Technical Architect

Sonata Software; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 4,200,000 - 6,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Sonata Software is hiring a Technical Architect in Bengaluru. You will drive end-to-end architecture for enterprise applications, lead architectural discussions, and mentor engineers across teams. Strong cloud and database skills with hands-on design and governance are essential.

You will collaborate with DevOps, DBAs, and product teams to ensure secure, scalable, and resilient systems while guiding technology choices and best practices.

Qualifications

• Senior-level architect with 8–12 years of experience in enterprise systems.
• Strong SQL/Relational DB experience; NoSQL is a plus.
• Hands-on with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud).
• Proficient in multiple programming languages and modern architectures.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end application, integration, and data architectures.
• Lead architecture reviews, design discussions, and technical assessments.
• Ensure security, performance, and scalable, reliable systems.
• Mentor engineers and ensure adherence to standards and patterns.
• Collaborate with DevOps, DBAs, and product teams for deployments.

Skills

Java

React

C#

Node JS

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

SQL

NoSQL

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Data Modeling

Education

B Tech

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

DevOps

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Locations

Bengaluru

Minimum Experience

8

Maximum Experience

12

Mandatory Skills

• Proven experience as a Technical Architect,Solution Architect,Lead Architect,or Senior Technical Lead., Cloud or architecture certification is desirable., AWS,Azure,or Google Cloud., Strong database knowledge covering SQL/relational databases and preferably NoSQL technologies, Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Java,React,C#,.node JS,Python,JavaScript/TypeScript,or similar.

Skill to Evaluate

or Senior Technical Lead., Cloud or architecture certification is desirable., or Google Cloud., Strong database knowledge covering SQL/relational databases and preferably NoSQL technologies, or similar.

Experience

8 to 12 Years

Location

Bengaluru

Job Description

Database & Data Architecture

• Definedatabase architecture and data management strategiesfor enterprise applications.
• Strong hands-on experience withrelational databasessuch asOracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, or equivalent.
• Experience withNoSQL databasessuch asMongoDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra, Redis, or equivalent is desirable.
• Design and reviewlogical and physical data models, schemas, relationships, indexes, constraints, and partitioning strategies.
• Strong knowledge ofSQL, query optimization, execution plans, indexing, stored procedures, and database performance tuning.
• Design database solutions forhigh availability, scalability, replication, backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
• Experience with database migration, version upgrades, data migration, and modernization initiatives.
• Define appropriate strategies fordatabase sharding, partitioning, caching, read replicas, and connection poolingwhere required.
• Ensure data architecture supports application scalability, performance, security, and reliability requirements.
• Design and reviewdata access layers, ORM frameworks, transactions, concurrency, and data consistencystrategies.
• Experience integrating databases withmicroservices, APIs, messaging platforms, and event-driven architectures.
• Define appropriate approaches fortransactional, analytical, and distributed data workloads.
• Ensure database solutions comply with security, privacy, governance, and regulatory requirements.
• Evaluatecloud database servicesand recommend appropriate solutions based on performance, availability, scalability, and cost.
• Collaborate with DBAs, data engineers, developers, and infrastructure teams to ensure effective database implementation and operations.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong experience insoftware architecture, system design, database architecture, and enterprise application development.
• Strong knowledge ofcloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Hands-on experience withmicroservices, REST APIs, distributed systems, and integration architectures.
• Strong database knowledge coveringSQL/relational databases and preferably NoSQL technologies.
• Strong understanding of data modelling, database performance tuning, indexing, transactions, replication, and HA/DR.
• Experience withDocker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.
• Strong understanding of application security, identity and access management, encryption, and secure coding practices.
• Experience designing systems for high availability, scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages such asJava, React, C#, .node JS, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar.
• Experience with architecture and design patterns.
• Familiarity with observability, logging, monitoring, performance engineering, and production support.
• Familiarity with Agile development processes and tools (JIRA, Confluence)

Leadership & Communication

• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to influence technical decisions across multiple teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
• Ability to balance business priorities, technical feasibility, cost, security, and long-term maintainability.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership.

Education Qualificaiton

B Tech

Job Title

Technical Architect

Roles & Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end application, integration, database, and solution architecture aligned with business and technology objectives.
• Translate functional and non-functional requirements into scalable technical designs.
• Design highly available, secure, resilient, and performant systems.
• Evaluate and recommend appropriate technologies, frameworks, platforms, and architectural patterns.
• Define architecture standards, principles, design patterns, and development best practices.
• Lead architecture discussions, design reviews, technical assessments, and proof-of-concepts.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering and development teams.
• Review solution designs and ensure implementation adheres to defined architecture and engineering standards.
• Identify technical risks, dependencies, scalability constraints, and potential areas of technical debt.
• Design and oversee integrations using APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Collaborate with DevOps and infrastructure teams on CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, observability, reliability, and deployment strategies.
• Ensure solutions meet security, performance, availability, scalability, maintainability, and compliance requirements.
• Participate in technology evaluations, vendor assessments, and build-vs-buy decisions.
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues and provide root-cause analysis and architectural solutions.
• Create and maintain architecture documentation, technical specifications, data models, and architecture diagrams.
• Mentor senior developers, tech leads, and architects and promote engineering excellence.