Lead Automation Architect

Job Description:

Experience

15–20+ Years

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Lead Architect to drive the strategy, architecture, development, and modernization of our enterprise Automated Testing Framework (ATF) platform. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on technical leader with deep expertise in Java architecture, REST services, SQL, distributed systems, and full-stack development using ReactJS and NodeJS.

This role will be responsible for defining the long-term architecture roadmap, ensuring platform scalability, reliability, security, and enabling enterprise-wide test automation across mission-critical financial applications and data platforms.

The successful candidate will partner with engineering leaders, product teams, quality engineering teams, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders to accelerate automation adoption while maintaining high engineering standards.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Define and own the ATF platform architecture and technical roadmap.

• Lead design reviews and establish architecture standards for enterprise automation solutions.

• Drive modernization initiatives using cloud-native and microservices-based architectures.

• Provide technical leadership for strategic automation initiatives across multiple engineering teams.

• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption strategies.

Platform Engineering

• Design and develop scalable automation platform services using Java and Spring Boot.

• Architect RESTful APIs and service integrations supporting enterprise automation workflows.

• Lead development of reusable automation components, agents, plugins, and framework utilities.

• Ensure platform reliability, scalability, observability, and fault tolerance.

Full Stack Development

• Architect and oversee development of modern web applications using:

o ReactJS

o NodeJS

o TypeScript/JavaScript

o HTML5/CSS3

• Design intuitive user experiences for automation administration, reporting, monitoring, and analytics.

Database & Data Architecture

• Design and optimize enterprise-scale SQL solutions.

• Develop data models supporting automation execution, reporting, auditability, and analytics.

• Optimize application performance through efficient database design and query tuning.

Engineering Excellence

• Establish engineering best practices, coding standards, and architecture governance.

• Drive DevOps, CI/CD, automated quality controls, and platform observability.

• Lead code reviews, architecture reviews, and technical mentoring.

• Support production readiness, release governance, and operational excellence.

Stakeholder Management

• Partner with technology leaders, product owners, quality engineering teams, and business stakeholders.

• Translate business objectives into scalable technical solutions.

• Communicate architecture strategy and technical direction to executive leadership.

Required Qualifications

Experience

• 15–20+ years of software engineering experience.

• 8+ years in technical leadership, architect, or principal engineer roles.

• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale automation platforms.

Technical Skills:

Core Technologie

s• Java (Expert), Spring Boot, REST API Architecture, SQL Server / PostgreSQL / Oracle, Microservices Architectur

e

Full Stack Technologie

s• ReactJS, NodeJS, JavaScript / TypeScript, HTML5 / CSS

3

Cloud & DevOp

s• Azure or AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub / Azure DevOps, CI/CD Pipeline

s

Data & Messagin

g• SQL Optimizatio

n• Messaging Platforms (Kafka preferred

)• Data Integration Pattern

s
Architecture Competenci

es• Enterprise Architectu

re• Solution Architectu

re• API-First Desi

gn• Event-Driven Syste

ms• Performance Engineeri

ng• Security Architectu

re• Scalability & Resilience Desi

gnPreferred Qualificatio

ns• Experience building enterprise-grade Automated Testing Framework

s.• Experience with test automation platforms and quality engineering methodologie

s.• Financial services or capital markets experienc

e.• Experience supporting highly regulated environment

s.• Exposure to AI-assisted testing and intelligent automation solution

s.• Familiarity with cloud-native modernization initiative

s.Leadership Expectatio

ns• Lead through influence and technical excellenc

e.• Mentor architects, senior engineers, and development team

s.• Build strong engineering culture focused on innovation and continuous improvemen

t.• Drive strategic technology decisions aligned with business outcome

s.• Manage multiple concurrent initiatives and technology prioritie

s.Success Metri

cs• Increased automation adoption across engineering team

s.• Improved platform scalability and reliabilit

y.• Reduced test execution cycle time

s.• Enhanced engineering productivity through reusable automation capabilitie

s.• Successful delivery of platform modernization initiative

s.• Improved platform observability, governance, and operational efficienc

y.