The Chief Platform Solution Architect works closely with Product Ownership and Group Leadership and plays a central role in how our platform evolves. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who enjoys being close to real systems, real trade-offs, and real engineering decisions. This person owns the target architecture, integration strategy, security and reliability standards, system boundaries, API contracts, and data governance across all products.

Responsibilities (Must Have)
Define target architecture: microservices, event-driven design, data platforms, device integrations
Design integration strategy across products (shared identity, billing, telemetry, APIs, multi-tenant data)
Set standards for security, reliability, observability, and performance
Own system boundaries, API contracts, and data governance
Architect the VPP/EMS and charging management integration layer with real-time telemetry
Guide key engineering decisions and review high-risk changes
Support hiring and mentoring of senior engineers

Required Experience (Must Have)




8 to 12+ years building large-scale distributed systems or platform products
Proven experience with IoT/telemetry or real-time control systems
Solid cloud architecture expertise (AWS/Azure/GCP), containers, Kubernetes
Deep API design, security (IAM), multi-tenant data separation
Ability to communicate architecture clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Experience defining end-to-end architecture for multi-product platforms and setting technical standards
Hands-on experience with microservices, event-driven architecture, and Infrastructure as Code

Nice to Have
Energy, EV charging, trading, or grid markets knowledge
Kafka/streaming, time-series databases, edge computing experience
Experience building VPP/DERMS/EMS platforms
Domain knowledge: GTFS, fleet operations, mobility platforms
TOGAF, Zachman, or SOA certification
Experience with OCPP, MQTT, or similar IoT protocols

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📌 Chief Platform Solution Architect Mumbai Central
🏢 Valus
📍 Mumbai Central