Senior Architect – Distributed Data Strategy

Responsibilities

• Design and implement API‑first and event‑driven architectures that enable scalable, real‑time system communication.
• Architect integration patterns including REST/gRPC APIs, asynchronous messaging, and event‑driven workflows across distributed systems.
• Define and enforce data contracts, schemas, and interface standards to ensure consistent, reliable data exchange across domains.
• Design for resilience in distributed systems, including preventing duplicate processing, managing retries and replays, and ensuring fault tolerance.
• Lead modernization of legacy integrations by reducing point‑to‑point dependencies and enabling loosely coupled architectures.
• Establish best practices for API lifecycle management including versioning, documentation, security, and governance.
• Provide architectural leadership through design reviews, mentoring, and cross‑team collaboration to ensure consistent adoption of integration patterns.

Requirements

• Experience designing and implementing scalable integration solutions across distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of API‑based system design and modern integration approaches (e.g., synchronous and asynchronous patterns).
• Familiarity with event‑driven architectures and messaging concepts in real‑world applications.
• Experience defining and managing interfaces or data exchange patterns across systems.
• Understanding of reliability considerations in distributed systems (e.g., handling failures, retries, or duplicate processing).
• Experience working across a mix of legacy and modern systems in complex enterprise environments.
• Proficiency in backend or service‑based development using languages such as Java, Python, or similar.