Lead Application Architect

Lead Application Architect
The Lead Application Architect is a multidisciplinary technical role that requires a combination of
various architectural, design, engineering, and business skills. This person will provide analysis,
engage in problem solving and lead development for our customer facing applications. The role
requires both broad and deep technology knowledge and the ability to architect solutions by
mapping common business problems to reusable end-to-end technology solutions.
The position is a hands-on role that works on complex assignments. To be effective, the Lead
Application Architect must have experience on multiple hardware and software environments and be
comfortable with intricate heterogeneous systems. This position is responsible for developing,
creating, modifying, and integrating applications, software, and services.
The Lead Application Architect will be capable of assessing existing product architecture, identifying
limitations and develop a targeted architecture with respect to the product roadmap. They will create
transition plans to migrate products and services from legacy frameworks to a microservice
architecture. The Lead Application Architect is also responsible for the governance and architecture
compliance during the development cycle.
When building the new products and services the Lead Application Architect works with business
stakeholders, product managers, Enterprise Architects and Cloud Architects to build holistic and
forward-thinking solutions.
The Lead Application Architect needs to be an evangelist for the standards, best practices, and
mentor development teams on a regular basis. The Application Architect should be able to
proactively identify potential issues and design solutions.
Essential Duties and responsibilities
 Design and implement highly scalable, fault tolerant and highly available products and
services.
 Architect AWS Cloud Native Solutions.
 Redesign / rearchitect products using modern design patterns.
 Provide architectural blueprints and technical leadership to our engineering team.
 Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies, and processes to ensure the highest quality
product platform.
 Develop proof of concepts and prototypes to analyze potential solutions.

Our Interview Practices

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we're getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we're getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.