Director of Technology & Chief Architect
Core
Design and evolve a high-volume, low-latency cloud platform processing millions of real-time transactions using Java microservices, ensuring performance, reliability, and security.
Role type
Director of Technology & Chief Architect (hands-on IC with executive leadership)
Builds
Large-scale distributed transaction systems, microservices ecosystem, and cloud infrastructure
Domain
Fintech/Payments, Cloud Infrastructure, Distributed Systems
Required skills
Java (17+), Spring Boot, Microservices Architecture, Distributed Systems Design, Database Strategy (SQL/NoSQL), Cloud Architecture (AWS/GCP), Kubernetes, Event-Driven Architecture, Observability, Team Leadership
Preferred skills
iGaming/Payments domain experience, Legacy modernization, Reactive Java, FinOps (via careerplan.io/jobs/fd2f240e-a9eb-43b0-ab38-58a496ba82d3-director-of-technology-chief-architect-at-jobgether)
Technologies
Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry
Responsibilities
Own architecture of large-scale microservices platform; Design high-volume transaction systems; Define architectural patterns for distributed transactions; Lead architecture reviews and establish engineering standards; Identify architectural debt and develop modernization strategies; Guide cloud architecture and infrastructure as code; Establish SLOs and incident response practices; Build, lead, and mentor engineering teams; Translate business objectives into technology roadmaps; Communicate technology strategy to executives.
Seniority
Director/Principal, hands-on IC with executive leadership
