Principal Architect

Architect

You won’t just design services — you’ll shape how we build products: creating frameworks, patterns, and decisions that empower engineers to move fast without compromising on robustness. We’re looking for someone with 10+ years of experience in building and scaling backend systems for high-growth products, with the ability to operate as a force multiplier across multiple product teams.

On the Job

• Define and evolve the backend architecture to support product growth — APIs, services, data models, and integrations.
• Partner with Product and Engineering leads to translate user and business goals into scalable, reliable backend systems.
• Own architecture for major product initiatives: payments, onboarding, user engagement, growth, and monetization.
• Establish frameworks and reusable patterns that improve developer velocity, product experimentation, and feature rollout.
• Evaluate trade-offs across speed, cost, security, and user experience when making system design decisions.
• Mentor and guide senior engineers — building strong architectural thinking and decision-making across the org.
• Collaborate with infra, data, and security teams to ensure backend systems remain compliant, observable, and cost-efficient.
• Stay ahead of emerging technologies, patterns, and practices relevant to backend and product engineering.
• Be a strong voice in product architecture decisions: build-vs-integrate, synchronous-vs-asynchronous, schema-vs-event driven, etc.

Must-haves (Min. qualifications)

• 10+ years of engineering experience, with 3+ years in Staff/Principal Engineer or Architect roles.
• Proven experience in designing and scaling backend systems for high-growth, user-facing products.
• Deep knowledge of API design, distributed systems, and service-oriented architectures.
• Expertise with backend stacks (e.g., Node.js/Java/Go/Python), databases (PostgreSQL, Redis, etc.), and messaging/event systems.
• Experience driving large technical decisions across product teams.
• Strong systems thinking with a product-first mindset: balancing user experience, speed, and robustness.
• Exposure to fintech or regulated domains is a plus.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills — able to align both product and engineering stakeholders.

Good to have

• Experience in early-stage or high-growth product companies.
• Background in experimentation frameworks, feature flagging, and rapid product iteration at scale.
• Experience with domain-driven design (DDD), event-driven systems, and asynchronous communication.
• Knowledge of real-time systems, payments, or growth-focused architectures.
• Contributions to open source, public tech talks, or blogs showcasing thought leadership.

Why join us?

• Strategic ownership: Architect systems that power the future of fintech for 250M+ Gen Z users.
• Org-level impact: Directly influence technical direction and culture across all engineering teams.
• Modern stack, meaningful scale: Solve high-scale problems with modern infrastructure and freedom to innovate.
• Mission-driven: Help shape India’s first payments product built specifically for teenagers and young adults.
• Team & backing: Work alongside top talent from the industry, backed by world-class investors like Elevation Capital, Y Combinator, Peak XV (Sequoia), and more.
• Collaborating directly with Sambhav (Co-founder) and Chirag (Founding Team – Head, Engineering) to design scalable architecture and technical solutions that support product innovation and engineering.

Perks That Go Beyond the Paycheck

• Relocation assistance to make your move seamless.

• Free office meals (lunch & dinner).

• Generous leave policy, including birthday leave, period leave, paternity and maternity support, and more.

• Salary advance and loan policies for any financial help.

• Quarterly rewards and recognition programs, and a referral program with great incentives.

• Access the latest gadgets and tools.

• Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family, mental health support.

• Tax benefits with options like food coupons, phone allowances, car/device leasing.

• Retirement perks like PF contribution, leave encashment and gratuity.