1204 | Solution Architect

Intetics Inc., a leading American technology company specializing in custom software application development, distributed professional teams creation, software product quality assessment, and “all-things-digital” solutions, is on the lookout for a Solution Architect to join our team and provide exceptional customer support.

The role requires on-site work at the client’s office in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Responsibilities

• Design the target microservice architecture, defining service boundaries and component responsibilities
• Design synchronous and asynchronous service interactions using REST, gRPC, and Kafka
• Develop integration architecture connecting internal services with external banking systems
• Define API contracts, integration interfaces, and approaches to API security and inter-service communication
• Design for fault tolerance, scalability, high load, and data consistency
• Define strategies for error handling, retries, and recovery from failures
• Define the use of Docker and Kubernetes within the solution architecture
• Create and maintain architectural documentation using C4, UML, sequence diagrams, and component diagrams
• Analyze existing banking systems and integrations, identifying constraints and opportunities for improvement
• Assess technical risks and the impact of architectural changes
• Select technologies and architectural patterns based on business requirements and technical constraints
• Make and document architectural decisions, explaining them to technical and business stakeholders
• Guide development teams during implementation and collaborate with analysts, DevOps, and other technical teams

Requirements

• Proven experience independently designing microservice architectures and making architectural decisions
• Experience designing distributed systems with multiple interacting services
• Experience designing REST and/or gRPC APIs and integration solutions
• Hands-on experience with Kafka or other message brokers
• Understanding of event-driven architecture and asynchronous service communication
• Experience designing fault-tolerant, scalable, and high-load systems
• Experience creating architectural documentation using C4, UML, and interaction diagrams
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes at the architectural level
• Understanding of distributed systems security, including OAuth, TLS, authentication, authorization, and access control
• Experience designing banking, payment, fintech, or other systems with strict reliability and data consistency requirements
• Ability to analyze existing architectures and justify technology and design choices
• Strong communication skills and experience collaborating across technical teams
• English level: A2+
• Availability to work on-site at the client’s office in Almaty