Experience: 14–20 years, with a substantial track record in software architecture and technical leadership

We build large-scale, mission-critical systems focused on performance, reliability, and innovation. As our platform and product portfolio expand including new AI-native capabilities we are looking for a Principal Architect to shape the technical foundation that will carry the business into its next phase of growth.

We are looking for a Principal Architect for our Core Platform who combines deep technical architecture skill with a strong grasp of LeadSquared's technology, product, and business landscape. You will own the target-state architecture of the core platform: defining where it needs to go to support the future direction of our products and business, and charting a credible, phased path to get there. Just as importantly, you will be a magnet and mentor for our most talented senior engineers raising the technical bar across the organisation and giving high-potential IC talent a compelling reason to grow and stay at LeadSquared.

Define and drive the target-state architecture for the core platform covering scalability, multi-tenancy, extensibility, performance, security, Infra Cost and data architecture.
Translate the future direction of product and business including emerging AI-native and agentic capabilities into a coherent, sequenced architecture roadmap.
Establish architectural principles, standards, and guardrails across services, APIs, data, and integration layers, and ensure they are consistently applied.
Evaluate new technologies, platforms, and patterns (cloud-native, data, AI/agentic where relevant)



that keep the platform future-ready and competitively differentiated.
Make and own architectural trade-off calls that balance paying down technical debt against the pace of new capability delivery.

Partner closely with the CTO, Engineering and Product leadership, and business stakeholders to keep platform architecture aligned with product strategy and market direction.
Represent core platform architecture in leadership forums, bringing a technical lens to business and product decisions.
Talent Development & Mentorship
Inspire and mentor senior engineers, tech leads, and architects across the organisation raising the overall quality of technical thinking and decision-making.
Build structured mechanisms for coaching and knowledge-sharing design reviews, architecture forums/guilds, RFC and ADR processes that scale good architectural practice beyond any one team.
Act as a magnet for senior IC talent: create a visible, credible technical growth path that improves engagement and retention of high-potential engineers.
Champion engineering best practices design reviews, architecture decision records, documentation, and code quality as habits, not one-off exercises.

Lead resolution of the most complex,



cross-cutting architectural challenges such as scale, reliability, data consistency, and security.
Set up lightweight governance (architecture review forums, a technology radar) that keeps the platform coherent as teams and services multiply.

Required Skills & Experience
14–20 years of overall software engineering experience, with a significant and recent track record in architecture and technical leadership roles on large-scale, multi-tenant SaaS platforms.

- Proven experience owning target-state or reference architecture for a platform of meaningful scale and complexity.
- Java/.NET, cloud-native services, microservices, distributed systems) deep enough to earn the respect of senior engineers.
- Solid understanding of database technologies (SQL & NoSQL) and system design trade-offs at scale.
- Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and cloud-native architecture practices.
- Familiarity with AI/ML and agentic architecture patterns (e.g., RAG, LLM orchestration, vector search) is a strong plus, given LeadSquared's growing AI-native roadmap.

Genuine interest in coaching and teaching, with a track record of building technical culture that improves the quality and retention of senior talent.

Shape the target-state architecture of a global SaaS platform used by thousands of enterprises.
The chance to build a lasting technical legacy both in the platform's architecture and in the engineers you mentor.
Competitive compensation and the chance to work at the intersection of core platform, product, and emerging AI capabilities.

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