Lead Technical Architect (MERN)

Overview

Lead Technical Architect (MERN) in Bengaluru, serving as the SME for MERN and providing technical leadership to build and govern large-scale MERN platforms and digital products.

What you'll do

• Create solution architectures for systems and platforms considering time, cost, and compliance.
• Manage and mentor software teams delivering applications and systems for end users.
• Lead end-to-end architecture for large-scale MERN platforms and digital products.
• Define target-state architecture, microservices patterns, and API/event-driven standards.
• Drive decisions on scalability, security, resiliency, observability, and performance.
• Remain hands-on with architecture/coding, code reviews, troubleshooting, POCs, and critical features (~70%).

What you'll need

• 12+ years overall experience with 4+ years in Technical Architect or Lead Architect roles.
• Proven experience managing small software teams and mentoring engineers.
• Expert MERN stack knowledge: MongoDB, Mongoose, Express.js, React.js, Node.js, and TypeScript.
• Strong expertise in distributed systems, microservices, REST APIs, and GraphQL.
• Hands-on experience with Azure or other public cloud platforms.
• CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, and DevSecOps practices.
• Kafka (or equivalent event streaming) and deep understanding of SOLID, design patterns, TDD/BDD, and automated testing.

Nice to have

• Working knowledge of API gateways (Kong or equivalent), ABAC (Symphonic or equivalent), and CMS platforms (Strapi or equivalent).
• Experience with developer portals/documentation for shared development services.
• Experience of DataBricks/Spark and familiarity with Azure Data Lake and Azure Blob storage.

Details

• Reports to the Engineering Director.
• Team management: Yes; line management of Engineering Leads.
• Location: Bengaluru.
• Employment type: Full time; Contract type: Permanent.