We are looking for a Solution Architect to act as the technical authority across a portfolio of digital products on a shared TypeScript/Node.js stack and AWS. You will guide architecture governance, security remediation, and resilience hardening while aligning engineering and stakeholders on technical direction. Apply to help shape scalable, secure systems.
Responsibilities
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Assess and document current architecture across the product portfolio, highlighting risks and improvement opportunities
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Validate architecture decisions from delivery pods to ensure consistency with shared standards
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Own and drive the security remediation backlog across services and platforms
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Lead resilience hardening by defining and validating reliability patterns and operational safeguards
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Drive cloud account separation and restrict non-production environment access
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Provide technical oversight for infrastructure-as-code practices and consolidation across pods
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Guide platform initiatives such as pipeline security scanning and operational metrics foundations
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Advise on event streaming reliability patterns for Kafka-based consumer services
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Run architecture walkthroughs during onboarding and act as the primary technical escalation point
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Communicate architecture trade-offs clearly to engineers and stakeholders
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Contribute to engineering standards, ADRs, and runbook documentation
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Mentor pod leads on architecture decision-making and technical risk assessment
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Apply AI coding assistants for architecture spikes and security pattern implementation while reviewing outputs for fit and safety
Requirements
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3+ years of solution architecture experience across distributed systems
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Strong stakeholder leadership skills to align engineering and non-technical partners on trade-offs
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Proven project ownership experience driving cross-team initiatives and technical governance
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Strong cloud architecture skills with Amazon Web Services
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Strong content platform skills with Content Management Systems
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Strong security engineering skills covering authentication, authorization, secrets, and vulnerability remediation
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Strong resilience engineering skills using retries, circuit breakers, DLQs, and dependency health checks
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Strong infrastructure-as-code skills to review and guide portfolio-wide standards
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Strong event-driven architecture skills for streaming and consumer reliability patterns
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Strong written communication skills for ADRs, standards, and runbooks
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Ability to use AI coding assistants for spike work and evaluate generated code for correctness and security
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Advanced proficiency in English (B2+/C1)
Nice to have
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Hands-on experience with Terraform for multi-account cloud setups
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Experience with AWS services such as ECS, Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB, and Secrets Manager
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Experience designing systems that include AI/ML components or LLM-based workflows
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Experience with observability tooling such as Datadog
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Experience with Kafka platforms such as Confluent Kafka
We offer
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International projects with top brands
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Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
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Healthcare benefits
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Employee financial programs
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Paid time off and sick leave
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Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses
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Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses
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Global career opportunities
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Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
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EPAM Employee Groups
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Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn
