Microservices Architect

Job Summary

We are seeking a seasoned Microservices Architect to lead the design and evolution of large-scale microservices ecosystems built on modern container platforms and cloud-native technology stacks. The role requires deep expertise in service decomposition, domain-driven design, distributed data management, and runtime concerns such as resilience, observability, and security at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Define microservices architecture standards, service boundaries, and decomposition strategies aligned with domain-driven design principles
• Lead the modernization of legacy monoliths into well-bounded, independently deployable services with clear ownership
• Design service communication patterns leveraging REST, gRPC, asynchronous messaging, and event streaming as appropriate
• Establish API contracts, schema governance, and versioning strategies that enable safe evolution of services over time
• Architect resilient distributed systems incorporating circuit breakers, retries, bulkheads, and graceful degradation patterns
• Define data ownership models, transactional boundaries, and patterns such as outbox, saga, and CQRS where appropriate
• Lead the design of platform capabilities including service mesh, API gateway, identity propagation, and shared observability
• Drive performance engineering, capacity planning, and scalability analysis across critical service domains
• Define observability standards including structured logging, distributed tracing, and SLO-driven monitoring
• Collaborate with security teams to ensure zero-trust principles, secrets management, and runtime protection are embedded
• Mentor engineers and tech leads on microservices best practices and anti-pattern avoidance
• Lead architecture reviews and provide guidance on service design proposals across multiple teams
• Continuously evaluate emerging cloud-native technologies for adoption based on maturity and strategic fit

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
• Eight or more years of software engineering experience, with several years in architecture roles
• Deep expertise in microservices design, domain-driven design, and distributed systems patterns
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and service mesh technologies
• Proficiency in at least one major backend language such as Java, Go, or C#
• Strong understanding of API design, event-driven architectures, and asynchronous messaging
• Experience operating high-traffic, latency-sensitive systems in production
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms and managed services across at least one major provider
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Demonstrated ability to lead architecture initiatives spanning multiple teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with platform engineering and internal developer platform construction
• Familiarity with Istio, Linkerd, Envoy, or comparable service mesh technologies
• Exposure to FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization at scale
• Public speaking, open-source contributions, or published technical writing
• Experience in regulated industries with strict compliance requirements