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iCapital is seeking an Application Architect to lead the architecture, design, and modernization of illustration-related applications. This role serves as a key member of the Core Architecture Team, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and Implementation teams across the United States and Jaipur to drive cloud modernization, support client delivery, establish architectural standards, and provide technical leadership across strategic platform initiatives.
The architect will play a critical role in advancing the transition of legacy systems to scalable Azure-based microservices while ensuring reliability, performance, and long-term supportability of application ecosystems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead architecture strategy, design reviews, and implementation guidance for applications in the illustration platform
- Define and govern solution architecture standards, technical roadmaps, and engineering best practices
- Partner with product management, engineering leadership, and implementation teams to translate business objectives into scalable technical solutions
- Drive modernization initiatives focused on Azure cloud adoption, microservices architecture, API design, and platform scalability
- Lead migration planning and technical design for customers transitioning from legacy and on-premises deployments to cloud architecture
- Provide architectural leadership and technical oversight to multiple scrum teams, including design reviews, story refinement, and code quality guidance
- Establish and maintain integration architecture between illustration applications and other systems to improve maintainability, reliability, and operational efficiency
- Participate in production support rotations and provide timely resolution of production issues
- Create architecture artifacts, technical standards, reference implementations, and proof-of-concept solutions
- Collaborate with distributed engineering teams across North America and India to ensure architectural consistency
- Mentor engineers in .NET, Azure, DevOps, cloud-native design patterns, and software architecture principles
- Identify opportunities to improve platform observability, performance, security, reliability, and development efficiency
Workplace: In-office Monday–Thursday with remote flexibility on Friday.
Qualifications:
- 7+ years of experience in software engineering, application architecture, or solution architecture roles
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or related technical discipline
- Deep expertise in designing and delivering enterprise-scale applications using Microsoft .NET technologies
- Strong experience architecting cloud-native solutions within Microsoft Azure environments
- Demonstrated experience building and modernizing distributed systems using microservices, APIs, and event-driven architectures
- Strong understanding of software design patterns, architecture frameworks, and engineering best practices
- Experience guiding multiple engineering teams through complex technical initiatives and architectural decisions
- Proven ability to develop technical roadmaps and lead large-scale modernization efforts
- Experience participating in production support and incident management processes
- Expertise in DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and cloud delivery practices
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with ability to influence technical and business leaders
- Experience working in Agile software development environments and supporting Scrum teams
- Preferred: experience with illustration, annuity, wealth management, insurance, or financial services platforms; supporting customer-facing enterprise SaaS products; Azure certifications or demonstrated expertise in Azure architecture; leading geographically distributed engineering organizations
