Associate Architect

Job DescriptionJob Title: Associate ArchitectDepartment:EngineeringReports to:Engineering Manager / Engineering DirectorLocation: Bangalore IndiaJOB SUMMARYWe are looking for a highly skilled hands-on Associate Architect to drive technical excellence across the organization while leading and mentoring engineering teams. You will own end-to-end architecture and delivery for key services influence technical direction and partner closely with Product DevOps and QA to ship scalable secure and reliable RESPONSIBILITIESTechnical Leadership & ArchitectureOwn and drive end-to-end solution architecturefrom design and implementation through production deployment and ongoing evolutionTranslate business requirements into scalable secure and high-performance designs (trade-offs risks and estimates clearly articulated)Lead technical discoveries and solve complex engineering problems across services data and integrationsDefine and enforce architecture standards design patterns coding guidelines and engineering guardrails (reviews checklists)Ensure systems meet quality attributes: scalability resilience maintainability performance and securityDrive adoption of modern engineering practices (cloud-native DevSecOps automation observability) and continuous improvementTeam Leadership & Delivery ManagementLead and mentor engineers setting clear technical direction raising the bar on design/code quality and enabling career growthCoordinate with Product DevOps/SRE QA and Security to plan and execute delivery (milestones dependencies and risk management)Run/participate in design reviews drive alignment across teams and communicate trade-offs and decisions to stakeholdersRemain hands-on: contribute to design and implementation unblock the team and take ownership of critical QUALIFICATIONS8 years of professional software development experienceProven ability to lead a small team/squad or act as a technical leaddriving design reviews code reviews and delivery executionStrong communication skills to align stakeholders document decisions and influence technical direction across teamsStrong expertise CoreExperience in in microservices architecture and distributed systemsStrong understanding of RESTful APIs and event-driven architecturesHands-on experience with Docker Kubernetes and HelmFamiliarity with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab preferred) and AWSPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSExperience with message brokers such as RabbitMQ or KafkaKnowledge of observability tools (logging monitoring tracing)Exposure to domain-driven design (DDD)Basic understanding of AI concepts and ability to evaluate AI-driven solutionsThe above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time as needed.