Staff Software Architect
On-siteBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job Summary
Staff Software Architect to govern the Athena platform's technical quality across data migration, system integrations, application quality, and platform architecture. Role involves setting and enforcing the technical bar, ensuring alignment with GE Vernova standards, and collaborating with the delivery partner to drive execution. Responsibilities include architecture governance, maintaining an up-to-date view of the technical landscape, owning data migration and system integrations workstreams, defining long-term architecture decisions for satellite applications, and ensuring secure, scalable, and well-documented solutions within an agile/hybrid delivery environment. The role requires hands-on senior technical delivery experience, strong Java/microservices and Angular/web/mobile capabilities, AWS cloud proficiency, security-by-design practices, and excellent communication for stakeholder alignment.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of hands-on experience in the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Proven experience in a senior technical delivery or technical lead role within a product or platform team
- System Design: Proven ability to design distributed systems, handle complex integrations, define data models and data migration for high-scale applications
- Backend Expertise: Strong proficiency in Java and modern microservices architecture (e.g., Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, Containerization)
- Full Stack & Mobile: Deep expertise in Angular for web-based interfaces and hands-on experience in Mobile App Development (Good to have)
- Cloud & DevOps: Extensive experience deploying and managing applications on AWS (e.g., EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3, IAM)
- Security Standards: Solid foundation in modern web security practices, including OAuth2, OpenID Connect, and JWT-based authentication
- Excellent communication and presentation skills — able to convey technical plans and status clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience working within agile/scrum delivery environments
Desired Qualifications
- Experience leading architecture governance across complex platforms
- Proven ability to define and maintain long-term architectural vision
- Strong stakeholder communication and governance capabilities
- Experience with data migration, system integrations, and platform modernization
- Proficiency with Java, Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs, and containerization
- Experience with Angular web interfaces and mobile app development (nice to have)
- Cloud experience on AWS (EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3, IAM)
- Security-by-design mindset with OAuth2/OpenID Connect/JWT
- Strong SDLC and agile/scrum delivery experience
- Ability to act as a technical authority and collaborate with vendor partners
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