What are the responsibilities and job description for the Java Architect position at K&K Global Talent Solutions INC.?
K&K Global Talent Solutions Inc is an international recruiting agency that has been providing technical resources in the USA region since 1993.
This position is with one of our clients in The USA, who is actively hiring candidates to expand their teams.
Role: Java Architect
Employment type: Contract
Technology: Java / Spring Boot / GCP
Location: Hybrid (Issaquah, WA)
Job Description-
The Technical Architect will be responsible for defining the overall architecture, technical strategy, and integration approach for cloud-native applications and enterprise platforms. The role will guide backend services, API integrations, cloud infrastructure, security, scalability, and engineering governance across distributed teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Define end-to-end solution architecture for backend systems, integrations, and cloud deployments
- Lead architecture discussions, technical design reviews, and solution governance
- Design scalable microservices using Java Spring Boot and cloud-native patterns
- Define API contracts, integration patterns, orchestration flows, and data models
- Guide implementation teams on best practices, coding standards, and architectural decisions
- Design secure and resilient systems with proper authentication, authorization, encryption, and audit logging
- Lead third-party/vendor integrations using abstraction and adapter-based architecture
- Partner with DevOps teams on deployment architecture, CI/CD, observability, and monitoring
- Ensure performance, scalability, availability, and disaster recovery considerations are built into the platform
- Mentor technical leads and engineers across backend, frontend, and cloud streams
- Support estimation, sprint planning, production readiness, and go-live activities
Required Skills
- Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices Architecture
- Experience designing large-scale distributed systems and REST APIs
- Strong knowledge of cloud-native architecture on GCP
- Hands-on experience with:
- GKE
- Cloud Spanner
- Pub/Sub
- Secret Manager
- Cloud Logging & Monitoring
- API Gateway / Apigee
- Strong understanding of integration architecture and vendor API orchestration
- Experience with event-driven systems, resiliency patterns, retries, circuit breakers, and fallback handling
- Good understanding of database design, performance optimization, and schema evolution
- Experience implementing security and compliance controls for sensitive/PII data
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and Kubernetes deployments
- Ability to drive architecture governance and technical leadership across teams
Nice to Have
- Experience with Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
- Experience with fraud, identity, verification, or customer profile systems
- Experience with observability, distributed tracing, dashboards, and operational metrics
- Experience with GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, or Cloud Build
- Knowledge of frontend technologies such as React
Preferred Experience
- 10 years of software engineering experience
- 5 years in solution architecture or technical leadership roles
- Experience leading cloud modernization or platform transformation programs
- Experience working in Agile / Scrum delivery models
Strong stakeholder communication and technical mentoring skills
Note: Applicants for employment in The USA should possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa