Senior Technical Architect

Job Title : Senior Technical Architect

Location : Bangalore; (Full Time, Onsite)

About Locus

Battle-tested in 350+ deployments across 30+ countries, Locus is an agentic Transportation Management System for all-mile, all-channel, trusted by enterprises like Unilever, Nestlé, and Siam Makro. 

The platform unifies orders, capacity, and carrier networks into one living plan, aligning planning, execution, and settlement so promises become proof. AI co-pilots with guardrails surface risk early and recommend the next best move to protect SLAs and reduce empty miles.

 In 2025, Locus joined the Ingka Group (IKEA Retail) family, marking a major milestone in our journey. Backed by the scale and strength of IKEA, we continue to operate independently while accelerating our mission to make global supply chains faster, smarter, and more sustainable.

Our Journey and Impact

Since 2015, Locus has been on a mission to make logistics decision-making intelligent, sustainable, and real-world ready. Our platform has powered billions of deliveries across 30 + countries for global enterprises, driving measurable impact in cost savings, carbon reduction, and SLA performance. With the strength of the IKEA ecosystem behind us, we're scaling that impact even further.

Our Global Footprint

Headquartered in Bangalore, with teams across the U.S., U.K., UAE, and Southeast Asia, Locus brings together 170 + engineers, designers, and problem-solvers united by a single goal: to reinvent how the world moves goods.

Traits We Value

We look for people who are:

• Global in mindset: curious about diverse markets and ideas.
  
  

• Unrelenting in drive: energized by complex challenges.
  
  

• Intelligent in approach: analytical, creative, and thoughtful.
  
  

• Dynamic in execution: adaptive and decisive in fast-moving contexts.
  
  

• Exact in craft: detail-oriented and committed to excellence.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Senior Technical Architect to join our Technology team and define the architectural backbone of Locus' enterprise SaaS platform. This is a pivotal role aimed at embedding deep technical design thinking into the product development lifecycle to ensure scalability, extensibility, and seamless integration across our modules.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Architecture Design: Own and drive the architectural vision for the product platform. Design high-level system and module-level architecture to support current and future business needs.
  
  

• Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner with product managers, engineering, design, and business stakeholders to align architecture with product goals and user outcomes.
  
  

• Domain-Driven Design: Leverage deep understanding of logistics and enterprise SaaS to design domain-centric, loosely coupled systems that evolve with business requirements.
  
  

• Scalability & Performance: Architect resilient and performant systems that handle high throughput and real-time data exchange.
  
  

• Design Reviews & Mentorship: Conduct technical design reviews across product pods. Mentor engineering teams on architecture principles and design patterns.
  
  

• Technical Due Diligence: Evaluate technical feasibility of new initiatives, identify tech debt, and define phased approaches for platform evolution.
  
  

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Experience: 10+ years in software architecture, with at least 3 years in a product/platform architecture role for enterprise SaaS platforms.
  
  

• Domain Expertise: Deep exposure to logistics, transportation, or supply chain systems (TMS, WMS, routing platforms).
  
  

• Technical Skills: Strong in microservices, event-driven systems, REST APIs, cloud-agnostics design, and data modeling at scale.
  
  

• Mindset: Systems thinker with a product-first mindset. Can translate product vision into technical blueprints.
  
  

• Collaboration: Proven track record working with cross-functional product and engineering teams in a fast-paced agile environment. Clear and confident communicator—can explain architecture to execs and developers alike.
  
  

Why Join Us?

• Shape the future of logistics automation at a product and platform level.
  
  

• Be the first architect to establish a strong technical foundation for long-term product success.
  
  

• Work with passionate innovators who are redefining how enterprises move goods globally.
  
  

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