About The Role

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Software Solution Architect with a strong background in database technologies, coding languages, and extensive experience in the retail domain. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in designing and implementing complex software solutions. As a Solution Architect, you will be responsible for leading the architecture and design efforts, providing technical expertise, and ensuring the successful delivery of innovative and scalable solutions within the retail domain.

Technical Leadership: Provide guidance and leadership to the development team in Java best practices and design patterns.
Architecture and Design: Lead the design of software architecture and ensure Java solutions meet project requirements. Responsible for anticipating and identifying technical impediments and solving them with architecture design, technology choices, or prioritization.
Code Reviews: Oversee code reviews, maintain code quality, and mentor team members.
Performance Optimization: Optimize Java applications for performance, scalability, and efficiency.
Team Collaboration: Foster teamwork, facilitate communication, and encourage knowledge sharing among team members.
Mentoring and Training: Mentors and coaches the technical team, specifically with code reviews, pair programming, etc.
Client/Stakeholder Communication: Interact with clients or stakeholders, provide technical insights, and offer solutions to meet project goals.
Works with the Product Owner to align the roadmap with strengths and opportunities within the existing architecture.
Co-creates engineering practices, coding style guidelines, testing approach, etc.
Constantly looking for better ways to solve technical problems and design solutions, not afraid of challenging the status quo.

Requirements

Strong technical expertise in Java (Core Java), Spring Boot, Node.js, Golang, and Python, with solid experience in backend development and microservices architecture.
Advanced Programming Principles: Knowledge of advanced object-oriented programming principles like SOLID is necessary for guiding the development team effectively.
API Development: Significant experience in designing and using RESTful APIs, GraphQL APIs , asynchronous message queues, and services.
Architecture Expertise: Proven experience in building and maintaining large-scale distributed architectures, particularly microservices-based architectures.
Database Knowledge: Familiarity with both relational databases ( e.g., Postgres, MySQL, Oracle ) and NoSQL databases (e.g., Redis) is crucial for making informed architectural decisions.
AWS Experience: Required experience in AWS tools, including ECS (Elastic Container Service), Cloudwatch, Lambda, RDS (Relational Database Service ). AWS certification is a significant advantage.
DevOps Proficiency: Comfort with modern DevOps best practices and tools, such as Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment), and ElasticSearch

Benefits

Health Insurance – At Lotus's, we care about your health! Group insurance from a top insurance company is included in your benefits—OPD, IPD, Emergency OPD
Provident Fund – Lotus's cares about your long-term plan! We offer 3% provident fund.
Attractive Vacations days – Enjoy our attractive annual leave. Let’s say the minimum is 16 days!
No overtime – We work 5 days a week with. We set our own goals and deadlines.
Free car parking space – No more stress or extra cost if you drive to work. We offer free parking space for our employees.