Principal Architect - Cloud & AI Engineering

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they are doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. Role Overview: Senior hands-on architecture leader responsible for defining and driving enterprise-scale digital products and platforms. This role combines architecture leadership, engineering excellence, cloud-native solutions, modern frontend architecture, AI adoption, and stakeholder engagement. The ideal candidate is a practicing architect who can influence strategy, build prototypes, review designs/code, solve complex technical challenges, and mentor engineering teams. This is a highly visible, client-facing position based in Hyderabad, working closely with client technology leaders, product managers, engineering teams, data and AI teams, and business stakeholders. Key Responsibilities: • Own end-to-end architecture across frontend, backend, APIs, data, cloud, and AI platforms. • Design scalable cloud-native solutions using Azure, Kubernetes, microservices, APIs, event-driven architecture, and distributed systems. • Architect enterprise web applications using React.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, and modern frontend frameworks. • Define standards for micro-frontends, reusable UI components, design systems, state management, performance, accessibility, security, and observability. • Drive API integration, platform modernization, CI/CD, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code, and engineering best practices. • Architect and govern enterprise AI solutions leveraging Azure OpenAI, Generative AI, Agentic AI, RAG, and LLMOps patterns. • Lead architecture reviews, mentor engineering teams, and act as a trusted advisor to technology and business stakeholders. Must-Have Technical Skills & Proficiency: • 15+ years of software engineering experience with significant architecture leadership responsibility. • Proven experience as Principal Architect, Principal Engineer, Enterprise Architect, or equivalent. • Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Microservices, REST APIs, and Event-Driven Architecture. • Strong frontend architecture experience with React.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, Micro Frontends, and Design Systems. • Experience with Apache Kafka, API Management, distributed systems, and enterprise integration patterns. • Strong CI/CD and DevOps experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitOps, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code, and observability platforms. • Working knowledge of Java, .NET, or Python. • Experience with Generative AI, RAG, Agentic AI, Azure OpenAI, and AI governance. • Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and team leadership skills Preferred Experience: • Experience in CPG, Retail, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Databricks/Fabric/Snowflake, AI orchestration frameworks and relevant Azure or Kubernetes certifications NOT A FIT FOR CANDIDATES WHOSE: • Experience is primarily architecture governance/documentation without meaningful hands-on engineering depth. • Background is limited to infrastructure architecture without ownership of application, integration, platform, and product architecture. • Experience lacks direct interaction with senior business and technology stakeholders. • Primary expertise is project management or delivery management rather than technical architecture and engineering leadership. Education: • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline. Relevant cloud and architecture certifications are preferred. If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us! Not the right fit? Let us know you're interested in a future opportunity by clicking Introduce Yourself in the top-right corner of the page or create an account to set up email alerts as new job postings become available that meet your interest!