Tech Lead

AArete is one-of-a-kind when it comes to consulting firm culture.

We’re a global, innovative management and technology consulting firm with offices in the U.S. and India.

Our name comes from the Greek word for excellence: “Areté.” And excellence is exactly what we strive for. We’re celebrating our fourth year as one of Forbes’ World’s Best Management Consulting Firms – and our success starts with our people. From robust career development planning to competitive life and wellness benefits, AArete’s “Culture of Care” takes a holistic approach to the employee experience.

AAretians (our team members) are leaders at every level. You are encouraged to unlock your full potential by directly contributing to our mission and prioritizing personal development and fulfillment. The Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Tech Lead / Solution Architect to lead the design, development, and delivery of our AI-powered SaaS platform. This role is responsible for owning the end-to-end technical architecture and execution, while leading a cross-functional team of frontend (React.js), backend (Golang), and AWS DevOps/Infrastructure engineers. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong leadership, ensuring scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions aligned to product roadmap and business outcomes.

Work You’ll Do

Architecture & Technical Leadership

Define and own the end-to-end system architecture (frontend, backend, data, AI/ML, and cloud infrastructure)

Design scalable, resilient, and secure solutions leveraging AWS cloud-native services

Establish best practices, coding standards, and design patterns across the engineering team

Drive architectural decisions for high-throughput AI/LLM-based processing systems

Product Delivery & Execution Lead execution of the product roadmap, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery of features

Break down business requirements into technical designs, epics, and sprint deliverables

Ensure alignment between product, engineering, and data/AI workflows

Proactively identify and mitigate technical risks and bottlenecks

Team Leadership & Collaboration Lead and mentor a cross-functional team including:

Frontend engineers (React.js)

Backend engineers (Golang / APIs / microservices)

AWS DevOps and Infrastructure engineers

Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and engineering excellence

Conduct code reviews, design reviews, and technical coaching

Platform Engineering & Scalability Architect systems capable of high-scale processing (e.g., large document ingestion, LLM workloads)

Optimize performance for low latency, high throughput, and cost efficiency

Drive implementation of CI/CD pipelines, observability, and monitoring frameworks

Ensure system reliability through fault tolerance, retries,



and self-healing mechanisms

AI/ML & Data Integration

Collaborate with AI/ML teams to integrate LLM pipelines, OCR, and metadata extraction workflows

Design data models and pipelines for structured and hierarchical data outputs

Ensure seamless integration with downstream systems (data warehouses, BI tools, APIs)

Security, Compliance & Governance

Implement and enforce security best practices (RBAC, encryption, secure APIs, VPC architecture)

Ensure compliance with enterprise standards (e.g., HIPAA, HITRUST, data privacy requirements)

Oversee access controls, auditability, and data protection mechanisms

Stakeholder Engagement Partner with product managers, business stakeholders, and clients to translate business needs into technical solutions

Provide technical input into roadmap planning, effort estimation, and prioritization

- Communicate architecture decisions and trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Other duties as assigned

Requirements

10+ years of experience in software engineering and system architecture

Proven experience as a Tech Lead or Solution Architect in building scalable SaaS platforms

Frontend: React.js (or similar modern frameworks)

Backend: Golang (or comparable languages like Java, Python, Node.js)

Cloud: AWS (Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, RDS, Bedrock, IAM, VPC, etc.)

Experience designing microservices and distributed systems

Familiarity with AI/ML systems, LLM integration, or data processing pipelines

Strong understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code

Preferred Qualifications

Experience building AI-driven or data-intensive platforms

Exposure to LLM orchestration, prompt engineering, or high-volume API systems

Knowledge of data modeling for hierarchical and relational datasets

Experience in healthcare, payer systems, or contract analytics (a plus)

Advantages

Flexible Paid Time Off of up to 23 days annually, in addition to 10 paid public holidays

Hybrid work model with flexible in-office attendance

Comprehensive health benefits including medical insurance (Mediclaim), personal accident insurance, and term life insurance

Generous paid parental leave program

Attractive employee referral bonus scheme

Transportation allowance and night shift allowance

Employee advance salary loan facility

Structured professional certification reimbursement policy to support ongoing learning and development





We put humans at the center of our work We’re a global management and technology consulting firm specializing in strategic profitability improvement, digital transformation, and strategy & change for clients. Our cross-industry solutions are powered by a digital-first mindset, market intelligence, and data-driven approach to deliver purposeful change, actionable insights, and guaranteed results. But what sets us apart is our people.

We are guided by our deeply embedded guiding principles: Excellence, Passion, Loyalty to Clients, Stewardship, Family, Community, Sustainability, and Inclusion. And we’ve been recognized as a top firm to work for by companies like Forbes, Top Workplaces Chicago Tribune, and Consulting Magazine. We’ve earned a Great Place to Work Certification™ and been named a World’s Best Management Consulting Firm by Forbes, Vault’s Top 50 Firms to Work For, Crain's Chicago Business Fast 50, Inc 5000’s Fastest Growing Firms, and Consulting Magazine's Fastest Growing Firms.

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Submission of information to AArete shall serve as consent to AArete’s use of AI tools and resources. AArete complies with all applicable law and does not use AI to discriminate against any individual and does not use location or geographic data like zip codes to act in a discriminatory or illegal manner. Your personal data may be used in relation to prospective employment with AArete and will only be retained for so long as legally necessary.

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Privacy: [email protected] We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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