Job offer: Software Architect (Python)

Executive recruitment company Monroe Consulting Group Philippines is recruiting on behalf of a fast-growing Software Development company headquartered and founded in Switzerland in 1994, with more than 800 employees, highly specialized in IT & software engineering to enable and deliver innovation in process and technology.
Job Summary:
Our respected client is currently looking for highly motivated Software Architect who is passionate about designing scalable, high-performance software solutions using Python. This job is in Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong City but offers a hybrid work arrangement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and define the architecture for large-scale, distributed systems using Python and related frameworks (e.g., Django, Flask, FastAPI).
• Lead technical decision-making processes and provide guidance to development teams on best practices for software design and development.
• Develop and communicate system architecture that meets business needs while ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to ensure the architecture aligns with business goals.
• Evaluate and integrate third-party services, APIs, and libraries to accelerate development and enhance product capabilities.
• Ensure high code quality through code reviews, mentoring, and establishing coding standards.
• Lead the transition of legacy systems into modern, scalable architectures.
• Research and recommend technologies, frameworks, and tools to improve system efficiency.
• Maintain a strong focus on security, performance, and scalability in every aspect of architecture.
• Oversee system monitoring, performance tuning, and operational excellence.
• Champion Agile and DevOps methodologies to improve development efficiency and collaboration.

Key Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Software Architect or similar role in designing and implementing large-scale software systems.
• Extensive experience in Python and related frameworks (FastAPI).
• Strong understanding of architectural patterns such as microservices, event-driven architecture, and serverless computing (AWS Lambda).
• Experience working and designing Graph Databases (specially AWS Neptune using SPARQL), data modeling, and database optimization.
• Experience designing pub/sub architecture and use of these frameworks (e.g. Kafka, Redis, AWS SNS) for timely notification.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms especially AWS.
• Strong understanding and dedication in applying practices that ensures Quality of delivery, SOLID Principles, Unit Testing, Automated testing, Test Driven Development.
• Proficiency with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, ensuring automated tests and traceability.
• Strong understanding of security practices and performance optimization including caching technologies such as (Redis).
• Excellent leadership, communication, and mentorship skills.
• Experience with software development methodologies, particularly Agile.
• Solid experience with version control systems such as Git.

Nice-to-Have:

• Familiarity with data frameworks (e.g. Databricks) or data science libraries (Pandas, NumPy).
• Experience with JSON-Linked Document.
• Experience in Logistics and Aviation industry and highly regulated projects is a plus.\