Lead Digital Solutions Architect & Platform Engineering

JazzWorld; Islamabad; On-site; PKR 2,800,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

JazzWorld in Islamabad seeks a Manager Digital Solutions & Engineering to lead the technology strategy and end-to-end delivery for JLV’s digital platforms, including Simosa and Social+. You will define scalable, cloud-native architectures and drive secure, high‑performing products for millions of users.

Reporting to the Head of Digital Solutions & Innovation, you will guide engineering teams, manage budgets and external partners, champion AI-enabled capabilities, and ensure agile delivery, API

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, solution architecture, or digital platform engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Engineering/IT; Master's preferred.
• Strong background in building enterprise-scale mobile and web apps and leading architecture.
• Experience leading architecture and development for large-scale digital platforms.
• Proven track record as Technical Product Owner, Solution Architect, or engineering lead.
• Deep knowledge of microservices, event-driven architectures, API-first design, and distributed systems.
• Strong cloud-native expertise across Kubernetes, Docker, and major cloud providers.
• Experience with CI/CD, DevSecOps, and security-by-design principles.
• Familiarity with Mobile app architectures (Android/iOS/Flutter/React Native).
• Knowledge of API Gateways, OAuth/OpenID, SSO, and secure integrations.
• Experience integrating analytics (Firebase/GA) and telemetry.
• Agile delivery, Scrum, Jira/Confluence, DevOps, and product management practices.
• Preference for experience evaluating AI/ML, Generative AI, and automation.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall technical architecture of the JLV ecosystem, ensuring reusable platform capabilities and standardized APIs.
• Lead as Lead Solution Architect across the JLV ecosystem for scalable, secure, cloud-native platforms.
• Drive end-to-end product development lifecycle from ideation to deployment and continuous improvement.
• Define engineering standards, architecture principles, coding practices, API governance, and security standards.
• Promote microservices, cloud-native architectures, CI/CD, DevSecOps, IaC, and automation.
• Lead architecture reviews, governance, and solution approvals for new initiatives.
• Evaluate platforms, frameworks, and third-party services for architectural improvements.
• Manage cross-functional teams and external partners to ensure timely delivery and quality.
• Ensure consistent UX, authentication, integrations, analytics, security, and platform capabilities across the ecosystem.
• Drive Agile delivery with backlog grooming, sprint planning, releases, and retrospectives.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity teams for secure-by-design principles and compliance.
• Manage budgets, licensing, capacity planning, and vendor evaluations.
• Define non-functional requirements: scalability, availability, observability, maintainability, security.
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI, automation and intelligent services.

Skills

Microservices

Cloud-native

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

DevSecOps

API governance

API security

Agile delivery

Jira/Confluence

Product management

Stakeholder management

AI/ML integration

Generative AI

Mobile architecture

OpenShift

Cloud platforms

Security by design

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Engineering/IT

Master's degree (plus)

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

OpenShift

AWS

Azure

GCP

Alibaba Cloud

Jira

Confluence

Job description

JazzWorld in Islamabad seeks a Manager Digital Solutions & Engineering to lead the technology strategy and end-to-end delivery for JLV’s digital platforms, including Simosa and Social+. You will define scalable, cloud-native architectures and drive secure, high‑performing products for millions of users.

Reporting to the Head of Digital Solutions & Innovation, you will guide engineering teams, manage budgets and external partners, champion AI-enabled capabilities, and ensure agile delivery, API