Technical Architect

We are looking for a hands-on Technical Architect / Tech Lead with strong expertise in Node.js and Angular/React who can own end-to-end technical delivery, lead an engineering team, make architecture and design decisions, and work closely with Product, QA, and DevOps teams. The ideal candidate should have strong product development experience and be capable of taking ownership from requirements and architecture through development, deployment, and production support.

Responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end technical delivery of applications/modules, ensuring quality, timelines, scalability, and maintainability.
• Design and evolve application architecture using Node.js, React, Angular, TypeScript/JavaScript, and modern architectural patterns.
• Translate product/business requirements into technical architecture, system design, APIs, data flows, and implementation plans.
• Make key architecture and technology decisions, conduct design/code reviews, and establish engineering best practices.
• Remain hands-on and contribute to the development of critical and complex features.
• Lead and mentor the engineering team, provide technical direction, remove technical blockers, and drive engineering quality.
• Design and develop scalable backend services, REST APIs, integrations, and frontend applications.
• Define appropriate deployment, release, and environment strategies in collaboration with DevOps.
• Work with DevOps/Cloud teams on CI/CD, Docker/containerization, configuration, logging, monitoring, scalability, and production deployments.
• Identify and proactively address technical risks, performance issues, security concerns, and scalability challenges.
• Collaborate closely with Product, QA, Business, and DevOps stakeholders throughout the SDLC.
• Ensure effective practices around code quality, testing, version control, release management, and production readiness.

Requirements:

• 8-15 years of experience in technical leadership, hands-on architecture, and development.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Node.js .
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and JavaScript.
• Experience with REST APIs and service-oriented or microservices architecture.
• Knowledge of API security, authentication/authorization, and integrations.
• Experience with asynchronous and event-driven programming.
• Strong understanding of databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or equivalent.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Angular and React.
• Experience with React application architecture and component design.
• Knowledge of state management and frontend design patterns.
• Experience in frontend performance optimisation and responsive application development.
• Strong experience in application architecture and system design.
• Understanding of design patterns, scalability, performance, security, and maintainability.
• Experience designing distributed and scalable applications and integrations.
• Ability to evaluate technology options and make pragmatic architecture decisions.
• Good understanding of CI/CD and deployment strategies.
• Experience with Git and branching strategies.
• Knowledge of Docker, containerization, and Kubernetes concepts.
• Understanding of environment and configuration management.
• Familiarity with logging, monitoring, observability, and production troubleshooting.
• Working knowledge of AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Ability to effectively collaborate with DevOps and Cloud teams.
• Good scripting and automation skills using JavaScript, TypeScript, Shell, Python, or similar.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams and mentoring developers.
• Strong ownership of product development and technical delivery.
• Ability to work with Product and Business teams and convert requirements into technical solutions.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance delivery timelines, technical debt, quality, scalability, and maintainability.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum product development environments.

Skills

Angular, JavaScript, Node.js, NodeJS, React, React.js, TypeScript