Principal, Software Architect

Job Title: Senior Solutions Architect – Subscriptions & eCommerce

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Solutions Architect with a strong balance of architectural expertise and hands-on development capability. The ideal candidate will design, build, and guide scalable web-based microservices solutions while staying deeply involved in coding and engineering practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable, resilient, and high-performance microservices-based web applications using Java technologies
• Remain actively hands-on in coding, contributing to critical components and solutions
• Conduct and drive regular code reviews (PR reviews) to ensure high code quality, adherence to standards, and best practices using GitHub
• Define and enforce coding standards, design principles, and engineering guidelines across teams
• Mentor engineers through design discussions, implementation reviews, and technical guidance
• Collaborate closely with Product Owners on a daily basis to align technology solutions with business goals
• Develop a deep understanding of eCommerce and licensing(Flexera) business domains and incorporate domain-driven design principles.
• Knowledge of Subscription Billing Platforms like Zuora is a must and SAP SB is a big plus.
• Lead architecture discussions, drive technology decisions, and ensure alignment with enterprise standards
• Ensure systems meet performance, scalability, security, and reliability requirements
• Provide production support leadership, including troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement

Required Experience & Skills

• 15+ years of overall experience in software development
• 5+ years in architecture roles, specifically in microservices-based systems
• Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and RESTful APIs
• Solid experience in designing distributed systems and cloud-native architectures
• Proven experience in enterprise-scale web application development

Mandatory Technical Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (container orchestration, deployment, scaling)
• Experience with AWS SQS & Apache Kafka for event-driven and asynchronous architectures
• Proficiency in GitHub for version control, PR workflows, and collaboration
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and cloud-native design patterns

Observability & Support Tools

Hands-on experience with Dynatrace and Logz.io (or similar observability/monitoring platforms)

Strong understanding of application monitoring, logging, alerting, and production support processes

Modern Engineering & Productivity Practices

• Experience leveraging Microsoft Copilot (GitHub Copilot) to enhance developer productivity, code quality, and documentation
• Maintains and actively contributes to a skills.md (or equivalent) file, documenting technical expertise, architecture decisions, patterns, and learnings
• Promotes a culture of knowledge sharing, documentation, and engineering excellence

Key Expectations

• Actively hands-on architect who contributes to coding while driving high standards through regular PR reviews, ensuring code quality and best practices
• Leads engineering excellence by enforcing coding standards across teams
• Mentors engineers through design and implementation reviews
• Engages daily with business and product stakeholders with a strong interest in eCommerce & licensing domains

Soft Skills

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Ability to influence across teams and lead by example

Proactive, detail-oriented, and quality-focused mindset

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