Lead Architect Dallas, TX / Chicago, IL / New York, NY - Onsite

We are looking for a hands-on Lead Architect with strong experience in Java, Spring Boot and Cloud platforms who can own end-to-end system architecture and confidently communicate with senior stakeholders. This is not a pure managerial role - you must be deeply technical and capable of driving architecture decisions across large-scale distributed systems.

Key Responsibilities

Own architecture design across application, integration, data and cloud layers

Design scalable, high-performance and resilient systems

Lead and drive architecture discussions with senior stakeholders and client teams

Define design standards, best practices and governance

Review and approve high-level and low-level designs

Guide engineering teams and resolve complex technical challenges

Evaluate and recommend tools, frameworks and cloud services

Mentor senior engineers and tech leads

Required Skills

10+ years in software engineering with 3+ years in architecture/lead role

Strong hands-on expertise in:

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices & API-driven architecture

Experience designing distributed, enterprise-scale systems

Strong experience with Cloud (AWS / Azure / GCP)

Solid understanding of:

Architecture patterns

System design tradeoffs

CI/CD and DevOps practices

Strong communication - must be able to defend architecture decisions

Preferred Experience

Healthcare domain (strongly preferred)

Experience with event-driven architecture (Kafka / Pub-Sub)

Knowledge of:

Observability

Performance tuning

Production readiness

Experience in cloud migration or modernization programs