Associate Principal - Architecture

LTM; Chennai District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

LTM in Chennai is seeking a senior backend/enterprise architect with 12–16 years of software experience, including 3 years in backend or architecture roles. You will design and deliver backend solutions for large-scale enterprise environments and collaborate with global teams in Agile settings.

Strong Java Spring ecosystem expertise, microservices, cloud deployments (GCP/AWS), and CI/CD experience are essential, with hands-on work in Docker, Kubernetes, REST, Swagger/OpenAPI, and Redis.

Qualifications

• 12 years of software engineering experience with 3 years in backend/enterprise architecture
• Proven experience delivering backend solutions in large-scale enterprise environments
• Experience in Agile environments with global teams

Skills

Java 8+

Spring Framework

Spring Boot

Spring MVC

Spring Data

Microservices with Spring Cloud

RESTful APIs

JPA/Hibernate

GCP Cloud

Kafka

PubSub

Docker

Kubernetes

Serverless

CI/CD

Swagger/OpenAPI

Redis

Prometheus

Grafana

JUnit

Mockito

Playwright

DDD

Architecture reviews

Mentoring

Load Balancers

API gateways

CDNs

Tools

Postgres

MySQL

Firestore

Cloud deployments

Job description

Required Experience

• Location- Chennai
• Experience- 12 - 16yrs
• 12 years of experience in software engineering with 3 years in a backend or enterprise architecture role
• Proven experience designing and delivering backend solutions in largescale enterprise environments
• Experience working in Agile environments and collaborating with global teams

Essential Skills

• Deep expertise in Java 8 or higher with experience in Spring Framework Spring Boot Spring MVC Spring Data
• Experience designing and building microservices architectures using Spring Cloud and RESTful APIs
• Strong understanding of JPAHibernate database integrations eg Postgres MySQL Firestore
• Hands on experience in implementing cloud native solutions in GCP to address technical and business use cases
• Proficiency with message brokers and asynchronous processing eg Kafka PubSub
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration Docker Kubernetes Serverless
• Working knowledge of CICD pipelines eg Jenkins GitHub Actions
• Knowledge of deployment options in cloud platforms like AWS EC2 ECS Lambda GCP or Azure for backend deployment
• Experience with API documentation tools like SwaggerOpenAPI
• Experience with caching strategies and frameworks eg Redis
• Familiarity with DevOps practices monitoring tools eg Prometheus Grafana and observability frameworks SRE concepts
• Familiarity with unit integration endtoend testing frameworks eg JUnit Mockito Playwright

Desired Skills

• Exposure to domaindriven design architectural decision records and solution documentation standards
• Ability to guide technical teams conduct architecture reviews and mentor developers
• Familiarity with load balancers API gateways CDNs
• Experience in retail B2B Industry domain