Genesis10 is currently seeking an Application Architect with our client in the financial industry located in Plano, TX, Jacksonville, FL and Charlotte, NC. This is a 12+ month contract position.
Responsibilities: - Lead the end-to-end architecture, design, and evolution of our application and data platforms
- Define technical roadmaps, lead modernization efforts, and ensure our platforms are scalable, secure, resilient, and aligned with business goals
- Partner closely with engineering teams, product owners, and senior technology leaders to set the strategic direction of the platform and guide developers in building high-quality solutions
- Define the overarching architecture, standards, patterns, and best practices for application and platform development
- Architect end-to-end solutions using React/Remix/NodeJS, Python (FastAPI, Flask), GraphQL, and microservices
- Design scalable containerized and cloud-native solutions using Docker/Podman and Kubernetes
- Establish architectural blueprints, reference architectures, and reusable frameworks
- Guide engineering teams through complex solution design decisions, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture
- Conduct deep architecture reviews of applications, microservices, APIs, and data flows
- Provide mentorship to developers, senior engineers, and application teams
- Architect, optimize, and evolve the internal application platform to support UI frameworks, API gateways, Microservice orchestration, Observability and logging frameworks, CI/CD pipelines
- Ensure the platform supports high performance, multi-tenancy, and scalability
- Architect solutions that manage structured/unstructured data leveraging PostgreSQL, RDBMS concepts, and distributed data tools (e.g., Hadoop)
- Define API, integration, and GraphQL schemas ensuring consistency and maintainability
- Work closely with data engineering teams to ensure metadata, lineage, and quality are integrated into platform services
- Analyze existing applications and platforms to identify modernization opportunities
- Lead refactoring, migration to microservices, and cloud-native transformations
- Establish principles for reusability, modularity, and standardized components
- Define and evolve platform CI/CD standards using Git-based workflows
- Collaborate with Infra teams on automation using Ansible, Shell scripting, and container orchestration patterns
- Ensure platform security, reliability, performance tuning, and governance compliance
- Partner with product owners to translate business requirements into technology roadmaps
- Provide architectural input on major initiatives, platform investments, and technical debt reduction
- Engage with cross-functional teams to ensure solution alignment across the organization
Requirements: - Seasoned technical expert with deep full-stack engineering experience, strong systems thinking, and hands-on architectural leadership across application development, cloud-native technologies, data platforms, containers, and DevOps automation
- Deep hands-on expertise in full-stack engineering
- React, Remix, NodeJS
- Python, FastAPI, Flask
- APIs: GraphQL, REST
- Strong experience designing and delivering microservices architectures
- Mastery in containers and orchestration: Docker, Podman, Kubernetes
- Solid understanding of Linux environments
- Strong data and DB architecture experience
- PostgreSQL
- RDBMS fundamentals
- Distributed data concepts (Hadoop)
- Experience designing large-scale distributed systems
- Expertise in cloud-native patterns, event-driven systems, and service mesh (plus)
- Ability to create architecture diagrams, roadmaps, and technical documentation
- Strong knowledge of engineering best practices: testing strategies, coding standards, security controls
- Ability to lead engineering teams through architectural and design decisions
- Strong communication skills to articulate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical partners
- Ability to influence stakeholders across product, engineering, infra, and security
- Proven track record of driving architectural transformation across the SDLC
Desired skills: - 10+ years of experience in application development and platform engineering
- 5+ years in an architect or principal engineer role
- Experience with platform-as-a-product mindset
- Knowledge of cloud concepts (AWS/Google Cloud Platform/Azure)
- Experience establishing enterprise architectural governance
Pay range: $63.68 - $71.68
Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.
If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!
About Genesis10: Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.
For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10: Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
Behavioral Health Platform
Medical, Dental, Vision
Health Savings Account
Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
Voluntary Term Life Insurance
401K
Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF and Illinois)
For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.
Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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