Application Architect

Good co India; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Good co India is seeking an experienced Solutions Architect to design scalable, secure architectures and lead enterprise applications and cloud initiatives. You will define frameworks, patterns, and integration approaches while steering teams through the full development lifecycle.

The role requires hands-on expertise in Java, C#/.NET, Python, and cloud platforms with strong knowledge of microservices, REST APIs, and DevOps practices.

Qualifications

• 5 to 10 years of experience in software development, solution architecture, or application architecture.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale applications and distributed systems.
• Hands-on with Java, C#/NET, Python, or similar.
• Knowledge of microservices, REST APIs, databases, cloud platforms, and system integration.
• Practical experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud and cloud-native architecture.
• Familiar with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and modern DevOps.
• Strong understanding of design patterns, SOLID principles, scalability, performance, and security.
• Excellent problem-solving and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to translate business requirements into robust and scalable technical solutions.
• Experience leading technical teams, mentoring developers, and driving architecture decisions.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, secure, high-performance architectures aligned with business requirements.
• Define technical architecture, frameworks, and design patterns.
• Lead enterprise applications, microservices, APIs, and cloud-based solutions.
• Evaluate technologies, tools, platforms, and architectural solutions.
• Collaborate with product managers, developers, DevOps, and other technical teams.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance throughout the lifecycle.
• Ensure applications meet scalability, availability, performance, security, and maintainability requirements.
• Identify risks and opportunities for modernization and optimization.
• Establish coding, architecture, security, and development best practices.
• Review designs, conduct architecture reviews, and mentor seniors.
• Drive cloud adoption, modernization, DevOps, CI/CD, and automation initiatives.
• Prepare and maintain architecture documentation and solution diagrams.

Skills

Software architecture

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

DevOps practices

Java

C#/.NET

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable, secure, and high-performance application architectures aligned with business requirements.
• Define technical architecture, frameworks, design patterns, integration approaches, and technology standards.
• Lead the design and implementation of enterprise applications, microservices, APIs, and cloud-based solutions.
• Evaluate and recommend appropriate technologies, tools, platforms, and architectural solutions.
• Collaborate with product managers, business stakeholders, developers, DevOps teams, and other technical teams.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to software development teams throughout the application lifecycle.
• Ensure applications meet requirements for scalability, availability, performance, security, and maintainability.
• Identify technical risks, bottlenecks, and opportunities for modernization and optimization.
• Establish and enforce coding, architecture, security, and development best practices.
• Review technical designs, conduct architecture reviews, and mentor senior developers and engineers.
• Drive cloud adoption, application modernization, DevOps, CI/CD, and automation initiatives.
• Prepare and maintain architecture documentation, technical specifications, and solution diagrams.

Preferred candidate profile

• 5 to 10 years of experience in software development, solution architecture, or application architecture.
• Strong experience in designing and implementing enterprise-scale applications and distributed systems.
• Hands‑on expertise in one or more programming languages such as Java, C#/.NET, Python, or similar.
• Strong understanding of microservices, REST APIs, databases, cloud platforms, and system integration.
• Practical experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud and cloud‑native architecture.
• Good knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and modern DevOps practices.
• Strong understanding of software design patterns, SOLID principles, scalability, performance, and application security.
• Excellent problem‑solving, analytical, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Ability to translate business requirements into robust and scalable technical solutions.
• Experience leading technical teams, mentoring developers, and driving architecture decisions.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.