Lead Architect

EITACIES Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

EITACIES Inc. is seeking a hands-on Lead Architect to operate across Dallas, Chicago, and New York onsite. You will own end-to-end system architecture for large-scale distributed applications and confidently communicate with senior stakeholders.

This is not purely managerial; you must be deeply technical and drive architecture decisions while mentoring engineers and collaborating with client teams onsite.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering with 3+ years in architecture/lead role.
• Hands-on expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and microservices.
• Experience designing distributed, enterprise-scale systems.
• Strong cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP) and CI/CD/DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture design across application, integration, data and cloud layers.
• Design scalable, high-performance and resilient systems.
• Lead and drive architecture discussions with senior stakeholders and client teams.
• Define design standards, best practices and governance.
• Review and approve high-level and low-level designs.
• Guide engineering teams and resolve complex technical challenges.
• Evaluate and recommend tools, frameworks and cloud services.
• Mentor senior engineers and tech leads.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

Cloud platforms

System architecture

Stakeholder communication

Kafka

CI/CD

Tools

Kafka

CI/CD

Job description

Lead Architect Dallas, TX / Chicago, IL / New York, NY - Onsite

We are looking for a

We are looking for a hands-on Lead Architect with strong experience in Java, Spring Boot and Cloud platforms who can own end-to-end system architecture and confidently communicate with senior stakeholders.

This is not a pure managerial role - you must be deeply technical and capable of driving architecture decisions across large-scale distributed systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Own architecture design across application, integration, data and cloud layers
• Design scalable, high-performance and resilient systems
• Lead and drive architecture discussions with senior stakeholders and client teams
• Define design standards, best practices and governance
• Review and approve high-level and low-level designs
• Guide engineering teams and resolve complex technical challenges
• Evaluate and recommend tools, frameworks and cloud services
• Mentor senior engineers and tech leads

Required Skills

• 10+ years in software engineering with 3+ years in architecture/lead role
• Strong hands-on expertise in:
  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • Microservices & API-driven architecture
• Experience designing distributed, enterprise-scale systems
• Strong experience with Cloud (AWS / Azure / GCP)
• Solid understanding of:
  • Architecture patterns
  • System design tradeoffs
  • CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Strong communication - must be able to defend architecture decisions

Preferred Experience

• Healthcare domain (strongly preferred)
• Experience with event-driven architecture (Kafka / Pub-Sub)
• Knowledge of:
  • Observability
  • Performance tuning
  • Production readiness
• Experience in cloud migration or modernization programs