Job Title: : Senior Automotive Architect
Work Location: Irvine, CA ( Onsite)
Contract duration: 12+ months Contract
Role Summary
We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Architect to lead the design and development of scalable, secure, and high-performance platforms in the Automotive and Connected Vehicle domain. This role requires deep expertise in multi-tenant architecture, strong backend implementation capabilities, and hands-on involvement in building cloud-native, distributed systems.
Key Responsibilities
✅ Define and drive end-to-end architecture for connected vehicle platforms
✅ Design and implement scalable multi-tenant SaaS architectures
✅ Lead backend development initiatives (microservices, APIs, event-driven systems)
✅ Architect solutions for vehicle data ingestion, telematics, OTA, and IoT platforms
✅ Ensure system scalability, performance, security, and high availability
✅ Provide hands-on technical guidance and support to development teams
✅ Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, DevOps)
✅ Drive adoption of cloud-native, DevOps, and modern architecture practices
✅ Conduct architecture reviews, define best practices, and ensure design compliance
Required Skills
Architecture & Backend Technologies
• Microservices Architecture
• REST / gRPC APIs
• Event-driven systems (Kafka, MQTT)
• Java / Spring Boot / Node.js (or similar backend stack)
Cloud & Platform Engineering
• Azure / AWS / Google Cloud Platform
• Containers (Docker, Kubernetes)
• CI/CD and DevOps practices
Multi-Tenant Architecture
• Tenant isolation strategies
• Data partitioning & scalability design
• SaaS platform architecture
Automotive & IoT Technologies
• Connected Vehicle platforms
• Telematics systems
• Vehicle data integration (CAN, MQTT, HTTP)
Preferred Experience
⭐ Strong experience in Connected Vehicles / Telematics / Automotive platforms
⭐ Hands-on experience designing multi-tenant cloud platforms at scale
⭐ Exposure to OTA updates, V2X communication, fleet management systems
⭐ Experience with real-time data streaming and IoT ecosystems
What We’re Looking For
✔ 12+ years of experience in software engineering with proven architecture expertise
✔ Strong hands-on capability in backend system design and implementation
✔ Ability to balance strategic architecture with hands-on development support
✔ Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills
✔ Strong stakeholder communication and cross-team collaboration skills
✔ Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-scale, and evolving environment