Principal Architect

Key Responsibilities

• Own the technical build architecture for each functional stream, converting the approved solution architecture into implementable technical designs for the Solution Architect and engineering pods independent of the final technology stack selected.
• Enforce engineering-wide standards for coding, design patterns, integration approaches, and CI/CD across all India-based development teams.
• Lead technical design reviews for stream-level solutions before they proceed to build, ensuring consistency with the platform's global data model and security model.
• Direct and prompt AI coding agents (e.g., Claude Code or equivalent) for architecture spikes, technical validation, and build-readiness proofs before handing designs to engineering.
• Own resolution of stream-level technical defects and integration issues identified during SIT/UAT, coordinating fixes across engineering teams.
• Manage technical dependency sequencing across streams so cross-stream build work lands in the right order.
• Mentor and provide technical escalation support to the Solution Architect and Mid-Senior Engineers; act as the final internal review gate before designs are presented to the US Principal Architect.
• Own environment strategy execution (sandbox/environment seeding, data refresh cadence, release branching) in coordination with the India Senior Project Manager's release calendar.
• Track engineering-level technical debt and raise remediation proposals through the architecture chain rather than directly to the client.
• Evaluate and integrate new tools, frameworks, and AI/agentic development capabilities into the engineering workflow.

Required Qualifications

1. 13+ years in enterprise technology roles with 8+ years in an architecture or senior technical leadership capacity.
2. Proven ability to translate approved solution architecture into implementable technical designs across multiple concurrent workstreams, independent of a specific technology stack.
3. Deep, current hands-on fluency in modern software architecture, integration design, and DevOps tooling technology-agnostic, able to work confidently across CRM platforms or full-stack web stacks depending on final selection.
4. Hands-on experience directing or prompting AI coding agents (e.g., Claude Code or an equivalent agentic development tool) as part of an agent-orchestrated delivery model — required.
5. Experience leading distributed engineering teams (multiple pods/streams) through technical design, build, and defect resolution.
6. Demonstrated experience operating as the internal technical authority reporting into a senior/principal architect rather than directly into the client.

Good to Have

• Enterprise or cloud architecture certification (e.g., TOGAF, or a platform-specific architect certification depending on final stack).
• Experience in pharma, healthcare distribution, or another regulated industry.
• Experience managing technical debt and governance across offshore-led delivery models.