Senior Architect – Distributed Data Strategy

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Senior Integration Architect leading API design and enterprise integration architecture for a growing financial services firm. Collaborating with stakeholders to establish robust integration patterns and standards.

Posted 6/3/2026full-timeRemote • 🇮🇳 IndiaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsGRPCJavaPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and implement API-first and event-driven architectures that enable scalable, real-time system communication
Architect integration patterns including REST/gRPC APIs, asynchronous messaging, and event-driven workflows across distributed systems
Define and enforce data contracts, schemas, and interface standards to ensure consistent, reliable data exchange across domains
Design for resilience in distributed systems, including preventing duplicate processing, managing retries and replays, and ensuring fault tolerance
Lead modernization of legacy integrations by reducing point-to-point dependencies and enabling loosely coupled architectures
Establish best practices for API lifecycle management including versioning, documentation, security, and governance
Provide architectural leadership through design reviews, mentoring, and cross-team collaboration to ensure consistent adoption of integration patterns

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience designing and implementing scalable integration solutions across distributed systems
Strong understanding of API-based system design and modern integration approaches (e.g., synchronous and asynchronous patterns)
Familiarity with event-driven architectures and messaging concepts in real-world applications
Experience defining and managing interfaces or data exchange patterns across systems
Understanding of reliability considerations in distributed systems (e.g., handling failures, retries, or duplicate processing)
Experience working across a mix of legacy and modern systems in complex enterprise environments
Proficiency in backend or service-based development using languages such as Java, Python, or similar

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work environment
Fluid career paths
Purpose, well-being, and work-life balance
Welcoming and inclusive environment
Opportunities for volunteering

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Hard Skills & Tools

API designevent-driven architectureREST APIsgRPCasynchronous messagingdata contractsfault toleranceJavaPythonintegration solutions

Soft Skills

architectural leadershipmentoringcross-team collaborationbest practices establishment