Senior Web & DevOps Architect | Microservices & CI/CD

Inherent Technologies; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Inherent Technologies in San Jose, CA is seeking a Web Architect to lead the design of web application architecture and middleware strategy for our digital platforms. This on-site, long-term contract role focuses on building resilient application frameworks and scalable middleware, bridging developers with infrastructure teams.

You will drive DevOps automation, mentor teams, and shape CI/CD pipelines to support blue-green deployments and rapid iteration.

Qualifications

• Experience engineering web application architectures using microservices and event-driven designs.
• Proven ability to design middleware, API gateways, and ESBs.
• Strong DevOps mindset with CI/CD and automated testing.
• Expertise in distributed caching and data routing for low latency.

Responsibilities

• Design modular, scalable web application structures with microservices.
• Architect and manage enterprise middleware and data distribution fabrics.
• Build containerized dev environments and automated testing gates.
• Establish high-performance API architectures and versioning standards.
• Design distributed caching and database connection pooling.
• Collaborate on CI/CD pipelines and blue-green deployments.

Skills

Full-stack backend development

Distributed systems design

DevOps mindset

API design & governance

Tools

Node.js

Java (Spring Boot)

Go

Python (FastAPI)

Kafka

RabbitMQ

AWS EventBridge

Kong

NGINX

Envoy

Redis

Memcached

Hazelcast

Docker

Kubernetes

Istio

Linkerd

Job description

Inherent Technologies in San Jose, CA is seeking a Web Architect to lead the design of web application architecture and middleware strategy for our digital platforms. This on-site, long-term contract role focuses on building resilient application frameworks and scalable middleware, bridging developers with infrastructure teams.

You will drive DevOps automation, mentor teams, and shape CI/CD pipelines to support blue-green deployments and rapid iteration.