Location: Chennai preferred; Bengaluru may also be considered | Hybrid, with travel as required

Vision-Aid India is a nonprofit that enables, educates and empowers people with visual impairment. The Vision-Aid Advanced Technology and Development Centre (VATDC) is Vision-Aid India’s advanced technology initiative, supported by Vision-Aid USA, and is focused on research, prototyping, product development and client delivery in artificial intelligence, automation, assistive technology and accessibility engineering.

Vision-Aid India is seeking a hands-on technology leader to guide VATDC's inclusive development team, whose work brings together technical expertise, lived experience and an accessibility-first design ethic to deliver high-quality software solutions and technology services to clients in India and globally.

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Lead Solution Architect will provide technical and delivery leadership to VATDC’s development team, including managing the existing Tech Lead and developers. The role will own solution architecture and engineering quality,



contribute to technology strategy, and support the Executive Director in client solutioning and business-development initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:
• Own the architecture of web and mobile applications, APIs, data platforms, cloud services and AI-enabled solutions.
• Lead and mentor the VATDC technology team, including the existing Tech Lead and developers; establish explicit ownership, standards and delivery discipline.
• Remain hands-on through prototypes, architecture and code reviews, troubleshooting and critical technical decisions.
• Ensure production readiness through sound practices in security, privacy, testing, CI/CD, monitoring and documentation.
• Apply technologies such as generative AI, RAG, voice, speech-to-text/text-to-speech, OCR and automation to accessibility and social-impact use cases.
• Embed accessibility and Responsible AI throughout the solution lifecycle.
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📌 Lead Solution Architect (Chennai)
🏢 Vision-Aid
📍 Chennai