About the Role:

Our client is looking for a seasoned Architect to define and lead the architectural strategy across multiple software systems supporting a high-performance sports betting platform. This role requires deep technical expertise, strong communication skills, and a collaborative mindset to align cross-functional 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 Domain-Driven Design (DDD) to accurately model business domains and establish well-defined bounded contexts.
• Design and implement Event-Driven Architectures (EDA) that support asynchronous communication, scalability, and loosely coupled systems.
• Ensure key non-functional 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 CI/CD, 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 high-volume, real-time transactional systems.
• Deep knowledge of Domain-Driven Design (DDD), including aggregate modeling, bounded contexts, and strategic design.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Event-Driven Architecture, including event brokers like Kafka, Pulsar, RabbitMQ, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to design and deliver distributed, microservices-based systems.
• Proficiency with cloud-native architectures (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Solid understanding of DevOps methodologies, infrastructure-as-code, and CI/CD 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#, JavaScript/TypeScript.
• 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 non-technical audiences.
• Proven ability to mentor and guide engineers and architects effectively.