Technical Architect

About Azentio
Azentio Software incorporated in 2020 at Singapore, has been carved out of 3i Infotech, Candela Labs, Beyontec Technologies and Path Solutions. Azentio Software provides mission critical, vertical-specific software products for customers in banking, financial services and insurance verticals and includes key products such as KASTLE™ (Universal Lending), AMLOCK™ (Anti-Money Laundering & Compliance software suite), PREMIA™ Astra (Core Insurance software), ORION™ (Enterprise Resource Planning software) and MFUND Plus™ (Asset Management platform). Azentio has over 800 customers in more than 60 countries, with a team of over 2,300 employees across offices in 12 countries (and growing) globally and is wholly owned by Funds advised by Apax Partners.
Azentio offers a comprehensive range of products – serving core operations to modern digital
needs – for the financial services industry. Our deep domain knowledge and solutions in financial services extend across insurance, retail and corporate lending, Islamic Banking, anti-money laundering and asset management. In addition, Azentio proudly serves mid-market enterprises across the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, and India with a comprehensive ERP solution.
At Azentio, we believe that growth is a continuous journey. We believe that each step of this journey must be taken by committing to excellence - excellence in our products, our services, our ideas, and our people.
Job Title: Technical Architect Years of Experience: 14+ years
Location: Bangalore (Hybrid) (Office location: Exora Business Park, Kadubeesanahalli, Bengaluru)
Primary Skills: Java 8+, JEE, Microservice Architecture Event-Driven Architecture, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, Spring Framework – Core, Spring boot, Spring Data JPA, Spring Security, Eclipse IDE / Spring Test Suite (STS) IDE, JUnit Framework.
Good to Have: Business Process Modelling (Flowable, Activiti, Camunda, JBPM etc), Business Rules Engine (Drools), Apache Kafka
Role Summary:
Developing enterprise solutions deployed as a Spring Boot application adopting microservice & event-driven architecture.
A Technical Architect at Azentio is at the helm of both innovation and technology leadership, and is one of the key persons responsible for developing next-generation enterprise-grade software applications of Azentio.
As a Technical Architect you will be contributing to the technology strategy and vision to continuously improve our products and take our technology to the future. Technical Architect is expected to have a deep hands-on software engineering, algorithms, and design experience and to contribute to the code base on a daily basis.
As we embark on our future of building world-class products on Microservices and AI, we’d certainly love joining hands with highly energetic, technically opinionated, and experienced Cloud Native, DevOps, and Agile engineers with at least a decade’s experience in Enterprise Software Engineering.
What will you do?
Technical Leadership : Act as a technical leader within the development team, providing guidance, mentorship, and technical expertise to junior and mid-level engineers.
Software Design and Architecture : Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and architect complex software systems, ensuring they are scalable, maintainable, and meet business requirements.
Backend Development : Develop and maintain high-quality Java Spring backend components, including RESTful APIs, microservices, and business logic.
Data Processing : Implement data streaming and messaging solutions using Kafka to enable real-time data processing and communication between different components of the system.
Cloud Integration (Nice to Have): Utilise AWS & Azure services to design, deploy, and maintain cloud- based solutions that enhance the scalability and reliability of our applications
Caching Mechanisms : Utilise Redis or other caching mechanisms to optimize application performance by reducing database load and response times.
Database Management : Design and optimize SQL databases, write efficient queries, and ensure data integrity and security.
Performance Optimisation : Continuously monitor and improve the performance and scalability of the application, identifying and resolving bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
Testing and Quality Assurance : Implement best practices for unit testing, integration testing, and code reviews to ensure the reliability and maintainability of the codebase.
Documentation : Create and maintain technical documentation, including system architecture diagrams, API documentation, and coding standards.
Collaboration : Work closely with product managers, UX/UI designers, and other stakeholders to understand business requirements and deliver high-quality solutions.
What is expected from an individual?
Bachelor or Master degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field.
12+ years of experience working in a software product development company ( must )
Expert in designing and architecting small to the large solution using appropriate design patterns.
Strong design and coding experience in Core Java, Object Oriented programming, Spring Boot, SQL(RDBMS), NoSQL (Cassandra), Kafka, Spring, Elastic Search.
Strong understanding of Agile methodology and leveraging SDLC tools to improve development and testing efficiency (Confluence Wiki, JIRA, BitBucket, Jenkins, GIT, JUnit, Selenium etc.).
Experience in building secure, highly available, resilient, scalable distributed systems leveraging clustering and load balancing of web servers, app servers, and messaging systems.
Experience in migrating monolithic legacy applications to microservices.
Deep knowledge of microservices & event-driven architecture patterns
Strong Knowledge of container-based development, orchestration, microservices frameworks and tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Spring Boot, Jersey, Swagger)
Experience in Cloud and Container-based development (Kubernetes) is a plus.
Identifying short- and long- term solutions and timeline; reviewing and approving proposed solutions, implementing new architectural patterns; and performing design and code reviews of changes.
Provides support to the business for new and existing systems by responding to user questions, concerns, and issues (for example, technical feasibility); researching and identifying needed solutions; determining implementation designs; providing guidance regarding implications of new and enhanced systems; and directing users to appropriate contacts for issues outside of own domain.
Demonstrates up-to-date expertise and applies this to the development, execution, and improvement of action plans by providing expert advice and guidance to others in the application of information and best practices; supporting and aligning efforts to meet customer and business needs; and building commitment for perspectives and rationales.
Provides and supports the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders; identifying business needs; determining and carrying out necessary processes and practices; monitoring progress and results; recognising and capitalising on improvement opportunities; and adapting to competing demands, organisational changes, and new responsibilities.
Utilise industry research to improve Azentio’s technology environment by analyzing industry best practices; benchmarking industry against internal processes and solutions; researching or influencing future industry solutions for fit with internal needs; and defining software development guidelines, standards, and processes.

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