Technical Architect at VeeRteq Solutions Inc.

Position Technical Architect Location Remote Duration Long term contract Position Overview The Onshore Lead will serve as the technical architect and team leader for the SCPT (Supply Chain Planning & Tracking) Costing platform a mission-critical enterprise application built on AWS serverless architecture. This role requires a seasoned full-stack engineer who can bridge technical excellence with leadership guiding a distributed team of 8 offshore developers (3 API 2 UI 2 QA 1 Infrastructure) while driving architectural decisions and maintaining high-quality deliverables. Primary Responsibilities 1. Technical Leadership & Architecture (40%) System Architecture: Design and evolve the serverless architecture on AWS ensuring scalability reliability and cost-effectiveness Technology Strategy: Make critical decisions on technology stack frameworks and third-party integrations Code Quality: Establish and enforce coding standards best practices and design patterns across the team Technical Debt Management: Balance feature delivery with technical debt reduction and system improvements Performance Optimization: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in UI API and database layers Security & Compliance: Ensure application meets Nikes security standards compliance requirements and data protection policies 2. Team Leadership & Mentorship (30%) Offshore Team Management: Lead daily standups sprint planning and retrospectives across time zones Mentorship: Provide technical guidance and career development for 3 senior and 5 mid/junior developers Code Reviews: Conduct detailed code reviews with constructive feedback Skill Development: Identify capability gaps and create structured learning paths Conflict Resolution: Drive consensus during architectural debates Performance Management: Partner with HR/management on evaluations and goal-setting 3. Project Delivery & Stakeholder Management (20%) Sprint Planning: Break down complex features into actionable tasks and user stories Risk Management: Identify risks early and build mitigation strategies Stakeholder Communication: Translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences Delivery Oversight: Ensure timely high-quality delivery of features and fixes Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with Product UX BA and other engineering teams Estimation & Planning: Deliver accurate estimates for roadmap and sprint planning 4. Hands-on Development (10%) Critical Features: Implement high-risk or complex features Proof of Concepts: Build POCs for new tech or architectural shifts Production Support: Troubleshoot and resolve urgent production issues Technical Spikes: Explore ambiguous requirements through prototyping Required Technical Skills Cloud & Infrastructure (Expert Level) AWS Services Compute: Lambda API Gateway Step Functions Storage: S3 RDS (PostgreSQL) OpenSearch Integration: SQS EventBridge SNS Security: IAM KMS Secrets Manager VPC Monitoring: CloudWatch X-Ray CloudWatch Insights Infrastructure as Code Terraform Advanced module development State management & multi-environment deployments DRY principles remote state workspace management Security & compliance automation CI/CD Jenkins Declarative pipelines Groovy DSL Multi-stage deployments Docker containerization Automated testing integration Blue-green & canary deployment strategies Backend Development (Expert Level) Advanced async patterns event emitters streams APIs Lambda optimization & cold start reduction Memory management & performance tuning Databases PostgreSQL Sequelize Query optimization indexing connection pooling Advanced Sequelize associations migrations transactions Database design normalization read replicas Event-Driven Architecture Kafka / KafkaJS: Consumer groups offset mgmt partitions SQS DLQ patterns Event sourcing & CQRS Idempotency & exactly-once processing Search & Analytics OpenSearch/Elasticsearch Query DSL aggregations elastic-builder Search relevance tuning Additional Technologies Snowflake Databricks SQL LDAP/Active Directory ExcelJS/xlsx Frontend Development (Advanced Level) React Ecosystem React 17 (Hooks Context API performance tuning) Redux / Redux-Saga React Router v6 Module Federation (Micro-frontends) UI Libraries AG Grid Enterprise Material-UI / Emotion Nike EDS (preferred) Webpack optimization Auth Okta OAuth 2.0 / OIDC JWT RBAC DevOps & Tooling (Advanced Level) Git advanced workflows Testing: Jest Cypress Postman/Bruno Coverage analysis Monitoring: CloudWatch Insights X-Ray APM Containerization: Docker multi-stage builds Required Soft Skills & Leadership Qualities Communication Excellence Clear communication of complex technical concepts High-quality documentation and ADRs Async communication across time zones Strong presentation skills Active listening Leadership & Mentorship Servant leadership Conflict resolution Growth mindset & innovation mindset Empathy Decision-making under uncertainty Problem-Solving & Critical Thinking Analytical breakdown of complex systems Root cause analysis Trade-off analysis Innovation & continuous improvement Project Management Deep Agile/Scrum expertise Risk identification & mitigation Prioritization Estimation accuracy Time management Key Skills APIs,SOAP,Software Architecture,.NET,Design Patterns,Enterprise Software,AWS,Solution Architecture,Cloud Architecture,Java,SSO,Oracle Employment Type : Full Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1