Job Title: Solution Architect Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat Job Type: Full Time Department: Engineering Management About Simform: Simform is a premier digital engineering company specializing in Cloud, Data, AI/ML, and Experience Engineering to create seamless digital experiences and scalable products. Simform has strong capabilities across Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud, and Databricks. With a presence in 6 countries, Simform primarily serves North America, the UK, and the Northern European market. Simform is well-recognised as one of the most reputed employers in the region, having created a thriving work culture with a high work-life balance that gives a sense of freedom and opportunity to grow. Role Overview We are looking for a passionate and experienced Solutions Architect with a diverse background in backend technologies to lead and mentor large engineering teams at Simform. You should have a strong grasp of software architecture principles, backend systems, and cloud platforms, along with proven experience in leading development teams and driving technical excellence. Key Responsibilities • Design, validate, and optimize technical architectures across diverse tech stacks and domains. • Explain technical solutions to development teams and assist with implementation and troubleshooting, acting as the technical custodian of projects. • Provide technical leadership to teams during project execution. • Maintain a hands-on approach to technology, with the ability to perform code analysis, reviews, audits, and troubleshooting. • Ensure adherence to best practices and enforce secure coding standards across teams. • Advocate for process improvements, technical proof of concepts (PoCs), and the reduction of technical debt. • Serve as a bridge between technical and business stakeholders. • Provide technical support for pre-sales initiatives and client interactions. • Define and implement architectural standards, guidelines, principles, guardrails, and governance practices. • Contribute to internal initiatives such as technical training, building accelerators, managing technical audits, and creating reusable components. Required Skills and Qualifications • 10+ years of technical experience with a broad range of backend technologies and in-depth expertise in at least one backend language (e.g. Node.js, Python, .NET, PHP, etc.) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP). • Strong knowledge of system design principles including security, scalability, caching, availability, fault tolerance, performance optimization, logging, alerting and monitoring. • Hands-on expertise in at least one backend tech stack, with the ability to conduct code reviews, audits, and deep troubleshooting. • Proven experience in designing and building robust, secure, and highly optimized production-grade software systems at scale. • In-depth, hands-on understanding of cloud services—compute, storage, networking, security—and cloud-native solution design on AWS, Azure, or GCP. • Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines including tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar. • Strong interpersonal skills and stakeholder management capabilities. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; capable of mentoring, presenting to stakeholders, and influencing senior developers and other stakeholders. • Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally with technical and non-technical, internal and external, distributed teams to ensure end-to-end delivery. • Solution-oriented mindset with the ability to drive technical execution in the face of ambiguity and constraints. • Experience in creating architectural documentation and artifacts such as HLD, LLD, architecture diagrams, entity relationship diagrams (ERDs), process flows, and sequence diagrams. • Working knowledge of frontend technologies (e.g., React, Angular) and how they integrate with backend and cloud components. • Strong adaptability and a continuous learning mindset in fast-paced, high-growth environments. • Certifications in cloud architecture (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or equivalent) are a plus. Skills System Design, Solution Architecture, Technical Architecture, Azure, AWS, Python/Node.js/.NET/PHP/, DevOps, CICD, Cloud-Native Design, Microservices, Event Driven and Serverless Architecture Preferred Skills • Certifications in cloud architecture (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or equivalent) are a plus. • Exposure in diverse range of projects including cutting edge technologies, such as Data Engineering, AI or ML. • Knowledge of various testing tools and frameworks, e.g. JMeter, LoadRunner or equivalent. • Experience with SaaS platforms or multi-tenant architecture is a strong plus. Why Join Us: • Young Team, Thriving Culture • Flat-hierarchical, friendly, engineering-oriented, and growth-focused culture. • Well-balanced learning and growth opportunities • Free health insurance. • Office facilities with a game zone, in-office kitchen with affordable lunch service, and free snacks. • Sponsorship for certifications/events and library service. • Flexible work timing, leaves for life events, WFH and hybrid options