Technical Architect

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Type: Permanent / Full-Time
Seniority: Senior Technical Leadership

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Technical Architect to lead the design, delivery, and evolution of enterprise-scale digital platforms. The successful candidate will combine deep hands-on engineering expertise with strong architectural leadership to design secure, scalable, cloud-native solutions across modern technology ecosystems.

This role requires an individual who can define architecture strategy, guide engineering teams, engage with senior stakeholders, and ensure the delivery of high-quality technology solutions that support business growth and digital transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Solution & Enterprise Architecture

• Define end-to-end architecture for enterprise applications, platforms, and digital products.
• Produce architecture designs, technical specifications, integration patterns, and non-functional requirements.
• Lead architecture decision-making and establish technical standards across projects.
• Evaluate technology options, vendor solutions, and implementation approaches.
• Balance architecture trade-offs across security, scalability, performance, maintainability, and cost.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, security, and data governance standards.

Technical Leadership

• Provide hands-on technical leadership throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Support engineering teams with solution design, code quality, best practices, and technical problem solving.
• Drive adoption of modern engineering methodologies including Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, Test Automation, and Cloud-Native development.
• Conduct technical reviews, architecture governance, and mentoring activities.
• Lead proof-of-concepts, prototypes, and innovation initiatives.

Delivery & Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Data, Security, and Delivery teams.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Support project estimation, planning, budgeting, and technology roadmaps.
• Communicate architecture strategy and technical decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Act as a trusted advisor for emerging technologies and digital transformation initiatives.

Security & Quality

• Embed Security-by-Design and Privacy-by-Design principles into all solutions.
• Ensure compliance with industry best practices and security frameworks.
• Drive engineering excellence through Clean Code, SOLID principles, test automation, and continuous improvement.

Required Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of software engineering and solution architecture experience.
• Proven track record designing and delivering high-volume, enterprise-grade digital platforms.
• Experience leading architecture and technology delivery across large-scale transformation programs.
• Previous experience working within cloud-native and distributed systems environments.

Preferred Certifications

• TOGAF
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect
• Microsoft Azure Architect Expert
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect

Technical Skills

Development & Integration

• Java (17+), Spring Framework
• Python
• JavaScript / TypeScript
• RESTful APIs
• Microservices Architecture

Data & Messaging

• Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ
• SQL Databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server)
• MongoDB and NoSQL technologies
• Big Data technologies including Databricks, Spark, Flink, NiFi, and Snowflake

Cloud & Infrastructure

• AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Kubernetes and Containers
• Cloud-native architecture patterns
• Hybrid and on-premise deployment models
• Linux and Git

Security

• OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect
• Identity & Access Management (IAM)
• Encryption Standards
• OWASP Top 10
• Threat Modelling

Engineering Practices

• Clean Code / SOLID Principles
• TDD & BDD
• Agile Delivery (Scrum, Kanban, Lean)
• CI/CD Pipelines
• DevOps Best Practices

Desirable Experience

• Large-scale digital transformation programmes.
• AI, Machine Learning, and Generative AI architecture.
• High-volume transaction processing platforms.
• Enterprise integration and event-driven architectures.
• Redis, Cassandra, Neo4j, and advanced data platform technologies.
• Product development, roadmaps, backlog management, and user-centred design.