Technical Architect

We currently have a career opportunity for an Technical Architect to join our team to lead the design, development, and implementation of scalable, cloud-native enterprise solutions. This role combines strategic architectural leadership with hands-on technical expertise and requires a professional capable of defining technical direction, establishing engineering standards, and guiding development teams throughout the entire software development lifecycle. The ideal candidate will work closely with product owners, business stakeholders, architects, and engineering teams to design innovative solutions that meet business objectives while ensuring security, scalability, reliability, and maintainability.

In addition to owning the overall solution architecture, the candidate will actively support feature development, mentor developers, review technical designs, drive best practices, and contribute to the successful delivery of modern distributed applications built on Microsoft Azure. Strong experience with enterprise architecture patterns, microservices, API-driven ecosystems, cloud-native development, and modern software engineering practices is essential. The Technical Architect will also be responsible for evaluating technology choices, addressing technical risks, optimizing system performance, and ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and long-term technology roadmaps.

Perficient is always looking for the best and brightest talent and we need you! We’re a quickly-growing, global digital consulting leader, and we’re transforming the world’s largest enterprises and biggest brands. You’ll work with the latest technologies, expand your skills, and become a part of our global community of talented, diverse, and knowledgeable colleagues

• Lead the architectural design and technical strategy for enterprise applications and cloud-native solutions.
• Define and maintain application architecture, technical standards, and development best practices.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams.
• Participate in feature design and development activities when required.
• Design and implement cloud-native applications leveraging Microsoft Azure services.
• Define and govern microservices architectures and distributed systems.
• Design secure, scalable, and reusable APIs.
• Conduct architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical assessments.
• Drive application modernization and cloud transformation initiatives.
• Support performance optimization, security compliance, and operational excellence.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices across the organization.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and cross-functional teams to ensure successful project delivery.

• Minimum 10 years of programming experience with C#/.Net
• At least 5 years of experience in Architectural Design
• Strong expertise in TypeScript
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure
• Deep knowledge of Cloud-Native Development
• Experience designing and implementing Microservices Architecture
• Strong understanding of API Design and Integration Patterns
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks and design patterns
• Experience with scalable, distributed, and event-driven systems
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Experience leading technical teams and influencing architectural decisions
• Ability to balance strategic architecture responsibilities with hands-on technical contributions
• Secondary Skill: Feature Development

The salary range for this position takes into consideration a variety of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, level of experience, applicable office location, training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The new hire salary range displays the minimum and maximum salary targets for this position across all US locations, and the range has not been adjusted for any specific state differentials. It is not typical for a candidate to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the unique facts and circumstances regarding each candidate. A reasonable estimate of the current salary range for this position is $81,978 to $178,090. Please note that the salary range posted reflects the base salary only and does not include benefits or any potential equity or variable bonus programs. Information regarding the benefits available for this position are in our benefits overview.

Perficient, Inc. proudly provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Perficient, Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Perficient, Inc. expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or covered veterans. Improper interference with the ability of Perficient, Inc. employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

Disability Accommodations:

Perficient is committed to providing a barrier-free employment process with reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact us.

Disclaimer: The above statements are not intended to be a complete statement of job content, rather to act as a guide to the essential functions performed by the employee assigned to this classification. Management retains the discretion to add or change the duties of the position at any time.

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