Senior Technical Architect

IPI Technolab; India; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

IPI Technolab is seeking a Senior Technical Architect to own the technical architecture across complex software initiatives, ensuring scalable, secure, maintainable solutions aligned with business objectives.

The role involves defining end-to-end architectures, leading decisions for complex systems, and mentoring senior engineers while collaborating with engineering leadership and product teams to drive modernization and architectural excellence.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of software engineering/architecture experience.
• Strong system-design and architecture expertise required.
• Experience with microservices and distributed systems.
• Strong cloud experience preferred; familiarity with APIs, databases, messaging, caching, and integration patterns.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end application and platform architecture.
• Lead architecture decisions for complex systems.
• Develop high-level and low-level technical designs.
• Define technology standards and reference architectures.
• Evaluate technology choices and architectural trade-offs.
• Design scalable distributed systems and microservices.
• Ensure security, performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Conduct architecture and technical design reviews.
• Work with engineering leadership and product teams.
• Guide multiple development teams.
• Identify technical risks and mitigation strategies; drive modernization and debt reduction.
• Mentor senior engineers and technical leads.

Skills

System design

Architecture

Microservices

Distributed systems

Cloud

APIs & messaging

DevOps & CI/CD

Security & scalability

Technical communication

Job description

Job Summary

The Senior Technical Architect will own technical architecture across complex software initiatives, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with business objectives.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end application and platform architecture.
• Lead architecture decisions for complex systems.
• Develop high-level and low-level technical designs.
• Define technology standards and reference architectures.
• Evaluate technology choices and architectural trade-offs.
• Design scalable distributed systems and microservices.
• Ensure security, performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Conduct architecture and technical design reviews.
• Work with engineering leadership and Product teams.
• Guide multiple development teams.
• Identify technical risks and mitigation strategies.Drive modernization and technical-debt reduction.
• Mentor senior engineers and technical leads.

Preferred Candidate Requirements

• 8 to 10 years of software engineering/architecture experience.
• Strong system-design and architecture expertise.
• Experience with microservices and distributed systems.
• Strong cloud experience.
• Experience with APIs, databases, messaging, caching, and integration patterns.
• Knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD.
• Strong security and scalability understanding.
• Excellent technical communication and stakeholder-management skills.