Overview
Principal Architect - Digital Platform
Overview
Catalyst Brands is accelerating its digital transformation and seeks a Principal Architect to lead the strategy&comma architecture&comma and evolution of its digital platform ecosystem. This role combines platform architecture&comma performance strategy and design&comma DevOps transformation&comma and AI innovation to build scalable&comma secure&comma and intelligent multi-tenant platforms that leverage AI for automation&comma observability&comma and optimization. Reporting to the Distinguished Architect&comma this leader provides architectural direction across Catalyst Brands for digital commerce platform.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and evolve the digital platform architecture aligned with business goals.
- Architect multi-tenant, cloud native, API first, and event driven platforms for scalability and resilience.
- Lead DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices integrating automation, observability, and security.
- Establish frameworks for AI driven insights, predictive analytics, and operational intelligence.
- Define performance strategy and design principles ensuring scalability, reliability, and efficiency.
- Oversee networking architecture including VPC design, service mesh, routing, and secure connectivity across hybrid environments.
- Collaborate with product, engineering, and security teams to align architecture goals and standards.
- Provide thought leadership on site reliability, optimization, and cost efficiency.
- Mentor technical architects and engineers to foster innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence.
Success Metrics
- Measurable improvements in scalability, reliability, and platform performance.
- Increased automation, observability, and AI enabled operational intelligence.
- Standardized architectural patterns drive consistency, efficiency, and resilience.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field
- Fifteen or more years of experience in software, cloud, or platform architecture leadership roles.
- Expertise in multi-tenant, distributed, microservices based systems on AWS, experience in Azure or GCP valued.
- Strong proficiency in Kubernetes, containers, networking (VPCs, service mesh, load balancing), Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD.
- Proven experience designing and governing high performance, high traffic digital platforms.
- Experience with AI, machine learning, and automation for intelligent operations and observability.
- Familiarity with cloud networking, security, and cost optimization best practices.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional certification preferred.
About The Role
This is a high impact leadership opportunity for a visionary architect defining the next generation of Catalyst Brands digital platform. The Principal Architect will play a pivotal role in shaping Catalyst Brands digital future&comma delivering secure&comma scalable&comma multi-tenant&comma and AI powered systems that enable growth&comma innovation&comma and exceptional customer experiences.
Pay Range
INR ₹2,520,000.00 - INR ₹5,260,000.00 /Yr.
