Principal Architect

Accelya; Kalyani Nagar; Hybrid; INR 4,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Accelya in India seeks a Senior Software Architect to own end-to-end architecture for FLX ONE Cargo. You will define modular architecture and migration strategies for enterprise-scale platforms, driving governance and technology decisions.

You will collaborate with engineering, product teams, and airline customers, mentor senior engineers, and ensure scalability, security, reliability, and performance across distributed systems and SaaS offerings.

Qualifications

• 18+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
• Experience designing and owning enterprise-scale systems.
• Strong architecture and system design expertise.
• Hands-on technical leader, not a pure people manager.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture for FLX ONE Cargo.
• Define modular architecture and migration strategy.
• Drive architectural governance and technology decisions.
• Work closely with engineering, product, and airline customers.
• Mentor architects and senior engineers.
• Ensure scalability, security, reliability, and performance.
• Domain preference: Airline, Cargo, Logistics or other large-scale regulated industries; exposure to IATA ONE Record is a plus.

Skills

Software engineering

System design

Leadership

Tools

.NET

.NET Core

C++

AWS

SQL/DBMS

React/JS

AIDLC

AI tools

Job description

Must-Have Experience

• 18+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
• Experience designing and owning enterprise-scale systems
• Strong architecture and system design expertise
• Proven experience leading modernization, modularization, and migration of legacy/monolithic platforms
• Hands-on technical leader, not a pure people manager

Technology Stack (Mandatory)

• .NET: 12+ years
• .NET Core: 8+ years
• C++: 5+ years
• Cloud (AWS preferred): 10+ years
• RDBMS: 10+ years (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, etc.)
• React or modern JavaScript framework: 5+ years
• AIDLC: 2+ years (Mandatory)
• AI Development Tools: 2+ years (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or equivalent)

Architecture & Platform Skills

• Cloud-native architecture on AWS
• Microservices architecture
• API-driven and event-driven systems
• Kafka/event streaming
• Docker & Kubernetes
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation)
• CI/CD, TDD, observability, and reliability engineering
• Distributed systems and enterprise SaaS platforms

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture for FLX ONE Cargo
• Define modular architecture and migration strategy
• Drive architectural governance and technology decisions
• Work closely with engineering, product, and airline customers
• Mentor architects and senior engineers
• Ensure scalability, security, reliability, and performance

Domain Preference

• Airline, Cargo, Logistics, or other large-scale regulated industries
• Exposure to IATA standards (ONE Record) is a plus