Principal Architect

Job Title:

Principal Architect / Scalability Lead

Location:

Gurgaon (Hybrid)

Experience:

8–15 Years

Employment Type:

Full-Time

Role Overview
We are looking for a highly experienced  Principal Architect / Scalability Lead  to design and scale cloud-native products from MVP to full enterprise deployment. This role requires a hands-on technical leader who can architect resilient, high-performance distributed systems while ensuring exceptional end-user experience and business scalability.
You will play a strategic role in defining architecture standards, scalability roadmaps, and engineering best practices while collaborating closely with Product, Business, and Engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Scalability Leadership
Architect scalable, resilient, and high-performance cloud-native systems.
Design distributed systems capable of supporting  100K+ users  with strong availability and reliability metrics.
Lead architecture from MVP stage to enterprise-grade deployment.
Translate business and consumer requirements into robust technical blueprints.
Drive scalability planning, performance engineering, and system optimization.
End-to-End Ownership
Own complete SDLC visibility from discovery and requirement analysis to release, monitoring, and optimization.
Establish best practices for:
Microservices architecture
Distributed systems design
Observability & monitoring
Dev Sec Ops  implementation
Ensure high system uptime, performance, and cost efficiency.
☁ Cloud & Infrastructure
Design and implement scalable systems on  AWS / Azure / GCP .
Lead containerization strategy using  Docker and Kubernetes .
Architect secure, reliable, and automated CI/CD pipelines.
Drive infrastructure optimization and cloud cost management.
Performance & Reliability Engineering
Define SLAs, SLOs, and reliability metrics.
Implement monitoring and observability frameworks.
Lead performance testing and scalability validation.
Establish reliability and fault-tolerance standards.
Consumer Obsession & Product Thinking
Build with a  consumer-first mindset .
Ensure architectural decisions enhance usability, performance, and reliability.
Translate customer pain points into scalable technical solutions.
Foster accountability for customer outcomes, not just feature delivery.
Prioritize responsiveness and user experience dership & Governance
Mentor and guide engineering teams on architecture best practices.
Lead architecture governance and technical decision-making forums.
Influence senior stakeholders with data-driven architectural recommendations.
Drive cross-functional collaboration across Product, Engineering, and Business teams.

Required Qualifications
8–15 years of experience in software engineering.
Proven experience designing and scaling distributed systems beyond 100K users.
Strong hands-on experience with  AWS, Azure, or GCP .
Expertise in  Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration .
Experience building enterprise-grade systems for large-scale or Fortune 500 organizations.
Strong knowledge of performance engineering, reliability frameworks, and monitoring tools.
Demonstrated leadership experience managing cross-functional technical initiatives.
Preferred Skills

Experience with event-driven architectures.
Knowledge of caching strategies and database scalability.
Exposure to Dev Sec Ops  practices.
Strong stakeholder communication and strategic thinking skills.