Senior Software Engineer II - Architecture

Join Razer as a Senior Software Engineer II specializing in Architecture to revolutionize global gaming. You will architect, build, and deploy cloud-native applications, transforming monolithic systems into distributed microservices across multiple regions. This role involves ensuring scalability, security, cost-effectiveness, and maintainability, with a focus on data residency compliance and modern service decomposition. Responsibilities include leading the design of distributed systems, implementing multi-region deployments, defining patterns for traffic routing and failover, and ensuring compliance with regulations like GDPR. You will leverage containerization and Kubernetes, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and mentor engineering teams on architectural best practices. The role requires staying updated with emerging technologies to enhance system design.

Must Have

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field
• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• 3+ years in architecture/tech leadership
• Experience with microservices in cloud (AWS/GCP)
• Experience migrating from monolith to microservices
• Strong understanding of distributed systems
• Knowledge of data residency regulations (GDPR, PDPA)
• Proficient in Docker and Kubernetes
• Expertise in distributed systems design
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement
• Familiarity with Agile/SCRUM

Good to Have

• Familiarity with OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect

Joining Razer will place you on a global mission to revolutionize the way the world games. Razer is a place to do great work, offering you the opportunity to make an impact globally while working across a global team located across 5 continents. Razer is also a great place to work, providing you the unique, gamer-centric #LifeAtRazer experience that will put you in an accelerated growth, both personally and professionally.

Job Responsibilities :

Essential Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of scalable, secure, high-performance, and distributed end-to-end system architectures and robust data synchronization with effective conflict resolution, aligned with business goals and technical standards.
• Architect and drive the transformation of legacy monolithic systems into modular, domain-driven microservices deployed across multiple geographic regions.
• Define and implement patterns for regional service deployment, traffic routing, failover, and disaster recovery to achieve low latency and high availability.
• Design systems that comply with data residency and privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, PDPA) by ensuring user data is stored and processed within designated geographic boundaries.
• Utilize containerization and Kubernetes to support scalable and reproducible deployments in a cloud environment (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Collaborate closely with engineering, security, product, operations, and business stakeholders to ensure the architecture supports both functional and regulatory requirements.
• Define best practices, technical standards, and review processes to ensure consistent and high-quality design and implementation across services and regions.
• Provide architectural guidance, technical leadership, and mentorship to engineering teams to ensure alignment with architectural vision and system goals.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including PD, internal stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Stay current with emerging technologies in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, AI/ML, and web architecture, and evaluate their potential to improve the system design.
• Promote a culture of innovation, technical excellence, and continuous improvement within the architecture and engineering organization.

Pre-Requisites :

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in an architecture or technical leadership role.
• Proven experience in designing and implementing microservices-based architectures in cloud environments (e.g., AWS or GCP).
• Demonstrated experience with migrating from monolithic to microservices architectures, including service decomposition and integration strategy.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, particularly multi-region deployments, including service mesh architectures, traffic routing, global failover strategies, latency optimization, regional scaling, and cross-region consistency.
• Solid knowledge of data residency and data sovereignty requirements (e.g., GDPR, PDPA, CCPA), and experience designing systems that comply with such regulations.
• Proficient in cloud-native technologies, including containers (Docker), Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong expertise in distributed systems design, CAP theorem trade-offs, event-driven architecture, and eventual consistency models.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to align technical design with business objectives.
• Ability to produce high-quality architectural documentation, including system diagrams, data flows, and decision records.
• Familiarity with OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect (OIDC) is a plus.
• Strong understanding of software development principles such as Agile and SCRUM.

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