Solution Architect

Simform - Product Engineering Company; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free health insurance

Hybrid work options

Game zone and snacks

Job summary

Simform is seeking a Solution Architect to lead architecture across diverse tech stacks at scale. You will mentor large engineering teams, guardcodes with best practices, and drive cloud-native designs on AWS/Azure/GCP while collaborating with business stakeholders.

You will also contribute to architectural governance, create reusable components, and support pre-sales activities with strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of technical experience with backend technologies and cloud platforms.
• Strong knowledge of system design, security, scalability, and performance.
• Hands-on expertise in at least one backend stack and code reviews.
• Experience designing secure, production-grade systems at scale.
• Cloud-native solution design on AWS/Azure/GCP and compute/storage/networks.

Responsibilities

• Design, validate, and optimize architectures across diverse stacks.
• Explain solutions to teams and guide implementation and troubleshooting.
• Provide technical leadership to engineering teams during projects.
• Maintain hands-on code analysis, reviews, and audits.
• Ensure secure coding and governance, reduce technical debt.
• Bridge technical and business stakeholders and support pre-sales.

Skills

System Design

Solution Architecture

Technical Architecture

Azure

AWS

Python/Node.js/.NET/PHP

DevOps

CI/CD

Cloud-Native Design

Microservices

Serverless Architecture

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Job description

Job Title: Solution Architect

Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Job Type: Full Time

Department: Engineering Management

About Simform:

Simform is a premier digital engineering company specialising in Cloud, Data, AI/ML, and Experience Engineering to create seamless digital experiences and scalable products. Simform has strong capabilities across Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud, and Databricks. With a presence in 6 countries, Simform primarily serves North America, the UK, and the Northern European market. Simform is well-recognised as one of the most reputed employers in the region, having created a thriving work culture with a high work-life balance that gives a sense of freedom and opportunity to grow.

Role Overview

We are looking for a passionate and experienced Solutions Architect with a diverse background in backend technologies to lead and mentor large engineering teams at Simform. You should have a strong grasp of software architecture principles, backend systems, and cloud platforms, along with proven experience in leading development teams and driving technical excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, validate, and optimize technical architectures across diverse tech stacks and domains.
• Explain technical solutions to development teams and assist with implementation and troubleshooting, acting as the technical custodian of projects.
• Provide technical leadership to teams during project execution.
• Maintain a hands-on approach to technology, with the ability to perform code analysis, reviews, audits, and troubleshooting.
• Ensure adherence to best practices and enforce secure coding standards across teams.
• Advocate for process improvements, technical proof of concepts (PoCs), and the reduction of technical debt.
• Serve as a bridge between technical and business stakeholders.
• Provide technical support for pre-sales initiatives and client interactions.
• Define and implement architectural standards, guidelines, principles, guardrails, and governance practices.
• Contribute to internal initiatives such as technical training, building accelerators, managing technical audits, and creating reusable components.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• 10+ years of technical experience with a broad range of backend technologies and in-depth expertise in at least one backend language (e.g. Node.js, Python, .NET, PHP, etc.) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP).
• Strong knowledge of system design principles including security, scalability, caching, availability, fault tolerance, performance optimization, logging, alerting and monitoring.
• Hands-on expertise in at least one backend tech stack, with the ability to conduct code reviews, audits, and deep troubleshooting.
• Proven experience in designing and building robust, secure, and highly optimised production-grade software systems at scale.
• In-depth, hands-on understanding of cloud services—compute, storage, networking, security—and cloud-native solution design on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines including tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar.
• Strong interpersonal skills and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; capable of mentoring, presenting to stakeholders, and influencing senior developers and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally with technical and non-technical, internal and external, distributed teams to ensure end-to-end delivery.
• Solution-oriented mindset with the ability to drive technical execution in the face of ambiguity and constraints.
• Experience in creating architectural documentation and artifacts such as HLD, LLD, architecture diagrams, entity relationship diagrams (ERDs), process flows, and sequence diagrams.
• Working knowledge of frontend technologies (e.g., React, Angular) and how they integrate with backend and cloud components.
• Strong adaptability and a continuous learning mindset in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
• Certifications in cloud architecture (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or equivalent) are a plus.

Skills

System Design, Solution Architecture, Technical Architecture, Azure, AWS, Python/Node.js/.NET/PHP/, DevOps, CICD, Cloud-Native Design, Microservices, Event Driven and Serverless Architecture

Preferred Skills

• Certifications in cloud architecture (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or equivalent) are a plus.
• Exposure in diverse range of projects including cutting edge technologies, such as Data Engineering, AI or ML.
• Knowledge of various testing tools and frameworks, e.g. JMeter, LoadRunner or equivalent.
• Experience with SaaS platforms or multi-tenant architecture is a strong plus.

Why Join Us:

• Young Team, Thriving Culture
• Flat-hierarchical, friendly, engineering-oriented, and growth-focused culture.
• Well-balanced learning and growth opportunities
• Free health insurance.
• Office facilities with a game zone, in-office kitchen with affordable lunch service, and free snacks.
• Sponsorship for certifications/events and library service.
• Flexible work timing, leaves for life events, WFH and hybrid options