Senior Architect
ASSA ABLOY2 months ago
Chennai, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define end-to-end architecture for cloud-native and AI-enabled enterprise applications.
- Create and maintain solution architecture documents, component diagrams, data flows, integration designs, and architecture decision records.
- Ensure solutions meet security, privacy, performance, availability, observability, compliance, and cost requirements.
- Translate business requirements into secure, scalable, resilient, and maintainable solution designs.
- Design AI solutions using Large Language Models, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, semantic search, vector databases, and agentic workflows.
- Evaluate cloud services, AI models, platforms, frameworks, and integration approaches while documenting decisions and trade-offs.
- Lead architecture reviews and provide technical direction to engineering, cloud, security, data, and product teams.
- Establish reusable architecture patterns, standards, guardrails, and best practices for cloud and responsible AI adoption.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in software engineering or application delivery, including significant experience as a Solution Architect or Technical Architect.
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is required; a graduate degree is preferred.
- Strong experience designing secure, scalable, resilient, and highly available cloud-native applications, preferably on AWS.
- Understanding of Generative AI concepts including Large Language Models, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, embeddings, vector databases, semantic search, and AI agents.
- Experience defining architectures for microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, enterprise integrations, and SaaS applications.
- Working knowledge of Java and Python, with the ability to review technical designs and guide engineering teams.
- Understanding of cloud security, identity and access management, data privacy, observability, performance, and cost optimization.
- Experience creating architecture diagrams, solution design documents, technology evaluations, and architecture decision records.
- Experience building Cloud Native Applications and developing applications using one or more technology stacks.
- Hands-on understanding of scalability, security, high availability, operational requirements, and the full product lifecycle.
- Strong communication, stakeholder-management, technical leadership, and presentation skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement in Chennai, India.
- Flexible work arrangements, including potential job sharing or part-time options.
- Global team environment with learning, training, feedback, and development opportunities.
- Opportunity to work on innovation, cloud-native applications, Generative AI, and responsible AI adoption.
- Inclusive equal-opportunity workplace with international career-growth opportunities.
About ASSA ABLOY
ASSA ABLOY builds physical and digital access solutions, including locks, door closers and automatics, access control systems, mobile keys, and secure identity products. It sells hardware, software, and services to commercial, institutional, and residential customers through distributors, integrators, and OEM partners. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Stockholm, the public company (Nasdaq Stockholm) operates in 70+ countries and owns brands such as Yale and HID Global.