Principal Architect (India)

Principal Architect (India)

India (Remote)

Full-Time

Responsibilities

Own and drive end-to-end system architecture across multiple products and platforms

Define architectural standards, best practices, and long-term technical vision

Design scalable, secure, and highly available systems

Review and guide complex system designs and critical code paths

Partner with engineering leadership on roadmap planning and technical decisions

Mentor senior engineers, tech leads, and architects

Evaluate and adopt new technologies, frameworks, and architectural patterns

Ensure non-functional requirements such as performance, security, and reliability are met

Act as the final technical escalation point for architecture-level challenges

Drive platform and product architecture strategy

Drive engineering consistency and technical excellence

Drive long-term scalability and resilience

Drive technology evolution and innovation

Requirements

15+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture roles

Strong expertise in system design and distributed architectures

Hands-on experience across modern backend technologies

Proven experience designing and scaling enterprise-grade platforms

Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures

Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills

Ability to influence and align multiple engineering teams

High-impact, org-wide architectural ownership

Balance of strategy and hands-on influence

Opportunity to shape platforms at scale

Mandatory Skills

System design

Distributed architectures

Backend technologies

Enterprise-grade platform design and scaling

Cloud-native architectures

Problem-solving

Decision-making

Influencing engineering teams

Desirable Skills

Polyglot engineering

Microservices

Event-driven systems

APIs

GenAI / ML system architecture

Legacy system modernization

Stakeholder communication

Leadership communication

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field