Application Architect

Title: Application Architect
Location: Austin, TX 78701


Type: Fulltime


Skills:

• Strong knowledge and experience in web application design and development. Experience in architecting microservices, API design, versioning, publishing, and service integration.
• Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Principles; expertise in Java code standards, design patterns, and best practices.
• Proficient in Spring Boot, Hibernate, JPA, REST and SOAP services, and SOA architectures.
• Demonstrated experience in database design and working with both relational and non-relational databases.
• Hands-on experience using API gateways such as Apigee, including implementation of robust API security.
• Strong working knowledge of AWS Lambda or similar serverless compute services. - Expertise in AWS services such as SES, SNS, S3, CloudWatch, and CloudFront.
• Effectively communicate business requirements and technical criteria to stakeholders and development teams.
• Able to translate and interpret business requirements into architectural and design decisions.
• Experience with effort estimation for changes and enhancements in complex systems.
• Ability to provide architecture solutions addressing complex business requirements.
• Collaborate with project teams to ensure alignment with project scope and direction. Make informed decisions on platforms, tools, and coding standards for project development.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in distributed software systems.
  Strong leadership skills with ability to lead teams and guide/coach team members.
• Deep understanding of Agile methodologies, methods, and best practices.
• Experience leveraging Generative AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to enhance development productivity, code quality, and rapid prototyping.
• Proficient with GitHub: managing repositories, enforcing branch policies, handling pull requests, and collaborating on code reviews and documentation.
• Advocate for and implement automation and AI-assisted coding practices within the development lifecycle.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with proven ability to support and resolve production tickets, providing in-depth root cause analysis, establishing clear remediation guidelines, and leading the fix process to ensure timely resolution.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience.

Preferred Skills:
Apigee: Intermediate AWS API Gateway: Intermediate Batch Programing: Advanced Database Admininstration: Intermediate Identity & Access Management (IAM): Foundation Responsibilities:
The Application Architect owns the end-to-end technical architecture for a Texas state web application, ensuring the solution is secure, scalable, maintainable, and aligned to business and regulatory needs.
They translate requirements into microservices and API-driven designs, set coding/engineering standards, and lead teams through Agile delivery, while guiding cloud adoption on AWS (including serverless) and driving production stability through strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.

Key responsibilities (condensed):

• Define and govern solution architecture for web apps: microservices, service integration, and distributed systems.
• Lead API strategy (design, versioning, publishing) and implement API gateway controls (e.g., Apigee), including robust API security.
• Establish and enforce Java/Spring Boot engineering standards (OO principles, patterns, best practices), including ORM layers (Hibernate/JPA) and service styles (REST/SOAP, SOA).
• Design data solutions across relational and non-relational databases (modeling, performance, integration).
• Architect and guide AWS implementation: Lambda, S3, CloudFront, CloudWatch, SES/SNS and related operational patterns.
• Partner with stakeholders to translate business needs into architectural decisions, estimate effort for enhancements, and ensure alignment to scope and delivery direction.
• Provide technical leadership: coach developers, drive GitHub workflows (branch policies, PRs, reviews), and promote automation and AI-assisted development (e.g., GitHub Copilot).
• Support production operations: triage and resolve tickets, perform root-cause analysis, and lead remediation to closure.