Lead Solution Architect

About the Role:

Our client is looking for a seasoned Architect to define and lead the architectural strategy across multiple software systems supporting a highperformance sports betting platform. This role requires deep technical expertise, strong communication skills, and a collaborative mindset to align crossfunctional teams with scalable, maintainable, and modern architectural practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define, lead, and continuously evolve the overarching architectural vision for the client’s sports betting platform.
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, product owners, and engineering teams to convert business requirements into robust technical designs.
• Govern architectural decisions across teams, ensuring adherence to best practices, coding standards, and strategic goals.
• Advocate for and implement DomainDriven Design (DDD) to accurately model business domains and establish welldefined bounded contexts.
• Design and implement EventDriven Architectures (EDA) that support asynchronous communication, scalability, and loosely coupled systems.
• Ensure key nonfunctional requirements (e.g., performance, security, reliability) are embedded early in the architectural process.
• Actively support solution delivery, working alongside developers through design, implementation, testing, and deployment stages.
• Lead architectural and technical reviews to guarantee alignment with industry best practices and internal standards.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and assess their applicability to the client’s technology ecosystem.
• Promote DevOps culture, including CICD, test automation, and observability in all stages of the software delivery lifecycle.
• Mentor and coach engineers and architects to elevate technical capability and architectural maturity across the teams.

• Skills & Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
  • 8+ years of experience in software development and architecture, with at least 3 years in a lead or principal architect role.
  • Proven experience in building sports betting platforms or other highvolume, realtime transactional systems.
  • Deep knowledge of DomainDriven Design (DDD), including aggregate modeling, bounded contexts, and strategic design.
  • Strong handson expertise with EventDriven Architecture, including event brokers like Kafka, Pulsar, RabbitMQ, etc.
  • Demonstrated ability to design and deliver distributed, microservicesbased systems.
  • Proficiency with cloudnative architectures (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
  • Solid understanding of DevOps methodologies, infrastructureascode, and CICD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Fluency in multiple backend and web technologies such as .NET, Java, C#, JavaScriptTypeScript.
  • Strong experience working with both SQL and NoSQL databases and modern data architectures.
  • Expertise in API design and integration (REST, GraphQL, gRPC).
  • Familiarity with architectural modeling tools and frameworks (e.g., UML, C4 Model, ArchiMate).
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
  • Strong documentation habits with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences.
  • Proven ability to mentor and guide engineers and architects effectively.