Java Full Stack Architect

Role: Java Full Stack Senior Architect

Location: Pittsburgh, PA (HYBRID)

Client: Sincera (A part Of Virtusa)

Job Type: Contract/FTE

Java Full Stack Senior Architect with a minimum of 10 years of experience responsible for designing, architecting, and guiding the development of scalable, secure, and high-performance enterprise applications. The role requires strong expertise across Java backend technologies, modern frontend frameworks, cloud-native architecture, microservices, and enterprise integration. The architect will provide technical leadership, define architecture standards, and drive end-to-end solution design and implementation.

Job Responsibilities: (this is more to explain a typical day/week in the work life of the selected person (again no skills to be included here, this is more to appreciate what is the actual job expectation)

·                  Define and lead the end-to-end architecture for enterprise Java full-stack applications.

·                  Design scalable, resilient, secure, and high-performance solutions using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices.

·                  Architect modern web applications using frontend technologies such as Angular or React.

·                  Establish architecture patterns, coding standards, design principles, and technology guidelines.

·                  Lead modernization of legacy applications toward cloud-native and microservices-based architectures.

·                  Design and oversee RESTful APIs, event-driven integrations, and enterprise service integrations.

·                  Evaluate and recommend appropriate technologies, frameworks, platforms, and architectural approaches.

·                  Provide technical leadership to senior developers and engineering teams, including design reviews and technical mentoring.

·                  Collaborate with product owners, business stakeholders, engineering teams, and infrastructure teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

·                  Ensure solutions address security, scalability, availability, performance, maintainability, and observability requirements.

·                  Define integration with databases, messaging platforms, external systems, and enterprise applications.

·                  Support cloud architecture and deployment patterns across platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.

·                  Establish CI/CD, DevOps, automated testing, and deployment strategies in collaboration with engineering teams.

·                  Conduct architecture reviews, identify technical risks, and drive remediation of technical debt.

·                  Produce architecture documentation including solution architecture, technical design, integration, deployment, and sequence diagrams.

·                  Troubleshoot complex production and performance issues and provide architectural solutions.

·                  Stay current with emerging technologies and assess their applicability to enterprise solutions.

Primary Skills ("Must Have")

·                  Java / Spring Boot / Microservices Architecture

·                  10+ years of strong Java development and architecture experience.

·                  Expert-level knowledge of Java, Spring Boot, Spring Framework, REST APIs, and microservices.

·                  Strong understanding of distributed systems, design patterns, scalability, resiliency, and enterprise integration.

Full-Stack Architecture - React/Angular + Java

·                  Strong experience designing modern full-stack applications.

·                  Hands-on expertise with React or Angular, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5, and CSS.

·                  Ability to define and govern end-to-end frontend, backend, API, and integration architecture.

Cloud / Enterprise Solution Architecture

·                  Strong experience designing cloud-native enterprise solutions on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.

·                  Expertise in containers, CI/CD, DevOps, databases, messaging/event-driven architecture, security, and observability.

·                  Proven ability to lead architecture decisions and technical teams across complex enterprise environments.