Principal Architect

1 day ago

Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

Define and drive the target-state architecture and phased roadmap for LeadSquared’s core platform.
Establish architectural principles, standards, guardrails, and governance across services, APIs, data, and integration layers.
Evaluate technologies, platforms, patterns, build-versus-buy decisions, consolidation, and modernization options.
Lead resolution of complex platform challenges involving scale, reliability, data consistency, security, and infrastructure cost.
Partner with the CTO, engineering, product, business, and customer stakeholders on technical and business alignment.
Prototype, review designs and code, and remain hands-on with the platform’s hardest technical problems.
Mentor senior engineers, tech leads, and architects and create scalable coaching, knowledge-sharing, and technical growth mechanisms.

14–20 years of overall software engineering experience with a significant and recent track record in architecture and technical leadership.
Experience owning target-state or reference architecture for a large-scale, complex, multi-tenant SaaS platform.
Strong hands-on experience with modern technology stacks, cloud-native services, microservices, and distributed systems.
Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL database technologies and system-design trade-offs at scale.
Working knowledge of AWS, Azure, or GCP and cloud-native architecture practices.
Familiarity with AI/ML and agentic architecture patterns such as RAG, LLM orchestration, and vector search is preferred.
Demonstrated ability to mentor and influence senior engineers and architects without formal reporting authority.
Strong communication, stakeholder-management, coaching, and technical-culture-building skills.

High-ownership, high-visibility role reporting directly to the CTO with freedom to set technical direction.
Opportunity to shape the architecture of a global SaaS platform used by thousands of enterprises and build a lasting technical legacy.
Competitive compensation.