Technical Architect

Perficient•Town and Country, MO

4h•$81,978 - $178,090

About The Position

We currently have a career opportunity for an Technical Architect to join our team to lead the design, development, and implementation of scalable, cloud-native enterprise solutions. This role combines strategic architectural leadership with hands-on technical expertise and requires a professional capable of defining technical direction, establishing engineering standards, and guiding development teams throughout the entire software development lifecycle. The ideal candidate will work closely with product owners, business stakeholders, architects, and engineering teams to design innovative solutions that meet business objectives while ensuring security, scalability, reliability, and maintainability. In addition to owning the overall solution architecture, the candidate will actively support feature development, mentor developers, review technical designs, drive best practices, and contribute to the successful delivery of modern distributed applications built on Microsoft Azure. Strong experience with enterprise architecture patterns, microservices, API-driven ecosystems, cloud-native development, and modern software engineering practices is essential. The Technical Architect will also be responsible for evaluating technology choices, addressing technical risks, optimizing system performance, and ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and long-term technology roadmaps. Perficient is always looking for the best and brightest talent and we need you! We’re a quickly-growing, global digital consulting leader, and we’re transforming the world’s largest enterprises and biggest brands. You’ll work with the latest technologies, expand your skills, and become a part of our global community of talented, diverse, and knowledgeable colleagues.

Requirements

Minimum 10 years of programming experience with C#/.Net
At least 5 years of experience in Architectural Design
Strong expertise in TypeScript
Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure
Deep knowledge of Cloud-Native Development
Experience designing and implementing Microservices Architecture
Strong understanding of API Design and Integration Patterns
Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks and design patterns
Experience with scalable, distributed, and event-driven systems
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
Experience leading technical teams and influencing architectural decisions
Ability to balance strategic architecture responsibilities with hands-on technical contributions

Nice To Haves

Secondary Skill: Feature Development

Responsibilities

Lead the architectural design and technical strategy for enterprise applications and cloud-native solutions.
Define and maintain application architecture, technical standards, and development best practices.
Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams.
Participate in feature design and development activities when required.
Design and implement cloud-native applications leveraging Microsoft Azure services.
Define and govern microservices architectures and distributed systems.
Design secure, scalable, and reusable APIs.
Conduct architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical assessments.
Drive application modernization and cloud transformation initiatives.
Support performance optimization, security compliance, and operational excellence.
Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices across the organization.
Collaborate with Product Owners and cross-functional teams to ensure successful project delivery.

Benefits

Information regarding the benefits available for this position are in our benefits overview. [https://www.perficient.com/-/media/files/benefits-overview-career-site.pdf]

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