Cloud Solution Architect — API-First Modernization Lead

EPAM Systems; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to shape designs for a multi-year modernization program, leveraging cloud technologies and a strangler-fig approach. You will partner with cross-functional product teams and guide engineering on API-first integration and data foundation patterns.

You will define architecture designs, align stakeholders, and mentor teams across .NET-centric engineering groups on data standards while promoting reliable, scalable patterns and clear documentation.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of solution architecture experience.
• API design and integration experience.
• Proven leadership skills to provide thought leadership across cross-functional teams.
• Strong project collaboration skills within cross-functional product teams.
• Cloud architecture expertise across modern PaaS patterns.
• Relational database knowledge for designing data solutions.
• NoSQL data store knowledge for modern platform use cases.
• Asynchronous integration knowledge using event-driven or messaging patterns.
• Strong communication and presentation skills to align stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define solution architecture designs for a strangler-fig modernization approach.
• Design API-first integration patterns and guide teams on API management practices.
• Align cross-functional product teams on architecture decisions and trade-offs.
• Collaborate with data foundation stakeholders to shape platform capabilities.
• Guide engineering teams on data foundations and standards.
• Select appropriate cloud PaaS patterns to enable modular platform components.
• Establish integration approaches for relational and NoSQL data stores.
• Promote asynchronous patterns to improve reliability and decoupling.
• Review designs for consistency, modularity, and maintainability.
• Communicate architectural direction through documentation and presentations.
• Identify risks, constraints, and dependencies and propose mitigations.

Skills

Solution architecture

API design

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Cloud architecture

Event-driven integration

Communication

Presentation

Job description

EPAM Systems is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to shape designs for a multi-year modernization program, leveraging cloud technologies and a strangler-fig approach. You will partner with cross-functional product teams and guide engineering on API-first integration and data foundation patterns.

You will define architecture designs, align stakeholders, and mentor teams across .NET-centric engineering groups on data standards while promoting reliable, scalable patterns and clear documentation.