Enterprise Application Architect

Company Name: Tenece Professional Services Limited

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Application Architect to lead the design and development of scalable, robust, and secure applications. The ideal candidate will bring deep technical expertise, strong leadership, and a passion for software design patterns, cloud-native architecture, and application lifecycle management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design end-to-end architecture for web and mobile applications, ensuring scalability, performance, and security.
• Translate business requirements into well-architected solutions.
• Create and maintain architecture documentation, including diagrams, data flows, and integration points.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams — developers, DevOps, product managers, QA — to guide application development and deployment.
• Evaluate and recommend frameworks, platforms, APIs, and tools.
• Oversee code quality and adherence to architectural standards and best practices.
• Drive adoption of modern architectural principles like microservices, serverless, and event-driven design.
• Support cloud-native application strategies (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Conduct architectural reviews and provide mentorship to developers.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in software/application development.
• 3+ years in an architect or senior engineering role.
• Expertise in modern programming languages and frameworks (e.g., Java, .NET, Node.js, Python, Angular, React).
• Strong experience with RESTful APIs, microservices architecture, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Solid understanding of CI/CD, DevOps, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC).
• Experience with databases (SQL, NoSQL) and integration patterns.
• Excellent problem-solving, leadership, and communication skills.

Job Type: Contract
Contract length: 12 months

Location: Lagos

Job Posted: 22nd May 2025