About Darwinbox:
Darwinbox is Asia's fastest-growing HR technology platform, designing the future of work by building the world's best HR tech, driven by a fierce focus on employee experience and customer success, and continuous, iterative innovation. We are the preferred choice of 1000+ global enterprises to manage their 4 million+ employees across 130+ countries.Darwinbox's new-age HCM suite competes with local as well as global players in the enterprise technology space (such as SAP, Oracle, and Workday). The firm has acquired notable customers ranging from large conglomerates to unicorn start-ups: Nivea, Starbucks, DLF, JSW, Adani Group, Crisil, CRED, Vedanta, Mahindra, Glenmark, Gokongwei Group, Mitra Adiperkasa, EFS Facilities Management, VNG Corporation, and many more.Our vision of building a world-class product company from Asia is backed by marquee global investors like Microsoft, Salesforce, Sequoia Capital, TCV, KKR, and Partners Group.Why Join Us?The rate at which our product and market presence are growing is unprecedented. We’re a Rocketship. We’re not planning on slowing down anytime soon. And, that’s why we need you! You’ll experience a culture of:
- Disproportionate Rewards for top performance
- Accelerated Growth in a hyper-growth environment
- Wellbeing First culture focused on employee care
- Continuous Learning and Professional Development
- Meaningful Relationships and a Collaborative Environment.
Role Overview: We are looking for a highly skilled Engineering Architect to drive our platform's architectural vision, scalability, and reliability. You will work closely with engineering teams to design and implement robust, high-performance, secure solutions that align with our business objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Define and implement the architectural roadmap, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security of the platform.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development teams across backend and frontend technologies.
- Design and optimize microservices architecture, improving system performance and resilience.
- Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies to enhance platform capabilities.
- Ensure best practices in coding, security, and DevOps across the engineering teams.
- Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to align technical decisions with business needs.
- Optimize cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure for cost efficiency and performance.
- Lead technical reviews, troubleshoot complex issues, and provide solutions for performance bottlenecks.
Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 4+ years in an architectural role.
- Strong expertise in backend technologies, including PHP, Node.js, and microservices architecture.
- Proficiency in front-end frameworks like Angular and TypeScript.
- Experience with MongoDB, database design, and query optimization.
- Deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS & Azure) and DevOps best practices.
- Expertise in designing scalable, distributed systems with high availability.
- Strong knowledge of API design, authentication, and security best practices.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to drive technical decisions.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code.
- Knowledge of event-driven architectures and message queues (SQS, RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc.).
- Prior experience in a SaaS or enterprise product-based company.
- Strong leadership and mentoring skills to guide engineering teams.