Falcon Smart IT (FalconSmartIT) ยท 8 hours ago
Java Solution Architect
NYC Metro Area
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
15+ years expFalcon Smart IT is seeking a Java Solution Architect who is a thought leader in distributed systems and microservices. The role involves defining and documenting reference architectures, driving standards, and delivering scalable and secure systems within the banking and finance domain.
Hiring Manager
Harinii Suriyakumar
Responsibilities
Architect end-to-end payment and platform systems (on-premises, hybrid, cloud-native) that meet demands of low latency, high throughput, resilience, security, and data privacy
Define and promote architecture principles, reference models, patterns (e.g., microservices, event sourcing, CQRS, async & sync messaging, domain-driven design) and guide teams in adoption
Document architecture using modern modelling tools and techniques (e.g., C4, UML, deployment/sequence/data diagrams); ensure architecture artifacts are clear, actionable and accessible to engineering and product teams
Evaluate design trade-offs (latency vs throughput vs cost; consistency vs availability; complexity vs maintainability; security vs usability) and make decisions transparently
Be highly hands-on: able to dig into Java/Spring Boot microservices, event flows, integration architectures, observability, failure handling and recovery strategies
Collaborate closely with product leadership to translate roadmap items (e.g., tokenization, passkeys, BNPL) into architecture design, providing options, implications and trade-off analysis
Provide mentorship and leadership in architecture governance: review design proposals, perform risk assessments, drive architectural reviews, lead a Center of Excellence for architecture practices
Engage across engineering domains: partner with cloud, infrastructure, security, devops, data teams to ensure architecture meets cross-cutting non-functional requirements and is delivery-ready
Drive innovation: explore new open-source technologies, event frameworks, data streaming, AI/ML integration, real-time analytics and bring pragmatic proposals into the platform roadmap
Influence culture: promote architecture best practices, drive continuous improvement, contribute to knowledge-sharing forums, build architecture community within the organization
Qualification
Required
15 + years of professional experience in software engineering and architecture roles, with extensive hands-on coding and systems design
Deep expertise in Java and Spring Boot microservices, event-driven systems (e.g., using Kafka, Axon, etc.), synchronous and asynchronous communications, domain-driven design
Strong knowledge of distributed system design: high throughput, low latency, fail-fast, resilient architectures, graceful degradation, fault isolation
Experience in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and hybrid cloud / on-prem integrations
Skilled in architecture modelling and documentation using modern tools and frameworks (C4, UML, etc.)
Excellent understanding of integration patterns, messaging, service orchestration, observability (logging, metrics, tracing), caching, databases (SQL & NoSQL)
Proven capability to articulate design trade-offs, influence senior stakeholders (engineering leads, product leadership, executives) and lead architecture decisions
Strong communication skills: ability to simplify complex architecture concepts, present to non-technical audiences (product/business) and collaborate effectively with engineering teams
Experience in payments, fintech, commerce platforms or similarly complex, regulated, high-scale systems is highly desirable
Proven track record of setting standards, leading architecture practice, mentoring teams, driving governance and improving architectural maturity in an organization
Preferred
Certifications such as TOGAF, AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional), CISSP or equivalent
Familiarity with DevOps/CI-CD practices, containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation)
Exposure to AI/ML, stream processing, real-time analytics platforms
Experience working in a product-engineering facing role in a payments/commerce environment, with exposure to tokenization, payment passkeys, BNPL etc
Company
Falcon Smart IT (FalconSmartIT)
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11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase