This role is responsible for leading the architecture of back end services and server side systems. The architect defines standards for service design, microservices, data modelling, and security. The role requires broad architectural understanding across multiple disciplines alongside deep expertise in building and scaling back end services.
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Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (on-site). Alternative locations: Jordan, Lebanon, UAE, Egypt — with regular travel to Riyadh required.
Key Responsibilities
- Define back end service architecture strategy aligned with organisational goals
- Design scalable, secure, and maintainable server side systems
- Architect microservices and distributed systems
- Establish service design conventions, patterns, and best practices
- Lead technical design reviews and key architectural decisions for services
- Define data models, schemas, and database strategies
- Implement authentication, authorisation, and data protection practices
- Define monitoring, logging, and error handling strategies for services
- Optimise system performance, reliability, and scalability
- Mentor engineering teams and support capability development
- Conduct code reviews and provide technical guidance
- Produce and maintain architectural documentation and system diagrams
- Evaluate back end frameworks and emerging technologies
- Manage technical debt and lead refactoring initiatives
- Present architectural decisions to senior stakeholders
Expected Outcomes
- A coherent and consistent service ecosystem with clear ownership boundaries
- Improved reliability, resilience, and observability in back end services
- Reduced complexity through well designed service architectures
- Adoption of consistent service design patterns across teams
Technical Skills
- Core technologies: NodeJS, Adobe Experience Manager
- Architecture and design: Microservices architecture, domain driven design, service decomposition patterns, SQL and NoSQL database design
- Security and performance: Authentication and authorisation patterns including OAuth and JWT, data encryption and secure data handling, caching and performance optimisation techniques, resilience and fault tolerance patterns
Competencies
Strong understanding of distributed systems, deep experience with data modelling and optimisation, strategic architectural planning, clear and structured communication, mentorship and technical leadership, effective stakeholder engagement.
