Principal Architect, Platform Engineering Blink Charging | 10+ Years | Tier 1 Institution Preferred (IIT / NIT / IIIT or equivalent)
Who We Are
Blink operates one of the world's largest EV charging networks. We build the hardware, software, and services that keep drivers moving. Scale is real here, and so is the responsibility.
Why This Role Exists
We are at a stage where the platform needs someone who owns the big picture. We have multiple teams, a growing set of services, and an increasing need to move fast with confidence. We need a Principal Architect who can set the technical direction, connect the dots across teams, and ensure every architectural decision we make today builds a stronger, more scalable platform for tomorrow. This is a role for someone who is deeply embedded in the engineering reality of the platform and elevates everyone around them.
Who You Are
You think in systems, tradeoffs, and long term consequences. You have strong opinions backed by data and experience, and you know when to be pragmatic.
You are obsessed with reliability and you design for failure before it happens. You engage across the full stack, from backend services to mobile, and you bring the same rigour to every layer. You have naturally made AI and modern tooling part of how you work. You take ownership of the platform's technical health and you are restless about continuously raising the bar.
You have operated in engineering environments where scale is not a future problem but a present reality. Where distributed systems, high throughput, and reliability are part of everyday engineering, not aspirational goals.
What You Bring
Must Have
- Deep experience designing and evolving large scale distributed cloud native microservices platforms covering scalability, HA, resiliency, fault isolation and recovery
- Robust hands-on engineering experience across backend and frontend stacks, able to engage meaningfully on critical paths and complex code reviews across Java Spring Boot, Node.j