Job Description
Job Title: Associate Architect
Department: Engineering
Reports to: Engineering Manager / Engineering Director
Location: Bangalore, India
JOB SUMMARY
We 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 solutions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Technical Leadership & Architecture

Own and drive end-to-end solution architecture—from design and implementation through production deployment and ongoing evolution
Translate 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 integrations
Define and enforce architecture standards, design patterns, coding guidelines, and engineering guardrails (reviews, checklists)




Ensure systems meet quality attributes: scalability, resilience, maintainability, performance, and security
Drive adoption of modern engineering practices (cloud-native, DevSecOps, automation, observability) and continuous improvement

Team Leadership & Delivery Management

Lead and mentor engineers, setting clear technical direction, raising the bar on design/code quality, and enabling growth opportunities
Coordinate 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 stakeholders
Remain hands-on: contribute to design and implementation, unblock the team, and take ownership of critical components.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

8+ years of professional software development experience
Proven ability to lead a small team/squad or act

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