Principal Software Architect

AIQURIS; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

AIQURIS seeks a Principal Software Architect to define architecture and technical strategy across multiple engagements and platforms. You will lead design of complex, large-scale, secure production systems for regulated enterprise clients, and mentor senior engineers while promoting reusable platforms and best practices.

You will drive technology selection, platform investments, and champion responsible AI tool use across engineering teams, with a strong emphasis on security and reliability.

Qualifications

• 10 to 15 years of production software architecture experience.
• Depth in system design and distributed/cloud-native architecture.
• Extensive AWS expertise, including security and networking.
• Experience setting technical direction across multiple teams or business lines.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture and technical strategy across multiple engagements, platforms, and teams.
• Lead the design of large-scale, secure production systems for regulated enterprise clients.
• Set engineering standards, reference architectures and best practices.
• Mentor senior engineers and grow the technical bench across teams.
• Drive build-vs-buy decisions and platform investments.

Skills

System design

Distributed systems

Cloud-native architecture

AWS

Security

Networking

Technical leadership

Stakeholder management

Hands-on engineering

Job description

About the role

Principal Software Architect What You Will Do Define architecture and technical strategy across multiple engagements, platforms, and teams. Lead the design of complex, large-scale, secure production systems for regulated enterprise clients. Set engineering standards, reference architectures, and best practices adopted firm-wide. Provide deep technical leadership on the most challenging delivery and reliability problems. Partner with delivery leadership, architects, and senior client stakeholders on technical direction and proposals. Drive build-vs-buy, technology selection, and platform investment decisions. Mentor senior and staff engineers, and grow the technical bench across teams. Contribute reusable platforms, accelerators, and frameworks that scale delivery. Champion responsible, effective use of AI tools across engineering.

What you'll bring

What We Are Looking For You should have the following skills and experience: 10 to 15 years of experience delivering and architecting production software at scale. Recognized depth in system design, distributed systems, and cloud-native architecture. Extensive AWS expertise, including security, networking, and enterprise deployment patterns. Track record setting technical direction across multiple teams or a business line. Experience in regulated industries (financial services, telco, insurance) is strongly valued. Strong influence, communication, and stakeholder leadership skills. Continued hands-on engineering credibility.