Staff Software Architect

Chennai - India

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Position Profile - Staff Software Architect

Title: Staff Software Architect

Location: Chennai India

Department: Business Systems

Job Purpose

As a Staff Software Architect you will be responsible for architecting and designing cutting edge enterprise backend services responsible for digital transformation within Trimble. This role is ideal for someone passionate about building highly scalable cloud native backend services that provides a transformative customer experience.

Main Responsibilities

Architecture Strategy: Lead the design of complex multi-region and highly available distributed systems. Author documentation to standardize how we use AWS/Azure components.
Technical Governance: Spearhead Architectural Reviews. Review high-stakes designs from various pods to ensure alignment with global reliability and security standards.
Cloud Economics (FinOps): Partner with Finance and Engineering leadership to manage cloud budget implementing automated cost-control measures and attribution models.
Platform Evolution: Lead the transition toward Serverless / Kubernetes / Internal Developer Platforms to abstract away infrastructure complexity for product development teams
Mentorship & Influence: You dont manage people but you manage outcomes. You will be fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.

Qualifications & Experience

Experience: 10 years in software engineering or systems architecture with at least 5 years focused on large-scale cloud environments.
Expertise: Deep under-the-hood knowledge of cloud primitives (Networking IAM Storage Compute) and orchestration (Kubernetes Nomad) event-driven patterns (Kafka).
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Mastery of Terraform Pulumi or CloudFormation at an enterprise scale (modular design state management and CI/CD integration).
Communication: Proven ability to translate complex technical debt into business risk for non-technical stakeholders.

Skill Set

Good understanding of cloud native backend services and their operating systems principles design and architecture
Proficiency in the following areas
- Backend development
- OOAD and Design Patterns
- Java / Python / .NET / Go - any of these programming languages
- Proficient knowledge in any of cloud providers like AWS / Azure / GCP
Exposure to building API based cloud services / applications is preferred.
Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
Must have architected at least 3 large enterprise-level implementations or 4 to 6 projects using these technologies.
Must have served in an organization where agile practices are in use.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Upbeat highly motivated and a self-starter

Good to have

Knowledge and exposure to front-end frameworks like React
Active contributions to Open Source cloud-native projects.
Deep understanding of Compliance Frameworks (SOC2 HIPAA PCI-DSS) within cloud environments
Certification/Experience in AWS/Azure cloud resources

Supervisory Responsibility

Nil.

Reporting To

Engineering Manager and above.

About Business Systems Group

The vision of the Business Systems group is to deliver modernized and innovative system solutions and processes that drive business productivity provide exceptional customer/user experience support revenue growth and help manage accounting / compliance risk for Trimble.

About Trimble India

Trimble India is a subsidiary of Trimble Inc. a global leader in providing technology solutions for industries such as construction agriculture geospatial and transportation. With a strong presence in India Trimble offers a wide range of innovative products and services to enhance efficiency productivity and sustainability.

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Position Profile - Staff Software ArchitectTitle: Staff Software ArchitectLocation: Chennai IndiaDepartment: Business SystemsJob PurposeAs a Staff Software Architect you will be responsible for architecting and designing cutting edge enterprise backend services responsible for digital transformation...