Lead Architect

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

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