Principal Architect

About Brillio: Brillio is the partner of choice for many Fortune 1000 companies seeking to turn disruption into a competitive advantage through innovative digital adoption. Backed by Bain Capital private equity, and growing at nearly 60% YoY since its inception, Brillio is one of the fastest growing digital technology service providers. We help clients harness the transformative potential of the four superpowers of technology - cloud computing, internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and mobility. Born digital in 2014, we apply Customer Experience Solutions, Data Analytics and AI, Digital Infrastructure and Security, and Platform and Product Engineering expertise to help clients quickly innovate for growth, create digital products, build service platforms, and drive smarter, data-driven performance. With delivery locations across the United States, Romania, Canada, Mexico, and India, our growing global workforce of over 6,000 Brillians blends the latest technology and design thinking with digital fluency to solve complex business problems and drive competitive differentiation for our clients. Learn more . Job Location: Bangalore/Pune Role: Principal Architect Role Brief - The role of Principal Architect needs to drive architectural designs and solutions for customer business functions across various domains. The role requires the candidate to consult customers and internal stakeholders on the technical aspects of the solutions which need to be built. The role would be that of a leader who can build capabilities and mentor junior technologists to grow and realize their potential. Key Responsibilities: - Should adopt a consulting-led approach with customers to understand their asks and define solutions based on the same. - Participate actively in sales motions to define solutions and estimate the effort and skillsets of the team. - Guide teams to set up the right structure, methods and practices to ensure successful delivery across delivery engagements. - Ability to quickly intervene and solve technical problems within an engagement. - Help the organization to build capabilities and provide a point of view on the new technologies being introduced in the technology landscape. - Responsible for Presales and Sales Solutioning, including RFPs, RFIs, and COE initiatives. This role involves creating solutions, taking them to market and practice teams, and driving the estimation process. - In addition, must have hands-on implementation experience in GenAI or Agentic AI. Candidates should demonstrate the below listed critical leadership qualities: - Customer Advocacy - Ensures customer success on stated and unstated business priorities through strategic advice and market leading solutions. - Owner's Mindset - Is passionate about Brillio's business, deeply committed to its success and makes decisions that are in the best interest of the firm. - Innovation Ethos - Embraces ambiguity and adopts relentless experimentation to challenge current practices and enable continuous growth. - Execution with Pace - Displays agility to deliver high quality results in the face of changing stakeholder expectations. - Big Picture Thinking - Creates a common definition of shared success and sets bold targets that inspire the team towards new horizons. - Winning Through Teams - Enables a culture of collaboration and empowers teams to "raise their game" in order to create a winning formula. Candidates Must Have: - 16-22 years of experience in leading Enterprise Architecture Planning, Product Development, Consulting, and Solutioning. - Strong understanding of enterprise IT landscape with proven ability to align technology strategies with organizational vision. - Strong experience with Agentic AI and Generative AI, applying advanced AI/ML techniques to enterprise-grade solutions. - Deep architecture expertise in Microservices, Cloud-Native, Event-Driven Architectures, APIs, Domain-Driven Design, Serverless, Kubernetes, Docker, DevOps, scalable & reliable solutions, and performance engineering. - Extensive experience with cloud technologies across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. - Demonstrated experience in Legacy Transformation, IT Modernization, and Cloud Migration. - Hands-on expertise with API gateway platforms (MuleSoft, Apigee, WSO2, AWS API Gateway, Kong, etc.). - Strong development and implementation skills with Spring Boot, Java, Containers, SQL & NoSQL databases, caching engines, APM tools on AWS & Azure. - Expertise in Domain-Driven Design and building scalable, high-performance products and platform architectures (PaaS, SaaS). - Rich experience with both structured (MS SQL, Oracle, Postgres) and unstructured (MongoDB, DynamoDB) databases. - Experience in designing and delivering mobile-first applications (Native and Hybrid). - Proven track record in building new technology capabilities and driving innovation. - Experience in providing technical solutions for Sales RFPs/Proposals and engaging in consulting-led client discussions. Necessary Qualifications: Minimum qualifications - BE/BTech from reputed institution.