About the Role
Igloo is expanding its product engine and establishing a dedicated Tech Solutions hub in Pune. We are looking for a hands-on Lead Solutions Architect & Site Lead to drive platform architecture, govern technical design, and manage our multidisciplinary engineering organization in India.
In this dual-impact role, you will balance deep technical ownership—reviewing architecture, guiding system design, and auditing code—with people leadership across Engineering, QA, DevOps/SRE, and Integration teams. You will ensure our high-throughput insurance and direct-to-consumer platform remains scalable, secure, and resilient.
Key Responsibilities:
Architecture & System Design
Architect, design, and govern high-availability, microservices-based platform solutions for global direct-to-consumer and partner-facing lines of business
Conduct architecture, design, and code reviews; establish quality benchmarks, security controls, and robust release mechanisms
Stay hands-on with system design and technical troubleshooting,
guiding engineers through complex algorithmic and infrastructural challenges
Team & Site Leadership
Lead overall strategy, capacity planning, and operating rhythm for the Pune technology hub
Recruit, mentor, and scale multidisciplinary teams across backend, frontend, QA, DevOps/SRE, and platform integration
Drive engineering culture, career pathing, succession planning, and retention initiatives across the India site
Product Delivery & Operations
Partner with global product, architecture, and business teams (UAE, India, China) to align platform roadmap with technical execution
Collaborate with DevOps/SRE and QA to optimize CI/CD pipelines, cloud environments, observability, and incident response SLAs
Leverage AI productivity tools responsibly for code synthesis, testing, documentation, and technical analysis
Requirements
Required Qualifications
Experience: 15+ years in software engineering, solution architecture, and technical management within produc
📌 Head of Engineering (Pune)
🏢 Igloo
📍 Pune