Solution Architect

Solution Architect

Role Title: Solution Architect

Location: Pune / Remote

Department: Technology / Engineering / Architecture

Reports To: VP Engineering / Chief Architect

Company Overview

We are a global empathy-led technology services company where software and people transformations go hand-in-hand

Product innovation and mature software engineering are part of our core DNA

Our mission is to help our customers accelerate their digital journeys through a global, diverse, and empathetic talent pool following outcome-driven agile execution

Respect, Fairness, Growth, Agility, and Inclusiveness are the core values that we aspire to live by each day

We continue to invest in our digital strategy, design, cloud engineering, data, and enterprise AI capabilities required to bring a truly integrated approach to solving our clients most ambitious digital journey challenges

Role Summary

The hands on Solution Architect is responsible for designing end-to-end technology solutions that align with business objectives, scalability needs, and architectural best practices

This role partners with product, engineering, and business teams to translate requirements into robust, secure, and high-performance architectures while maintaining hands-on technical depth

Key Responsibilities

Architecture Strategy & Governance

Develop and maintain the architecture blueprint across applications, data, cloud, integrations, and security

Define architectural principles, reference architectures, reusable patterns, and engineering standards

Establish governance models and ensure engineering teams adhere to architectural guidelines

Technology Road mapping & Innovation

Build multi year technology roadmaps aligned with business and digital transformation goals

Evaluate emerging technologies (AI/ML, IoT/Edge, automation, analytics, compute platforms) and drive POCs

Provide technical thought leadership to influence forward-looking architecture

Solution Architecture Leadership

Guide large-scale system architectures, cloud-native solution designs, and modernization initiatives

Ensure design alignment to availability, performance, reliability, cost, security, and compliance needs

Collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate business solutions into technical architectures

Data, Cloud, and Integration Architecture

Architect enterprise data ecosystems including governance, pipelines, MDM, analytics, and AI

Lead cloud architecture across Azure/AWS/GCP, ensuring optimal design, scaling, and security

Define enterprise integration patterns API-led, event-driven, microservices, and streaming

Security & Compliance

Partner with security engineering to embed zero-trust principles, IAM, encryption, and compliance frameworks

Ensure systems and data flows are designed with governance and risk management best practices

Stakeholder Collaboration

Engage with C level leaders, engineering directors, product owners, and business partners

Mentor engineering teams and elevate architectural maturity across the organization

Communicate architectural strategies, decisions, risks, and tradeoffs effectively

Required Qualifications

10+ years of hands on experience in software engineering, solution architecture, or systems design roles

Hands-on experience with MEAN and MERN stack development (Angular/React, Node

js, Express, MongoDB)

Strong background working with open-source technology stacks and modern development frameworks

Expert-level understanding of design principles, architectural patterns, and engineering best practices

Principal-level hands-on development experience with the ability to deep-dive into code and lead complex builds

Strong experience designing cloud-native architectures on AWS/Azure/GCP

Understanding of distributed systems, microservices, event-driven patterns, and API-led architectures

Experience with data platforms, analytics ecosystems, and AI/ML integration

Knowledge of architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or Zachman

Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with modern data lakehouse technologies (Databricks, Delta/Iceberg, Spark)

Background in IoT, Edge computing, real-time analytics, or computer vision

Experience driving enterprise modernization or cloud migration initiatives

Professional certifications such as AWS/Azure Architect, TOGAF, or CCSP

Key Competencies

Systems thinking and architectural vision

Strong analytical and decision-making skills

Ability to influence across engineering and leadership teams

Technical depth with hands-on leadership capability

Continuous improvement and innovation mindset