Microservices Architect
Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Fri, May 29, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days
Job Summary
Seeking a skilled Microservices Architect for a full-time remote position, responsible for leading the design and evolution of large-scale microservices ecosystems, establishing architecture standards, and modernizing legacy systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Define microservices architecture standards and service decomposition strategies aligned with domain-driven design principles
- Lead the modernization of legacy monoliths into independently deployable services with clear ownership
- Design service communication patterns and establish API contracts, schema governance, and versioning strategies
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
- Eight or more years of software engineering experience, including architecture roles
- Deep expertise in microservices design and distributed systems patterns
- Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration technologies
- Proficiency in at least one major backend language such as Java, Go, or C#
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