Associate Software Architect
About the role
The Associate Software Architect at Bridge BSS Talent in Colombo, Sri Lanka, is responsible for providing technical leadership, driving solution design and implementation, and ensuring engineering excellence in delivering scalable, secure, and high-quality software solutions. The role involves collaborating with stakeholders, development teams, architects, and project managers to ensure compliance with enterprise architecture standards, BIAN guidelines, security best practices, and banking industry requirements. Key responsibilities include technical leadership, enforcing architecture principles, API design, technical governance, performance optimization, and ensuring application security and compliance. Candidates should have a strong background in Java, API development, banking architecture, and DevSecOps practices, with a focus on enterprise application development and integration.
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with proven experience in a technical leadership role
- Proven experience leading software engineering teams in enterprise application development
- Strong experience designing enterprise applications, APIs, and microservices
- Strong understanding of BIAN architecture and enterprise integration standards
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, mentoring, and problem-solving skills
Nice to have
- Experience in banking and financial services technology is highly desirable
Technologies
- API Testing
- CI/CD
- Cryptography
- DevSecOps
- ELK Stack
- Java
- JWT
- Microservices
- Observability
- OpenAPI
- OWASP
- PCI DSS
- Performance Testing
- RBAC
- REST
- SDLC
- SonarQube
- Swagger
- Unit Testing
Highlights
This is an onsite role based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, offered as a full-time contract with the possibility of extension. The position requires a bachelor's degree and significant experience (10+ years) in software engineering and technical leadership. Experience in banking and financial services technology is highly desirable.