The technical architect role is a part of the delivery organization and carries the responsibility of ensuring high quality solutioning, design and development. It serves as the bridge between complex business problems and enterprise-grade technology solutions.

This role requires a blend of deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, client-facing advisory skills, and a hands-on approach to guiding engineering teams through the software development lifecycle (SDLC).

Key Responsibilities :

Solution architecture and design :

1. Macro level understanding of the product/program

2. Building out the solution architecture

3. Define the technology stack, architectural patterns, and integration strategies

4. Defining the AI implementation methodology

Code quality :

1. Establish, document, and enforce robust coding standards, architectural patterns, and design principles across the delivery unit

2. Integrate static code analysis tools (e.g., SonarQube) and security scanners into the CI/CD pipeline to automate the detection of technical debt, vulnerabilities, and code smells.

3. Ensure the codebase is written for long-term maintainability, optimizing for readability, modularity, and ease of future enhancements by other engineers

4. Ensure code review is done across the board, with additional focus on AI generated code

Team mentorship :

1. Identify technical skill gaps within the delivery teams and design upskilling roadmaps, targeted workshops, and hands-on coding sessions

2. Act as a technical mentor, guiding high-potential developers toward senior engineering and technical leadership paths within the firm

3. Guide team on the use of AI frame works, review the effectiveness and define guardrails, review checklists, security considerations etc

Product Quality :

1. Ensure overall product quality standards are met

2. Work closely with the QA teams on test strategy and automation

Customer engagement :

1. Engage with Customers on all technical matters

2. Help identify opportunities for expansion in the account in adjacent areas, both technical as well as functional

3. Carry the responsibility of producing Value Adds

Skills required :

- Hands on technical skills should be playing a technical architect role currently

- Should be from a product engineering background

- Good communication skills, with the ability to engage CXOs

- Technical curiosity high learning quotient

- Ability to train and mentor junior folks

- Exposure to how AI can be effectively used in Engineering and testing

- Min 10 years overall experience