Principal Architect / Scalability Lead (AWS)

Job Title: Principal Architect / Scalability Lead (AWS)📍 Location: Gurgaon (Hybrid)🕒 Employment Type: Full-TimeRole OverviewWe are seeking a Principal Architect / Scalability Lead with deep expertise in AWS and large-scale distributed systems to architect and scale cloud-native products from MVP to enterprise scale.This role demands a senior technical leader who has proven experience designing systems that handle high throughput, large concurrent workloads, and enterprise-grade reliability, while ensuring exceptional end-user experience.You will work closely with Product, Data Engineering, AI/ML, and Backend teams to define architecture standards, scalability roadmaps, and engineering best practices.Key Responsibilities🏗 Architecture & Scalability LeadershipArchitect highly scalable, resilient, and high-performance cloud-native systems on AWS.Design distributed systems capable of supporting 100K+ concurrent users.Lead architecture evolution from MVP to enterprise-grade deployment.Translate business and consumer requirements into robust technical architecture.Drive scalability planning, capacity modeling, and performance engineering.🔄 End-to-End OwnershipOwn full SDLC visibility from discovery and design to release, monitoring, and optimization.Establish best practices for:Microservices architectureDistributed systems designObservability & monitoringDevSecOps & CI/CDEnsure system uptime, fault tolerance, and cost efficiency.☁ AWS Cloud & InfrastructureDesign and implement scalable systems using AWS services.Lead containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS).Architect secure, automated CI/CD pipelines.Drive cloud cost optimization and infrastructure efficiency.📈 Performance & Reliability EngineeringDefine and enforce SLAs, SLOs, and reliability metrics.Lead performance testing, load testing, and scalability validation.Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability frameworks.Design fault-tolerant and highly available systems.🧠 Backend, Data & AI CollaborationProvide architectural guidance for:Backend services using Node.js and PythonFrontend platforms using React / Next.jsData platforms using SnowflakeCollaborate with Data Engineering and AI/ML teams on data-intensive and AI-driven systems.Design architectures supporting asynchronous processing, caching, and event-driven workflows.👥 Leadership & GovernanceMentor senior engineers and guide architecture best practices.Lead architecture governance and design reviews.Influence senior stakeholders with data-driven technical decisions.Drive cross-functional alignment across Product, Engineering, Data, and AI teams.Required Qualifications8–15 years of experience in software engineering.Proven experience scaling distributed systems handling 100K+ users or high-throughput workloads.Deep hands-on expertise in AWS cloud architecture.Strong experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration.Expertise in microservices, caching strategies, asynchronous processing, and distributed systems.Strong understanding of performance engineering and reliability frameworks.Experience building enterprise-grade systems for large-scale organizations.Preferred SkillsExperience with event-driven architectures (Kafka, SQS, SNS, etc.).Knowledge of database scalability and data warehousing (Snowflake).Exposure to Data Engineering and AI/ML platforms.Strong stakeholder communication and strategic thinking skil