22 + years in Java/J2EE/EJB/LAMP/MEAN/SOA/Pythons/React Js/Microservice Architecture /SOA/BPM/BPEL/EIP/EAI/Spring Boot /Spring Cloud /Streaming Platform (Kafka / Samza)/DevOps/Apache Camel/OSB/Mule ESB/NoSQL/Design Patterns/Cloud technology .J2EE web-based/Stand-alone/ Enterprise Application /SOA /Microservice Architecture / Streaming Platform / Middleware integration solutions using open-source frameworks Java/J2EE/LAMP/MEAN/SOA/Pythons/Microservice Architecture /Spring Boot /Spring Cloud /Streaming Platform (Kafka / Samza)/Cloud technology stack/Mule ESB "Innovative Freelance Software Architect | Crafting Solutions for Seamless Digital Experiences" "Experienced Freelance Software Architect | Designing Scalable Solutions for Global Clients" "Freelance Software Architect | Transforming Ideas into Robust, Scalable Systems" "Expert Freelance Architect | Crafting Future-Proof Software Solutions" "Freelance Software Architect | Architecting Agile, Scalable Systems for Businesses" 1. Lead the architecture design and development of microservices-based backend systems to support our applications and services, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability. 2. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including software developers, product managers, and infrastructure specialists, to define technical requirements and architectural guidelines for microservices and API development. 3. Design and implement RESTful APIs / GraphQL endpoints to expose functionality to internal and external consumers, adhering to best practices for API design, versioning, security, and documentation. 4. Define and implement service contracts and interfaces between microservices, facilitating loose coupling and interoperability while ensuring data consistency and integrity. 5. Establish best practices and standards for microservices development, including service decomposition, containerization, orchestration, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. 6. Ensure the security of backend systems and APIs by implementing authentication, authorization, and encryption mechanisms, and enforcing data privacy and compliance requirements. 7. Optimize backend systems for performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency, utilizing caching, asynchronous processing, and horizontal scaling techniques as needed. 8. Conduct code reviews, performance profiling, and system diagnostics to identify and address performance bottlenecks, scalability issues, and reliability concerns. 9. Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in microservices architecture, API design, and backend development, and recommend innovations and improvements to enhance our technical capabilities. 10. Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to development teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.