Python Microservices Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Define target microservices architecture, including API standards, service contracts, and integration patterns.
• Own non-functional architecture covering security, observability, data flow, resiliency, and performance.
• Lead solution design reviews, architecture decision records (ADRs), and technical risk mitigation strategies.
• Drive architecture alignment for legacy coexistence, authentication bridging, JWT-based access, and phased cutover strategies.
• Support discovery and extraction of business rules from legacy systems, including Perl-based logic, databases, and integrations.
• Partner with DevOps and engineering teams on deployment strategies, rollout, rollback, and production readiness.

Required Skills And Experience:

• Strong backend architecture expertise using Python and modern frameworks such as FastAPI.
• Experience in API governance, authentication and authorization design, and integration patterns.
• Knowledge of observability, cloud-native architecture, and distributed systems.
• Experience with modernization strategies such as strangler-fig pattern and legacy system decomposition.
• Strong understanding of high-availability and resilient system design.
• Ability to work across data, security, DevOps, and performance engineering domains.
• 10 years of experience in solution architecture or lead engineering roles, particularly in modernizing legacy or monolithic platforms.

Deliverables / Success Measures:

• Define and document target architecture and key design decisions.
• Establish API standards, integration patterns, and non-functional architecture guidelines.
• Provide technical review inputs to ensure readiness, scalability, and extensibility for future phases.