Lead Architect – Java/Spring Boot, Cloud - TX
Photon · US
Greetings Everyone Who are we? For the past 20 years, we have powered many Digital Experiences for the Fortune 500. Since 1999, we have grown from a few peop...
Job description
Greetings Everyone Who are we?: For the past 20 years, we have powered many Digital Experiences for the Fortune 500. Since 1999, we have grown from a few people to more than 4000 team members across the globe that are engaged in various Digital Modernization. For a brief 1 minute video about us, you can check https://youtu.be/uJWBWQZEA6o . Role Summary: We are seeking a Lead Architect who can own system architecture end-to-end and clearly articulate design decisions, technology choices, and tradeoffs to senior stakeholders. This role requires deep hands-on technical expertise combined with strong technical communication and leadership capabilities. The ideal candidate should be comfortable leading architecture discussions, guiding teams, and influencing platform direction. Key Responsibilities: - Lead architecture design for complex, large‑scale backend and platform systems, with ownership across application, integration, data, and cloud layers. - Drive architecture and design clarity, focusing on long‑term scalability, performance, security, and resiliency rather than pure feature development. - Clearly articulate architecture decisions, design patterns, and tradeoffs to engineers...