Technical Architect

Synechron; Chennai; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Synechron in Chennai seeks an experienced Technical Architect Java with strong Banking and Payments expertise. The role focuses on driving solution architecture, modernization, cloud transformation, and enterprise-scale system design.

The candidate should have hands-on Java, microservices, cloud platforms, and high-volume transaction processing experience, enabling leadership across architecture reviews and development governance.

Qualifications

• Deep hands-on experience with Java technologies.
• Proven expertise in designing enterprise-scale architectures.
• Strong knowledge of microservices, API-first, and event-driven design.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end solution architecture for enterprise applications.
• Design scalable, secure, highly available, and resilient systems.
• Lead architecture reviews, technical design discussions, and governance.
• Drive modernization from monoliths to cloud-native microservices.
• Design and implement API-first and event-driven architectures.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, product owners, and engineers.
• Set coding standards and architecture guidelines.
• Plan capacity, scalability, and performance optimizations.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to teams.
• Support production issues and RCA analyses.

Skills

Java

Microservices

Cloud platforms

Technical architecture

Banking domain

Job description

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Technical Architect Java with strong expertise in Banking and Payments, capable of driving solution architecture, application modernization, cloud transformation, and enterprise-scale system design. The ideal candidate should have deep hands-on experience in Java technologies, microservices architecture, cloud platforms, and high-volume transaction processing systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end solution architecture for enterprise applications.
• Design scalable, secure, highly available, and resilient systems.
• Lead architecture reviews, technical design discussions, and development governance.
• Drive modernization initiatives from monolithic platforms to cloud-native microservices.
• Design and implement API-first and event-driven architectures.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, engineering teams, and enterprise architects.
• Establish coding standards, design best practices, and architecture guidelines.
• Perform capacity planning, scalability assessments, and performance tuning.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development teams.
• Support production issue resolution, RCA analysis, and continuous improvements.