Senior Architect

ROLE DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

Intelsat Inflight has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Principal Software Engineer. You will be part of a team responsible for
- Portal Software design and governing scalable architectural improvements
- Driving architectural alignment and long-term technical strategy across multiple teams.
- Leading feature refinements and ensuring end-to-end delivery of high-quality, reliable solutions.
- Enabling predictable delivery through strong architectural judgment and technical mentorship.
- Ensuring long-term maintainability, operational excellence, and system health.
- Partnering closely with product, platform, and external stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES / KEY RESULT AREAS

The ideal candidate for this role will be a working member of an engineering team delivering quality technical solutions by providing architectural idea for the new or improved application. This role requires solid understanding of the design, architectural flows and scaling the performance, using CI / CD technologies.



Primary Responsibilities will include the following.

Core Responsibilities
- Architecture Ownership & Sustainability: Drive and govern architectural decisions with a robust focus on maintainability, extensibility, and long-term system health, balancing immediate delivery needs with future scalability.
- Feature Refinement & End-to-End Delivery: Own technical outcomes during feature refinement, ensuring feasibility, defining scope, dependency clarity, and end-to-end delivery from design through production readiness.
- Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Mentor and guide engineers across teams, review designs and code, and elevate overall technical maturity while enabling teams to solve complex problems independently.
- Cross-Team & External Collaboration: Act as a technical bridge across teams, programs, and vendors, owning integration contracts and ICDs while reducing delivery risk through proactive a

📌 Senior Principal Software Engineer (Chennai)
🏢 SES
📍 Chennai