Principal Architect - Cloud & AI Engineering
Fractal Analytics Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Business Consulting and Services · 5,001-10,000 employees
About the role
The Principal Architect will define and drive enterprise-scale digital products while leading architecture across frontend, backend, cloud, and AI platforms. They are responsible for designing scalable solutions, mentoring engineering teams, and acting as a trusted advisor to business and technology stakeholders.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must have 15+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, and modern frontend frameworks like React.js. A bachelor's or master's degree in a technical discipline is required, along with proven experience in architecture leadership and AI solution governance.
Full description
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.
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