Principal Architect

About the role

Architecting the Future of Engagement as a Principal Architect at MoEngage , you will not just design systems; you will define the technical trajectory of the company for the next decade. We are looking for a visionary technologist to lead our "Journey Beyond 2025"—a strategic pivot towards an AI-first, hyper-scale customer engagement platform.

What you'll do

• Vision & Strategy (Beyond 2026)
• Future-Proofing Infrastructure: Define the "North Star" architecture that supports 100x growth in data volume and complexity
• Identify strategic inefficiencies and drive the adoption of paradigm-shifting technologies (e.g. Zero Copy, Real-time Stream Processing)
• Strategic FinOps & Unit Economics: Take ultimate accountability for the cost-efficiency of our cloud footprint
• Design systems where cost scales sub-linearly with growth, specifically managing the high-cost implications of GPU compute and AI workloads

What you need

• 15–27 yrs of experience
• AWS
• Kubernetes
• GCP
• NoSQL
• Azure
• LLMs
• PhD or B.Tech or B.E.

Good to have

• Microservices
• Machine learning
• MLOps
• Design systems