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Principal Architect

Gadgeon Smart Systems Pvt Limited

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15-20 years

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1 vacancy

Principal Architect

GadgEon

posted 1mon ago

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Job Description

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Architect to join our Engineering team. In this role, you will lead the design, architecture, and technical direction of our large-scale, distributed connectivity management platform. As a Principal Architect, you will play a crucial role in building reliable, scalable, and secure software solutions that empower IoT connectivity across millions of devices. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, providing architectural guidance, technical mentorship, and ensuring adherence to best practices. This position requires deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud and on-prem infrastructure, and a passion for designing resilient and scalable solutions.

Key Duties/Responsibilities:

Architecture Design

Define and drive the architectural vision and roadmap for the connectivity management platform, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical requirements.

Design scalable, reliable, and secure solutions for managing IoT devices and connectivity across multiple verticals, including SIM and eSIM provisioning, inventory management, and usage analytics.

Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and tools for building highly available and performant microservices.

Conduct architectural reviews and provide design guidance for existing and new services, ensuring they align with best practices in scalability, security, and maintainability.

Technical Leadership

Lead and participate in architectural discussions, design reviews, and code reviews across engineering teams.

Serve as a technical expert in distributed systems, advising on best practices for fault tolerance, data consistency, and high availability.

Collaborate with DevOps and Infrastructure teams to define cloud and on-prem strategies that support the scalability and reliability needs of our platform.

Team Mentorship Collaboration

Mentor and guide engineers on best practices in software design, coding standards, and technical problem-solving.

Provide hands-on technical leadership, especially in complex areas requiring deep domain expertise.

Work closely with product management, engineering teams, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable architecture and design solutions.

Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement across the engineering organization.

Observability Performance Optimization

Establish and maintain observability standards, including logging, monitoring, and alerting, to ensure end-to-end visibility of system health and performance.

Identify and address performance bottlenecks within the platform, especially within high-traffic services like provisioning and data analytics.

Lead efforts to optimize data access patterns, database performance, and API response times, contributing to an enhanced customer experience.

Innovation Continuous Improvement

Stay updated with emerging trends in distributed systems, IoT, and cloud-native architectures, advocating for the adoption of innovative technologies where appropriate.

Drive continuous improvements in the architecture, including technical debt reduction, refactoring, and process enhancements.

Create and enforce architectural standards, documentation, and processes to ensure consistency and high quality across teams.

Skills Required:

Technical Skills

10+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years in an architectural role designing distributed systems and microservices.

Proven experience with large-scale distributed systems, cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, or GCP), and hybrid (on-prem/cloud) infrastructure.

Proficient in cloud-native and containerization technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker) and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Open Telemetry, Grafana, ELK).