Location:

Hyderabad – Hybrid

Experience level:

15–30 Years

Education:

BE/B.Tech/ME/M.Tech/MCA/MSc (Computers)

Interview rounds:

3 Technical rounds

Job description:

Position Overview:
Role of a Java Architect is to design, implement, and manage Application architecture, design, and implement scalable solutions tailored to enterprise needs. The ideal candidate will bring expertise in in modern software architecture, microservices, and cloud-native Services. This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of technical leadership, architectural strategy, and hands-on implementation, and who is passionate about solving complex enterprise challenges with elegant, scalable solutions. This is an exciting opportunity for a seasoned Java professional to shape impactful solutions and directly contribute to Innominds’ growth in a highly dynamic product services environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end solution design for large-scale, cloud-native applications built on Java microservices architecture.
• Lead design & Development using modern cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) service offerings like AI, IOT etc
• Architect and implement robust microservice communication strategies using REST, messaging queues, and event-driven patterns.
• Drive and enforce microservice design patterns, domain-driven design, and API-first development.
• Collaborate with product owners, engineers, DevOps, and UI/UX teams to understand requirements, deliver secure, performant, and scalable systems.
• Support estimation of tasks, definition of milestones appropriately.
• Champion best practices in coding, testing, and deployment, ensuring high-quality software delivery.
• Guide and mentor development teams, ensuring clean code, test coverage, performance optimization, maintainability, perform code reviews, practice knowledge sharing across teams.
• Participate in PoC development, tool evaluation, and technology selection.
• Act as a technical advisor in solving architectural problems, system bottlenecks, and enterprise integration challenges.
• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends, ensuring our platforms stay modern and future ready.
• Demonstrate excellent Leadership, hands on Technical, Design & Architecture skills and lead the team to arrive at optimal solutions for business challenges.
• Demonstrate ability to rapidly learn new and emerging technologies and vision of technology transformation developing a vision of their suitability.
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to guide technical decisions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in a timely and efficient manner.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 12+ years of overall IT experience with 5+ years as a Java Developer.

Skills & Experience:

• Programming & Architecture
  • Hands on expertise in Java 17+, Spring Boot, Hibernate, JPA, JDBC, and REST APIs.
  • Proven hands-on experience with microservices architecture and microservice communication strategies.
  • Strong knowledge of design patterns, event-driven architecture, and modular service decomposition.
  • Experience on Docker and Kubernetes with real-time experience on using Kubernetes workloads.
• Cloud-Native Engineering
  • Strong understanding of cloud-native development (serverless), containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes, EKS, etc.).
  • Strong Design & Development experience in one of the cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and services such as Lambda/Functions, API Gateway, RDS, Storage etc.
  • Exposure to DevOps pipelines, tools like Jenkins, Git, Terraform, Helm, and deployment strategies like blue/green and canary.
  • Experience in building modern cloud applications to align with Scalability, Availability, Resiliency and Performance.
  • Expertise of Observability tools and best practices: logging, tracing (Open Telemetry), monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana), and alerting.
  • Knowledge of test coverage practices, automated unit/integration testing, and shift-left testing mindsets.
  • Familiarity with Shift-Left Security, Threat Modelling, and Secured API design.
• Enterprise Awareness
  • Understanding of data pipelines, event pipelines, and enterprise integration platforms (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.).
  • Exposure to security, scalability, performance tuning, and compliance in cloud environments.
  • Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, or SAFe practices and cross-functional team collaboration.
• Leadership & Soft Skills
  • Strong technical leadership with the ability to mentor, guide, and influence teams across disciplines.
  • Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills with a strategic mindset.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to translate complex technical topics to business stakeholders, work with Cross functional, global teams.

Preferred (Good to Have):

• Contributions to open-source, technical blogs, or developer communities.
• Experience with one or more of the leading front-end frameworks (Angular, ReactJS, Vue JS)