Performance Software Architect

We are looking for a motivated Data Architectwilling to operate in production support. If you like to dig into complex systems and are great at troubleshooting, you are exactly who we're looking for. Why Join Exadel We’re an AI-first global tech company with 25+ years of engineering leadership, 2,000+ team members, and 500+ active projects powering Fortune 500 clients, including HBO, Microsoft, Google, and Starbucks. From AI platforms to digital transformation, we partner with enterprise leaders to build what’s next. What powers it all? Our people are ambitious, collaborative, and constantly evolving. About the Client Our client is one of the Big Four accounting firms and the world’s largest professional services network. Headquartered in London, they operate in 150+ countries with 460,000+ professionals delivering excellence in audit, tax, consulting, and advisory. SQL Server, Data architecture and modeling, Azure data solutions (synapse, integration pipelines, data lakes), C#. .NET & .NET Core, VSTS/Azure DevOps, Power BI, container-hosted solutions What You’ll Do Architect and implement highly scalable microservices using Azure-native services (e.g., Azure Service Bus, Event Hubs, Cosmos DB, Azure SQL, Azure API Management) Apply distributed systems principles including partitioning, consistent hashing, and CAP theorem tradeoffs to build resilient, highly available systems Design real-time dashboards and analytics pipelines to deliver up-to-the-moment insight across transactional and operational layers Lead adoption of CQRS, SAGA, and event sourcing patterns to manage state, support message reprocessing, and achieve consistency across bounded contexts Engineer service-to-service communication patterns with guarantees for exactly-once delivery, retry logic, dead-letter queues, and telemetry, ensuring end-to-end observability. Strategically separate write-heavy and read-heavy flows through API gateways and asynchronous processing backed by stream and cache layering Guide teams on when to choose NoSQL vs. relational DBMS based on access patterns, consistency requirements, and schema volatility Scale SQL-based systems using techniques such as read replicas, columnstore indexing, sharding, and connection pooling Mentor engineering teams, conduct code and design reviews, and ensure high standards across architecture, code, and operations What You Bring 8+ years of technology background in enterprises or web-scale product companies 4+ years of hands-on experience in database, data lake design, architectures, modeling, and cloud computing design, implementation, and/or support Proven hands-on experience delivering enterprise systems on the Microsoft stack: .NET Core, Azure, Azure Service Bus, AKS, Azure DevOps, Azure Functions Exposure to Azure data solutions like Azure Synapse and Data Lake Deep understanding of distributed state, consistency models (eventual, strong, session), and real-world latency/failure tradeoffs Demonstrated ability to implement scalable real-time systems and dashboards with production-grade performance Strong grasp of messaging systems, caching strategies, and hybrid consistency architectures Ability to make design decisions grounded in system internals - not just GUI-level configuration Understanding of Object-Oriented Concepts Experience in troubleshooting and solutioning issues related to performance in scenarios with extremely large datasets Experience in troubleshooting and solutioning issues related to data integrity across services with extremely high number of transactions Comprehensive understanding and/or experience with monitoring and reporting capabilities on Azure cloud Ability to communicate clearly with US counterparts Advanced Legal & Hiring Information Exadel is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to inclusion across minority, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, and more Reasonable accommodations are available to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions Please note: this job description is not exhaustive. Duties and responsibilities may evolve based on business needs We lead with trust, respect, and purpose. We believe in open dialogue, creative freedom, and mentorship that helps you grow, lead, and make a real difference. Ours is a culture where ideas are challenged, voices are heard, and your impact matters. Apply for this job * indicates a required field First Name * Last Name * Email * Phone Resume/CV Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf #J-18808-Ljbffr