Location: Trivandrum, Kerala (work from office)

Notice Period: Immediate Joiners Preferred

Role Details

As a Technical Architect, you will play a pivotal role in defining, designing, and overseeing the technical architecture of our projects while maintaining strong hands-on coding capabilities. You will work across Frontend, Backend, DevOps, and Data Engineering domains, ensuring best practices, scalability, and efficiency in all solutions. You will also act as a mentor, guiding engineers at different levels while staying current with emerging technologies including AI/ML and LLM stacks.

Key Responsibilities

Define technical architecture and lead design discussions for scalable, secure, and high-performance applications

Provide hands-on coding and technical expertise across the full technology stack

Design and implement solutions using Java, Python, and Node.js ecosystems

Architect event-driven systems and messaging architectures using Kafka and other messaging platforms

Design and oversee data pipelines and data engineering solutions

Collaborate with stakeholders, product managers, and development teams to translate business needs into technical solutions

Drive adoption of cloud-native, microservices, and contemporary architecture practices

Implement and oversee CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and monitoring systems

Perform code reviews, design reviews, and technical audits to ensure quality and adherence to standards

Explore and integrate AI/ML capabilities and LLM-based solutions into existing architectures

Act as a mentor and technical coach for software engineers across levels

Continuously evaluate and recommend new tools, frameworks, and practices

Own technical risk management and ensure alignment with project timelines and goals

Required Skills & Experience

Around 15 years of IT industry experience, with at least 5+ years in an architect role

Strong hands-on coding capability with proven expertise in:





Backend

Java with Spring Boot framework (microservices, REST APIs, Spring Cloud)

Python (Django/FastAPI/Flask)

Node.js (Express, NestJS)

Frontend: React and Angular (mandatory), with strong JavaScript/TypeScript fundamentals

Data Engineering: ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehousing, streaming architectures (Kafka, Spark)

DevOps & Cloud: AWS/Azure/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code

Strong knowledge of system design, architecture patterns, and distributed systems

Hands-on experience with databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch)

Experience with message queuing systems and event-driven architectures

Ability to design for scalability, performance, and security

Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills

Experience in mentoring and developing engineering teams

Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodology

Highly Desired

Willingness and enthusiasm to learn emerging technologies, particularly:

LLM stacks (OpenAI, Claude, LangChain, Vector databases)

AI/ML Engineering fundamentals

RAG architectures and prompt engineering

Experience with GraphQL and modern API design patterns

Knowledge of data modeling and analytics platforms

Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools

What We're Looking For A technical leader who codes alongside the team, not just architects from the sidelines

Someone passionate about continuous learning and staying ahead of technology curves A professional who can balance architectural excellence with pragmatic delivery An individual excited about the intersection of traditional engineering and AI capabilities

This role offers the opportunity to shape technical direction while working with cutting-edge technologies and building next-generation solutions.

Location and language

Candidates from Kerala are strongly preferred

Must be able to work from Trivandrum

- Strong English communication skills, along with fluency in Malayalam (spoken) is preferred.

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