Sr Application Architect

Role overview Shape application designs so individual projects fit a broader architecture roadmap. You’ll advise product and project teams on functional and technical choices, and define how applications, databases, middleware, and services work together. The role includes integration work across multiple systems and support for cloud based, microservices oriented solutions.

Responsibilities - Review project designs for alignment with application architecture direction. - Guide teams through functional and technical design and application configuration. - Define integrations among application packages, databases, middleware, and services. - Serve as a subject matter expert for products that connect to multiple services, including through integration platforms. - Prototype and assess solutions, using analytical problem solving to resolve design challenges. - Collaborate with teams using iterative, agile, or Scrum delivery practices.

Requirements - One of the following: a bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of IT experience; technical certification or college coursework plus 7 years; or 9 years of IT experience. - Experience designing application features or products and configuring applications. - Experience with Java, Spring Boot, microservices, or comparable application development platforms. - Experience with cloud computing, such as SaaS or PaaS, and DevOps or CI/CD processes and tools. - Familiarity with integration technologies such as TIBCO or MuleSoft and service interfaces such as SOAP or REST. - Experience in solution architecture, prototyping, and collaborative problem solving.

Nice to have - A computer science or information technology degree and product-specific architecture experience. - Experience connecting solutions across systems, designing cloud-native microservices, or using event-driven architecture and messaging. - Experience integrating AI or generative AI into enterprise applications, including attention to responsible AI, privacy, security, and data governance. - Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and evaluating emerging technology.

Benefits and work setup - Remote within the continental United States, excluding California, New York, Alaska, and Hawaii. Visa sponsorship is unavailable. - Benefits include health coverage, retirement plans, paid leave, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement, and an annual incentive plan. - Listed base pay range: $112,200–$202,600; actual compensation varies by skills, experience, and location.