Architect FullStack

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they are doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. Job Description About Fractal: Fractal Analytics is a strategic AI partner to Fortune 500 companies with a vision to power every human decision in the enterprise. Fractal is building a world where individual choices, freedom, and diversity are the greatest assets. An ecosystem where human imagination is at the heart of every decision. Where no possibility is written off, only challenged to get better. We believe that a true Fractalite is one who empowers imagination with intelligence. And that it will be such Fractalites that will continue to build the company for the next 100 years. Job Description: Define scalable application, API, and cloud infrastructure designs; set technical standards; and guide a cross-functional team through an initial architecture sprint to validate approach and delivery. Responsibilities: - Own solution architecture across frontend, backend, data, and cloud infrastructure. - Translate retail needs (catalog, pricing, inventory, orders, payments, promotions, loyalty, search) into modular designs. - Define API strategy and standards (REST/GraphQL, versioning, auth, SLAs, documentation). - Produce reference architecture, ADRs, HLD/LLD, and target-state roadmaps. - Establish CI/CD, IaC, observability, security, and cost optimization practices. - Lead discovery, spikes, and a vertical-slice POC. - Conduct architecture/code reviews; mentor engineers; partner with Product/UX. - Ensure resilience and compliance (PCI considerations, backups/DR, multi-region). Must-Have Skills: - Full-stack architecture with hands-on execution. - Python and Django (including Django REST Framework). - API design and implementation (REST/GraphQL, OpenAPI, OAuth2/OIDC). - Application architecture: modular monoliths/microservices, event-driven patterns, caching, messaging. - Infrastructure design: AWS/Azure/GCP, Docker/Kubernetes, Terraform/CloudFormation, CI/CD. - Databases: PostgreSQL/MySQL, Redis; strong schema design and performance tuning. - Observability: logging, metrics, tracing (e.g., ELK/OpenSearch, Prometheus/Grafana). - Security: secure coding, secrets management, encryption, threat modeling, compliance awareness. - Performance, scalability, and cost optimization for retail workloads. Qualification: - 8–12+ years in software engineering; 3+ years as a solution/enterprise architect. - Delivered high-scale, high-availability platforms and APIs. - Led cross-functional teams; influenced standards and roadmaps. - Retail/e-commerce domain experience preferred (orders, payments, catalog, OMS). Nice-to-Have: - Frontend frameworks (React/Vue/Angular) and admin tooling. - Mobile/web app patterns (React Native/Flutter). - Messaging (Kafka/RabbitMQ/SQS), event sourcing, CQRS. - Search (Elasticsearch/OpenSearch), recommendations/ML integration. - Multi-tenant design, multi-region deployments, edge/CDN strategies. Education: B.E/B.Tech/M.Tech in Computer Science or related technical degree OR Equivalent If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us! Not the right fit?  Let us know you're interested in a future opportunity by clicking   Introduce Yourself   in the top-right corner of the page or create an account to set up email alerts as new job postings become available that meet your interest!