Senior Technical Architect

PARKAR DIGITAL PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech firm in Singapore is seeking a Senior Technical Architect to design and deliver large-scale distributed systems. This role requires 10-15 years of technical experience, particularly in Java/J2EE and microservices. Candidates should possess strong skills in architecting scalable backend platforms and be adept in Spring Boot. The ideal candidate will provide guidance on technical standards and ensure high-performance solutions aligning with operational requirements.

Qualifications

• 10-15 years of experience in technical architecture and backend systems.
• Strong hands-on experience in Java/J2EE with Spring Boot.
• Experience in designing scalable microservices.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver large-scale distributed systems and microservices.
• Define best practices for microservice implementation.
• Evaluate industry technologies and recommend design options.

Skills

Java Microservices

Spring Boot

REST Services

Soap Services

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Azure Kubernetes Service

MSSQL

Swagger

JUnit

Cucumber

Job description

Role Summary

We are looking for a Senior Technical Architect with deep expertise in designing and delivering large-scale distributed systems and microservices-based architectures. This role is responsible for defining technical standards, guiding solution design, and ensuring scalable, secure, and high-performance backend platforms aligned with business and operational requirements.

Responsibilities

• Broad experience in designing, programming, and implementing large distributed systems with microservices.
• Deep understanding of Application, Infrastructure and security architecture and non-functional aspects like Performance, Scalability, Reliability, Availability etc.
• Translate functional requirements to design.
• Work with technical SMEs to understand their requirements and ensure these are met.
• Define best practices and standards for the microservice implementation.
• Identify and define implementation patterns.
• Lead activities to build accelerators and tools to increase the quality of deliverables.
• Evaluates industry technologies to shape design of services in consideration of cost, portability, compatibility, or usability factors.
• Identifies and makes appropriate changes to technologies, integrated platforms, and systems to meet customer and operational requirements.
• Continuously seeks to more efficiently manage and utilize technology, platforms, and systems.
• Highlights design risks, provide alternative options, and recommend quality solution to specified problem.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 10-15 years of technical experience within architecture development, integration of backend systems and development. Strong Hands–on experience in developing applications using Java/J2EE, with Spring boot framework knowledge and experience.
• Deep knowledge of SOA, Architecture and Design on Micro services, REST Services and Soap Services Development.
• Experience in core java fundamentals, Java 8+, Spring, Springboot, testing framework Junit, Cucumber.
• Strong hands-on with design patterns, clean code.
• Strong hands-on in Java Microservices (Springboot) Restful APIs and Soap Services.
• Experience in designing and coding scalable Microservices.Experience with middleware/messaging technologies such as MQ, JMS, Kafka and exposure to event‑driven design patterns.
• Experience in Spring Cloud.
• Experience in Azure Kubernetes Service(AKS).
• Experience in configuring and implementing Azure Open Service Mesh for Pod to Pod communication.
• Experience in API Management using Azure API Gateway(APIM).
• Experience in writing deployment pipelines to deploy Java microservices in Kubernetes.
• Strong in creating/ defining Swagger specs for REST APIs, understand REST principles, Guidelines.
• Demonstrated knowledge of OAuth token‑based authentication protocol.
• Demonstrated knowledge of PCI and Security Coding Standards.
• Experience with MSSQL, data modelling, query development and performance optimization

Education

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or similar domain
• Related professional/technical qualification will be advantageous although not mandatory

Good to Have

• Experience in migrating TIBCO services to spring boot microservices.
• Experience in gaming and Hospitality industry would be an advantage.

Technical / Professional Skills

• Spring Boot, Java/J2EE,SOA,REST and Soap Services, Microservices

Non-Technical / Soft Skills

• Problem solving skills and ability to work under pressure.
• Good command of English, both written and spoken.