Crisis24 - Associate Architect

Job Summary :

You will own end-to-end architecture and delivery for key services, influence technical direction, and partner closely with Product, DevOps, and QA to ship scalable, secure, and reliable solutions.

Key Responsibilities :

- Own and drive end-to-end solution architecture-from design and implementation through production deployment and ongoing evolution

- Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and high-performance designs (trade-offs, risks, and estimates clearly articulated)

- Lead technical discoveries and solve complex engineering problems across services, data, and integrations

- Define and enforce architecture standards, design patterns, coding guidelines, and engineering guardrails (reviews, checklists)

- Ensure systems meet quality attributes: scalability, resilience, maintainability, performance, and security

- Drive adoption of modern engineering practices (cloud-native, DevSecOps, automation, observability) and continuous improvement

Team Leadership & Delivery Management :

- Coordinate with Product, DevOps/SRE, QA, and Security to plan and execute delivery (milestones, dependencies, and risk management)

- Run/participate in design reviews, drive alignment across teams, and communicate trade-offs and decisions to stakeholders

- Remain hands-on: contribute to design and implementation, unblock the team, and take ownership of critical components.

Required Qualifications :

- Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and containerization using Docker.

- Solid experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MS SQL, or equivalent).

- Proven experience building REST APIs in containerized, distributed systems.

- Strong understanding of coding standards, design patterns, and unit testing practices.

- Strong knowledge of software architecture principles including microservices, SOLID, and DDD.

- Hands-on experience with queuing mechanisms such as Kafka and AWS SQS.

- Knowledge of secure coding practices and application security principles.

- Proven ability to lead a small team or act as a technical lead-driving design reviews, code reviews, and delivery execution

- Strong communication skills to align stakeholders, document decisions, and influence technical

direction across teams

- Experience in React JS

- Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm

- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab preferred)

Preferred Qualifications :

- Basic understanding of AI concepts and ability to evaluate AI-driven solutions