Technical Architect – Cloud & Software Engineering

Job Description A hands-on technical architect / engineering lead embedded with feature teams across IBM Technology. The role codes, builds solutions from scratch, and enforces software engineering best practices (DDD, TDD, SOLID, Hexagonal Architecture, Twelve-Factor App) while delivering reusable building blocks. The Technical Architect also animates a developer community of practice to elevate engineering maturity across all squads. Key Responsibilities Hands-On Engineering • Code alongside squads: DDD (Bounded Contexts, Aggregates, Domain Events), Hexagonal Architecture, SOLID, TDD • Ensure Twelve-Factor App compliance for all cloud-native services Software Factory & CI/CD • Define and enforce CI/CD pipelines, code review standards, trunk-based branching, static analysis (SonarQube), and API standards • Establish observability patterns: structured logging, distributed tracing, correlation IDs Cloud Adoption • Drive cloud-native design patterns across squads: microservices, serverless, event-driven, container orchestration on AWS (primary) and Azure • Enforce infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), cloud security best practices (IAM, secrets management, network segmentation), and cost-aware architecture Reusable Building Blocks • Design and code shared libraries, starter kits, and project archetypes embedding all best practices Feature Team Enablement • Pair-program, conduct code reviews, run workshops on DDD / TDD / SOLID / Hexagonal / Twelve-Factor • Mentor developers to elevate overall engineering maturity Developer Community • Animate Community of Practice: tech talks, coding dojos, hackathons • Maintain an engineering playbook with patterns, anti-patterns, and reference implementations Expected Deliverables • Engineering Playbook (DDD, TDD, SOLID, Hexagonal, Twelve-Factor, CI/CD, API standards) • Reusable building blocks, starter kits, and project archetypes • CI/CD pipeline templates for all service types • Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) • Monthly code quality and CoP activity reports • Technical debt register Skillset And Experience Technical — Must-Have • 10+ years hands-on software development, building solutions from scratch • Expert in Java (Spring Boot), C# (.NET Core), Python, or Kotlin • Deep DDD, TDD/BDD, SOLID, Hexagonal / Clean Architecture, Twelve-Factor App • CI/CD tooling (Git, GitLab CI/CD); Docker, Kubernetes; Terraform / IaC • Cloud: AWS (EKS, MSK, Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudFormation, API Gateway, SQS/SNS); Azure (AKS, DevOps, Service Bus, Key Vault). • Event-driven architectures (Kafka, SQS/Service Bus/IBM MQ); API design (REST, gRPC, OpenAPI) • Security-by-design, observability, and code quality tooling (SonarQube, SAST/DAST) Domain — Strongly Preferred • Capital Markets / Investment Banking: trade lifecycle, pricing, risk, market data • Corporate finance and securities services Soft Skills • Influences through craft, not authority; proven mentor and community builder • Pragmatic: balances engineering excellence with delivery pressure • Strong technical writing: ADRs, playbooks, engineering guides Education Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field. Certifications are a plus but not a substitute for hands-on craft. Show more Show less

10+ years hands-on software development, building solutions from scratch; Expertise in Java (Spring Boot), C# (.NET Core), Python, or Kotlin; Deep knowledge of DDD, TDD/BDD, SOLID, Hexagonal / Clean Architecture, Twelve-Factor App; CI/CD tooling (Git, GitLab CI/CD); Docker, Kubernetes; Terraform / IaC; Cloud: AWS (EKS, MSK, Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudFormation, API Gateway, SQS/SNS); Azure (AKS, DevOps, Service Bus, Key Vault); Event-driven architectures (Kafka, SQS/Service Bus/IBM MQ); API design (REST, gRPC, OpenAPI); Security-by-design, observability, and code quality tooling (SonarQube, SAST/DAST).

Hands-On Engineering: Code alongside squads using DDD (Bounded Contexts, Aggregates, Domain Events), Hexagonal Architecture, SOLID, TDD; Ensure Twelve-Factor App compliance for cloud-native services. Software Factory & CI/CD: Define and enforce CI/CD pipelines, code review standards, trunk-based branching, static analysis (SonarQube), and API standards; Establish observability patterns: structured logging, distributed tracing, correlation IDs. Cloud Adoption: Drive cloud-native design patterns across squads: microservices, serverless, event-driven, container orchestration on AWS (primary) and Azure; Enforce infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), cloud security best practices (IAM, secrets management, network segmentation), and cost-aware architecture. Reusable Building Blocks: Design and code shared libraries, starter kits, and project archetypes embedding all best practices. Feature Team Enablement: Pair-program, conduct code reviews, run workshops on DDD / TDD / SOLID / Hexagonal / Twelve-Factor; Mentor developers to elevate overall engineering maturity. Developer Community: Animate Community of Practice: tech talks, coding dojos, hackathons; Maintain an engineering playbook with patterns, anti-patterns, and reference implementations. Expected Deliverables: Engineering Playbook (DDD, TDD, SOLID, Hexagonal, Twelve-Factor, CI/CD, API standards); Reusable building blocks, starter kits, and project archetypes; CI/CD pipeline templates for all service types; Architecture Decision Records (ADRs); Monthly code quality and CoP activity reports; Technical debt register.