Senior Application Architect – Modern Web Technologies #3417

Genius Road, LLC; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Genius Road, LLC in Dallas, TX is seeking a Senior Application Architect to lead the design and evolution of modern enterprise web applications. You will translate business needs into scalable, secure architectures and guide engineering teams through modernization initiatives.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in React, Next.js, Angular, Node.js, TypeScript, and hands-on OpenShift deployment. You will define components, APIs, data flows, and patterns to ensure performance, security, and

Qualifications

• Significant experience designing enterprise web applications and architectures.
• Strong knowledge of modern web tech: React, Next.js, Angular, Node.js, TypeScript.
• Experience with REST APIs, distributed systems, integrations, and microservices.
• Knowledge of containerized platforms: Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift.
• Understanding of security, identity, authentication, authorization, and CI/CD.
• Experience designing for scalability, performance, availability, resiliency, and observability.
• Ability to develop architecture designs, evaluate options, and communicate across teams.
• OpenShift architecture and deployment experience; cloud as AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Knowledge of API gateways, Kafka, event-driven architecture, and enterprise identity platforms.
• Familiarity with cloud-native monitoring, distributed tracing, and service mesh.
• Experience modernizing legacy applications in complex or regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead application architecture and translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Define components, APIs, integrations, data flows, and deployment designs.
• Establish architecture standards and design patterns for modern web apps.
• Guide frontend, server-side, and modular design decisions.
• Develop API and integration strategies focusing on security, performance, and resiliency.
• Guide containerized deployment, scaling, and runtime design.
• Incorporate security, availability, disaster recovery, and observability into architecture.
• Lead architecture reviews, document decisions, and communicate risks and trade-offs.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, infrastructure, DevSecOps, and integration teams.
• Identify modernization opportunities and promote reusable architecture patterns.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

React

Next.js

Angular

Node.js

TypeScript

REST APIs

Distributed systems

Microservices

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Security

Identity management

CI/CD

Scalability

Performance

Observability

APIs & integration

Kafka

Event-driven

Service mesh

Cloud experience

Legacy modernization

Tools

OpenShift

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

API gateways

Kafka

Job description

Senior Application Architect – Modern Web Technologies #3417

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Senior Application Architect – Modern Web Technologies

Contract Length: 6-12+ months

Location: Dallas, Texas (hybrid - 3 days onsite) ****LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY****

We are seeking an experienced Modern Web Application Solution Architect to lead the design and evolution of enterprise web applications. This role will translate business and technical needs into scalable, secure, and resilient application architectures while guiding engineering teams through technology decisions, application modernization, and implementation.

The ideal candidate combines deep knowledge of modern web technologies with broad architectural expertise across APIs, integrations, cloud-native platforms, application security, and reliability. Experience with React, Next.js, Angular, Node.js, and TypeScript is highly valuable, with hands-on architecture experience in Red Hat OpenShift strongly preferred.

• Significant experience in application, solution, or technical architecture for enterprise applications
• Strong knowledge of modern web technologies, including React, Next.js, Angular, Node.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript
• Experience with REST APIs, distributed systems, integrations, and microservices
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, or other containerized platforms
• Understanding of application security, identity management, authentication, authorization, and CI/CD
• Experience designing for scalability, performance, availability, resiliency, and observability
• Ability to develop architecture designs, evaluate technical options, and communicate decisions across teams
• Red Hat OpenShift architecture and deployment experience
• AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud experience
• Knowledge of API gateways, Kafka, event-driven architecture, and enterprise identity platforms
• Familiarity with cloud-native monitoring, distributed tracing, and service mesh
• Experience modernizing legacy applications in complex or regulated environments

• Lead application architecture and translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Define application components, APIs, integrations, data flows, and deployment designs
• Establish architecture standards and design patterns for modern web applications
• Guide front-end, server-side, and modular application design decisions
• Develop API and integration strategies that address security, performance, and resiliency
• Guide containerized application deployment, configuration, scaling, and runtime design
• Incorporate security, availability, disaster recovery, and observability into application architecture
• Lead architecture reviews, document decisions, and communicate risks and trade-offs
• Collaborate with engineering, security, infrastructure, DevSecOps, and integration teams
• Identify modernization opportunities and promote reusable, maintainable architecture patterns

Genius Road, LLC is proud to be a Certified Women's Business Enterprise, an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.