Lead Architect
Dallas, TX / Chicago, IL / New York, NY - Onsite
We are looking for a hands-on Lead Architect with strong experience in Java, Spring Boot and Cloud platforms who can own end-to-end system architecture and confidently communicate with senior stakeholders.
This is not a pure managerial role - you must be deeply technical and capable of driving architecture decisions across large-scale distributed systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Own architecture design across application, integration, data and cloud layers
- Design scalable, high-performance and resilient systems
- Lead and drive architecture discussions with senior stakeholders and client teams
- Define design standards, best practices and governance
- Review and approve high-level and low-level designs
- Guide engineering teams and resolve complex technical challenges
- Evaluate and recommend tools, frameworks and cloud services
- Mentor senior engineers and tech leads
Required Skills
- 10+ years in software engineering with 3+ years in architecture/lead role
- Strong hands-on expertise in:
- Java
- Spring Boot
- Microservices & API-driven architecture
- Experience designing distributed, enterprise-scale systems
- Strong experience with Cloud (AWS / Azure / GCP)
- Solid understanding of:
- Architecture patterns
- System design tradeoffs
- CI/CD and DevOps practices
- Strong communication - must be able to defend architecture decisions
Preferred Experience
- Healthcare domain (strongly preferred)
- Experience with event-driven architecture (Kafka / Pub-Sub)
- Knowledge of:
- Observability
- Performance tuning
- Production readiness
- Experience in cloud migration or modernization programs