Associate Principal Engineer (Cloud Architecture)

Requirements

• Experience : 9 years
• Extensive experience in solution and cloud architecture with expert-level knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Strong hands-on knowledge of GCP services including Cloud Run Cloud SQL BigQuery Pub/Sub and API Gateway.
• Strong Python programming and backend solution design capabilities.
• Strong expertise in data modeling including entity relationships data structures business rules and calculation-engine design.
• Strong understanding of enterprise integration patterns API architecture and bi-directional data integration.
• Experience designing REST and GraphQL APIs including interface contracts error handling security and performance considerations.
• Experience with frontend architecture using React AG Grid or similar grid-based application frameworks.
• Strong understanding of RBAC Azure Active Directory SSO and enterprise identity and access management integration patterns.
• Experience designing scalable maintainable and secure cloud-native applications and distributed systems.
• Proven ability to establish CI/CD pipelines engineering standards and structured code review practices.
• Experience reviewing and validating AI- or Copilot-generated code within a specification-driven development approach.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex integration issues and lead defect resolution during SIT and other testing phases.
• Strong technical leadership architectural decision-making problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience migrating legacy Excel VBA or Power Apps solutions to cloud-native platforms is an advantage.
• Exposure to BTDP integration BigQuery reporting architecture and GitHub Copilot development practices is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the target technical architecture for replacing the legacy Excel and Power Apps stack with a scalable cloud-native solution on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Design cloud architecture using GCP services including Cloud Run Cloud SQL BigQuery Pub/Sub and API Gateway.
• Establish the overall solution architecture technical standards design principles and implementation roadmap aligned with business and functional requirements.
• Design and implement robust data models including entities relationships calculation hierarchies and business logic to replace scattered Excel-based data structures.
• Define integration patterns and API architecture to enable seamless communication between frontend applications backend services and enterprise systems.
• Drive frontend architecture decisions for grid-first applications using React AG Grid or similar frameworks.
• Design and oversee bi-directional BTDP integration ensuring reliable data exchange and consistency across systems.
• Define secure authentication and authorization mechanisms including role-based access control (RBAC) Azure Active Directory and single sign-on (SSO) integration.
• Lead backend architecture and development practices using Python ensuring scalability maintainability performance and reliability.
• Establish API design standards using REST and GraphQL along with appropriate error handling validation and security controls.
• Review AI- and Copilot-generated code to ensure correctness maintainability security and compliance with specifications and architectural standards.
• Define and enforce spec-driven development practices code review guidelines CI/CD pipeline design and engineering quality standards.
• Lead the identification and resolution of integration defects during System Integration Testing (SIT).
• Collaborate with engineering teams business stakeholders and other architects to translate requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Ensure architecture decisions support future scalability reporting requirements operational efficiency and cloud-native best practices.

Qualifications :

Bachelors or masters degree in computer science Information Technology or a related field.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time