About The Role
We are looking for a Principal Platform Architect to join us in Bengaluru. This is a hands-on technical role where you will help build and shape the architecture capability for our Spire product.
You will be as comfortable writing code and building infrastructure as you are setting architectural direction. The ideal profile is someone who has grown from a software engineering background into architecture, and who still wants to be hands on technically. You will guide architectural standards, support modernisation initiatives and ensure our platform remains modular, scalable and aligned with long-term business strategy.
What You'll Do
- Shape the architectural roadmap for the Spire platform while contributing to the broader direction of our product ecosystem
- Define and embed platform-wide architecture principles across engineering, product and infrastructure teams
- Design modular, component-based architectures that support multi-tenant SaaS and hybrid deployment models
- Lead strategies to decompose monolithic systems into scalable, versioned and maintainable components
- Analyse distributed systems to identify bottlenecks and implement patterns that improve resilience, availability and latency
- Provide architectural leadership for cloud infrastructure on AWS, including cloud migration, platform consolidation and modernisation programmes
- Assess acquired technologies and define integration approaches aligned with long-term platform strategy
- Evaluate build versus buy decisions and identify opportunities to simplify and rationalise the technology landscape
- Establish consistent integration patterns across APIs, event-driven messaging (Kafka, Pub/Sub) and third-party connectivity
- Promote strong data architecture practices including schema design, ownership models and data consistency strategies
- Produce clear architecture documentation, diagrams and decision records for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Conduct design and code reviews to ensure alignment with architectural standards and engineering quality
- Influence technical decision-making across the SDLC through collaboration with cross-functional teams
- Ensure architecture incorporates security, privacy and regulatory requirements relevant to our platform
- Guide the adoption of containerisation, Kubernetes orchestration, infrastructure as code (Terraform) and progressive deployment strategies
- Support platform designs that operate reliably across AWS cloud-native, on-premise and hosted environments
- Drive cost-conscious architectural decisions aligned with a delivery-focused environment
What We're Looking For
- 10+ years of engineering and architecture experience, with a background as a hands-on developer or engineer who has grown into an architecture role
- Deep understanding of modular architecture, service decomposition and versioning strategies in complex environments
- Strong expertise in API design, event-driven architecture (Kafka, Pub/Sub) and system interoperability across distributed platforms
- Proven experience diagnosing and resolving performance challenges in high-scale distributed systems
- Hands-on knowledge of containerisation technologies, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (Terraform)
- Solid understanding of enterprise data architecture, including schema evolution and data lineage
- Strong cloud infrastructure experience, ideally with AWS, and a track record of delivering cloud migration or modernisation programmes within constrained or legacy environments
- Ability to influence technical direction across multiple teams without direct reporting authority
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders
- Familiarity with security, privacy and compliance considerations in SaaS platform design
- Commercial awareness with the ability to balance scalability, performance and cost efficiency
- Collaborative mindset with strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities
Why EquiLend
- Be recognised for your contribution through a discretionary annual cash bonus, linked to individual and company performance.
- Work flexibly with up to 100 remote working days per year.
- Take time to recharge with generous annual leave, plus public holidays.
- Access comprehensive health insurance for you and your dependents from your first day.
- Receive personal accident insurance from the start of your employment.
- Connect with colleagues at an annual company-sponsored team retreat, hosted at a new location each year.
- If relocating from more than 40 miles away, receive hotel accommodation and travel ticket reimbursement.
About EquiLend
EquiLend is a global financial technology firm at the center of the securities finance industry. Since 2001, we have built the infrastructure that financial institutions rely on to trade, manage, and report. This includes products such as our NGT trading platform, Post Trade Suite, DataLend market intelligence, RegTech solutions, and EquiLend Clearing Services.
We operate across North America, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific, working with banks, broker dealers, asset managers, and custodians to bring greater efficiency, transparency, and automation to the securities finance lifecycle. Our teams combine deep market expertise with a focus on building technology that works at scale, under real-world conditions, for some of the world's most demanding financial institutions.
EquiLend is Great Place to Work Certified™ in the U.S., UK, Ireland, and India, and has been recognized as Global Data Provider of the Year and Regulatory Solution of the Year at the Securities Finance Times Industry Excellence Awards 2025.
Diversity & Inclusion
We know that the best solutions come from teams that bring different perspectives, backgrounds, and ways of thinking to the table. At EquiLend, we are committed to building a workplace where everyone feels they belong and aim to reflect this in how we hire, develop, and support our people.
We are actively working to ensure our teams are as diverse as the global markets and clients we serve. That means creating an environment where different viewpoints are sought out and where people can do their best work regardless of background.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to make it happen.
