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The Role
As a Software Architect / Solutions Architect at Air Apps, you will be responsible for defining and overseeing the overall system architecture for our AI-powered platform. You will collaborate with engineering teams, product managers, and stakeholders to design scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions that align with business objectives.
You will play a key role in shaping our technology strategy, evaluating new tools and frameworks, and ensuring best practices in software design, cloud infrastructure, and system integration.
Responsibilities
- Define and maintain the overall architecture and system design for scalable and efficient software solutions.
- Provide technical leadership to engineering teams, guiding them in best practices for architecture, coding, and system scalability.
- Design and document high-level system diagrams, data flows, and API structures.
- Evaluate and recommend technologies, frameworks, and cloud services to optimize performance, security, and cost-efficiency.
- Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and security in all architectural decisions.
- Oversee system integrations, including microservices, APIs, and third-party services.
- Work closely with DevOps and SRE teams to ensure smooth deployment and operational reliability.
- Establish coding and architecture standards, ensuring maintainability and scalability of codebases.
- Identify and mitigate technical risks, ensuring system resilience and future scalability.
- Conduct architecture reviews and performance audits to continuously improve system efficiency.
Requirements
- Around 6+ years of experience in software development and architecture.
- Strong expertise in system design, cloud computing, and microservices architecture.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform) and cloud-native architectures.
- Proficiency in backend technologies (e.g., Node.js, Python, Java, .NET) and experience with modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue).
- Knowledge of databases (SQL and NoSQL), caching strategies, and data pipelines.
- Experience with event-driven architectures, API design, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Strong understanding of security best practices, identity management, and encryption techniques.
- Ability to evaluate trade-offs in architectural decisions, balancing scalability, cost, and complexity.
- Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex architectural concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
