load testing to validate scalability resiliency and failure handling.
• Strong architectural mindset with the ability to identify systemic risks and drive platform-level improvements.
• Demonstrated leadership in mentoring engineers and influencing cross-team technical strategies.
• Excellent collaboration skills across application platform security and operations teams.

We offer:

• A highly competitive compensation and benefits package.
• A multinational organization with 60 offices in 20 countries and the possibility to work abroad.
• 10 days of paid annual leave (plus sick leave and national holidays).
• Maternity & paternity leave plans.
• A comprehensive insurance plan including medical dental vision life insurance and long-/short-term disability (plans vary by region).
• Retirement savings plans.
• A higher education certification policy.
• Commuter benefits (varies by region).
• Extensive training opportunities focused on skills substantive knowledge and personal development.
• On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses.
• Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups.
• Cutting edge projects at the worlds leading tier-one banks financial institutions and insurance firms.
• A flat and approachable organization.
• A truly diverse fun-loving and global work culture.

SYNECHRONS DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiative Same Difference is committed to fostering an inclusive culture promoting equality diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds race ethnicities religion age marital status gender sexual orientations or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements mentoring internal mobility learning and development programs and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to the applicants gender gender identity sexual orientation race ethnicity disabled or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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