Publicis Sapient - Java Solution Architect - Microservices Architecture

Description :

Your Responsibilities :

- Lead the end-to-end architecture and design of large-scale, distributed applications using Java and microservices.

- Partner with clients and stakeholders to understand business challenges and propose scalable, secure, and resilient solutions.

- Define and maintain architecture blueprints, integration approaches, and microservices standards.

- Guide engineering teams throughout the development lifecycleensuring adherence to best practices, coding standards, and architectural guidelines.

- Drive performance optimization, scalability planning, and ensure alignment with non-functional requirements (NFRs).

- Evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks, and tools to drive innovation and continuous improvement.

- Collaborate closely with DevOps, QA, Product, and Delivery teams for seamless solution deployment and release.

- Ensure best practices in logging, monitoring, observability, and application reliability across microservices.

- Lead design reviews, code reviews, and provide technical mentorship to developers and senior engineers.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

Core Technical Skills :

- 10+ years of hands-on experience in Java application development and architectural design.

- Expertise in Java (JDK 1.8 and above) with strong knowledge of :

1. Exception Handling

2. Serialization/Deserialization

3. Immutability

4. Enums, Collections, Annotations, Generics, Autoboxing

5. Data Structures & Algorithms

Microservices Architecture :

- Strong hands-on experience with :

1. Domain-Driven Design (DDD)

2. API design and contract management

3. Event-driven and messaging-based architecture

4. Resiliency patterns (Circuit Breaker, Retry, Rate Limiting)

5. API Gateway & Service Mesh concepts

6. Service registry, discovery, and configuration management

Messaging & Integration :

- Practical experience with JMS frameworks such as :

- Kafka

- ActiveMQ

- RabbitMQ

- Strong understanding of event streaming and asynchronous communication.

Frameworks & Tools :

Deep expertise with :

- Spring Core, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Transactions

- Logging frameworks (SLF4J/Logback/Log4j)

- JUnit, Mockito, Powermock

- Maven/Gradle build systems

- Git/SVN version control

Concurrency & Performance :

Strong understanding of multithreading & concurrency :

- Executor Framework

- Fork/Join

- Reentrant Locks

- Synchronization techniques

- Experience with :

- JVM tuning

- Memory management

- GC analysis and optimization

- Profiling and performance troubleshooting

Databases :

- Experience with both RDBMS and NoSQL systems.

- Strong SQL expertise (Joins, Indexing, Query optimization).

- Ability to design database schemas for distributed applications.

Cloud & DevOps :

- Experience with one or more cloud providers :

- AWS / Azure / GCP

- Understanding of :

- Cloud-native design

- Containerization (Docker)

- CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.)

- Kubernetes (added advantage)

Leadership & Soft Skills :

- Proven experience leading engineering teams and guiding them through complex technical challenges.

- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

- Ability to collaborate with global teams and influence architectural decisions.

- Experience working in Agile environments and driving engineering maturity.

- Strong problem-solving, analytical thinking, and decision-making skills.

Why Join Us :

- Opportunity to work on high-impact, complex enterprise programs.

- Collaborative and forward-thinking work environment.

- Continuous learning, innovation, and career development.

- Chance to lead digital transformation initiatives for global clients.