Software Engineering Architect

Ascendion; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascendion is seeking a Principal Architect to take hands-on ownership of the platform’s most technically complex parts, shaping data flows, AI decisions, and how the platform communicates with enterprise tools.

This is not a strategy role; you will design, specify engineering work, and set the technical bar. You will work independently with a high degree of trust and serve as the technical authority in your areas.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with at least 3 years working as a senior or principal-level architect or engineer.
• A track record of designing and shipping systems that run at enterprise scale in production — not just prototypes or internal tools.
• Experience building platforms or frameworks that other engineers build on top of, not just application-level features.

Responsibilities

• Take hands-on ownership of the most technically complex parts of the platform.
• Write specifications that engineering teams build against, and set the technical bar for how things get built.
• Work independently with a high degree of trust and be the technical authority in your areas.

Skills

Java

Python

Node.js

Real-Time Data

Data Pipelines

Kafka

Azure Event Hubs

AI Integration

APIs & Integrations

Security & Authentication

Tools

Jira

ServiceNow

Azure Event Hubs

Kafka

Job description

We are looking for a Principal Architect to take hands-on ownership of the most technically complex parts of the platform:

Job Description

We are looking for a Principal Architect to take hands-on ownership of the most technically complex parts of the platform:

How data flows in, how AI makes decisions, and how the platform talks to enterprise tools.

This is not a strategy or advisory role. You will be doing the actual design and technical decision-making, writing specifications that engineering teams build against, and setting the technical bar for how things get built. You will work independently with a high degree of trust, and the broader team will look to you as the technical authority in your areas.

Experience: 10+ Years

Work Mode: Hybrid

Technical Skills & Requirements

• Experience
• 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with at least 3 years working as a senior or principal-level architect or engineer
• A track record of designing and shipping systems that run at enterprise scale in production — not just prototypes or internal tools
• Experience building platforms or frameworks that other engineers build on top of, not just application-level features
• Comfortable working across multiple programming languages — ideally Java, Python, or Node.js
• Data & Real-Time Systems
• Experience building pipelines that process large volumes of real-time data reliably
• Familiarity with message streaming platforms such as Kafka or Azure Event Hubs
• Understanding of how to handle failures, retries, and recovery in data pipelines without losing data
• AI & Intelligent Systems
• Hands-on experience integrating AI or large language models into real production systems — not just experimentation
• Understanding of how to build AI workflows that chain multiple steps together and use external tools
• Awareness of the trade-offs between running AI models yourself versus using a managed AI service
• Experience building systems that retrieve relevant context to make AI outputs more accurate
• Integrations & APIs
• Experience designing frameworks or platforms that connect to many different third-party tools in a consistent way
• Strong understanding of how enterprise authentication and security works when connecting to external systems
• Ability to design integrations that are reliable, recoverable, and easy to monitor
• Familiarity with enterprise IT tools such as ServiceNow, Jira, or similar platforms