Technical Architect – Innovation Lab

Sector: Leading Financial Markets Infrastructure Organisation

Location: Mumbai

Experience: 8–12 years

Grade: Senior Manager / AVP

Role Overview

We are seeking a hands‑on Technical Architect to serve as the technical anchor of a dedicated Innovation Lab, driving next‑generation capabilities for Indian financial markets. This is a high‑impact role for a proven technology leader with deep expertise in AI, cloud, and distributed systems, within regulated financial environments.

Key Responsibilities
Architect and scale production‑grade AI solutions for mission‑critical financial systems.
Lead design and implementation of distributed systems, microservices, event‑driven architectures, and scalable APIs.
Establish and mature Innovation Lab/CoE frameworks within a regulated financial institution.
Drive adoption of LLM application architectures, RAG pipelines, agentic orchestration, model gateways, and guardrails.
Engineer secure, compliant, and resilient infrastructure across sovereign cloud and on‑premise environments.




Collaborate with cross‑functional stakeholders to deliver innovation aligned with market infrastructure needs.

Non‑Negotiable Requirements
Education: BE/BTech/MCA in Computer Science, IT, Data Science, or related discipline.
Experience: 8–12 years in software engineering, with:
Minimum 3 years architecting and scaling AI solutions as Tech Lead/Architect.
Minimum 5 years in distributed systems, microservices, APIs.
Minimum 3 years in cloud architecture with Kubernetes & IaC (Terraform).
Proven expertise in AI platform engineering, GPU infrastructure, sovereign cloud/on‑premise settings.
Prior experience setting up Innovation Labs, CoEs, or greenfield tech units in banks, exchanges, clearing houses, depositories, or large NBFCs.
Robust depth in regulated workplace architecture and security.
Hands‑on proficiency with:
Languages/Frameworks: Python, FastAPI
Containers/Orchestration: Docker/Podman, Kubernetes
IaC: Terraform
Databases: PostgreSQL/TimescaleDB, Kafka, graph & vector databases

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