Senior Software Architect
📍 Hyderabad, India | 🏢 Hybrid – 3 Days/Week in Office
About the Role
The Senior Software Architect is a technical leader responsible for ensuring that the designs of assigned software components are suitable for their intended purpose, thoroughly documented, and aligned with the product roadmap, business objectives, and technology strategy. In this role, you will partner closely with product owners, collaborate with development teams, and provide design decisions and guidance that unblock teams and drive architectural excellence. If you're a passionate, intellectually curious technical leader who thrives on solving complex design challenges and elevating those around you, this role is for you.
- C/C++ / .NET / C# / Java
- Angular & TypeScript
- RESTful & WebSocket-Based APIs
- AWS (Cloud Platform)
- Software Design & Architecture Modeling Tools
Your Role Responsibilities — Here's What You'll Do
- Form a close partnership with relevant product owners; lead, facilitate, coordinate, and govern requirements analysis and software design activities affecting the software components in scope, ensuring the resulting designs are fit for purpose and adhere to relevant architectural constraints, qualities, and best practice guidance.
- Collaborate with software developers and other software architects to produce design documentation that clearly and accurately describes the components in scope and complies with any guidance in place.
- Work with software developers to identify and prioritize deficiencies in the design of components in scope; lead efforts to create a reasonable plan to address those deficiencies.
- Identify and document inconsistencies in the patterns, best practices, technologies, and tools applied to the design of relevant components; collaborate with stakeholders to develop a prioritized plan to resolve these issues.
- Provide timely design decisions and guidance to unblock development teams, addressing any obstacles or challenges they encounter; continuously monitor and assess compliance with guidance, providing necessary support and feedback to ensure adherence.
- Guide, coach, and train team members; provide technical input to leadership and comply with all corporate and departmental privacy and data security policies and practices.
Role Essentials — What You Bring
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or Technology, with 8+ years of experience and proven expertise in one or more modern technology stacks, preferably C/C++/.NET/C#/Java, including real-world system design and implementation of machine learning and artificial intelligence.
- Extensive knowledge and hands-on development experience designing and building RESTful and WebSocket-based APIs with a strong focus on performance, security, and accessibility, and hands-on front-end development experience building complex, production-quality user interfaces using Angular and TypeScript.
- Advanced working experience with data structures, algorithms, software design patterns, architecture patterns, and quality attributes, with advanced software modeling skills covering information domain, process, state, security, logical, and physical architectural views.
- Demonstrated experience creating and reviewing technical proposals and architecture documentation including RFCs and ADRs, with exposure to cloud platforms (preferably AWS) and experience designing, deploying, or supporting cloud-based services and architectures.
- Good oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact with a variety of cross-functional roles, good collaboration and negotiation skills, good leadership and business acumen, and up to 15% travel time required.
What We'd Like to See — Preferred Skills
- Demonstrated experience creating and reviewing technical proposals and architecture documentation, including Request for Comments (RFCs) and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), with a track record of driving architectural clarity and alignment.
- Broad and deep experience across all facets of professional software engineering in multiple technical and commercial environments, with experience across two or more technology stacks.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate through multiple media to persuade and influence others, with good ability to develop and use engaging, informative, and compelling presentation methodologies.
- Proven ability to guide, coach, mentor, and provide timely feedback to team members, with good ability to influence, motivate, and mobilize team members and business partners.
- Passionate, competitive, and intellectually curious, with a sharp fast-learning approach, technology curiosity and aptitude, and a demonstrated ability to translate business goals and functional requirements into new ideas and design solutions.
About Hyland
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