Principal Architect

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Principal Architect
Principal Architect

at upGrad

Posted by
Priyanka Muralidharan
12
\- 18 yrs
₹25L - ₹45L / yr
Mumbai, Bengaluru (Bangalore)
Skills
Technical Architecture
Java
Spring Boot
Webservices
Javascript
RESTful APIs
MySQL
Go Programming (Golang)
Position – Principal Architect
Location – Bangalore/Mumbai/Remote
About Us
upGrad is an online education platform building the careers of tomorrow by offering the most industry-relevant programs in an immersive learning experience. Our mission is to create a new digital-first learning experience to deliver tangible career impact to individuals at scale. upGrad currently offers programs in Data Science, Machine Learning, Product Management, Digital Marketing, and Entrepreneurship, etc.
upGrad is looking for people passionate about management and education to help design learning programs for working professionals to stay sharp and stay relevant and help build the careers of tomorrow.
– upGrad was awarded the ">Best Tech for Education by IAMAI for 2018-19
– upGrad was also ranked as one of the ">LinkedIn Top Startups 2018: The 25 most sought-after startups in India
– upGrad was earlier selected as one of the ">top ten most innovative companies in India by FastCompany.
– We were also ">covered by the Financial Times along with other disruptors in Ed-Tech
– upGrad is the ">official education partner for Government of India - Startup India program
– Our program with IIIT B has been ranked ">#1 program in the country in the domain of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
About the Role
A highly motivated individual who has experience in architecting end to end web based ecommerce/online/SaaS products and systems; bringing them to production quickly and with high quality. Able to understand expected business results and map architecture to drive business forward. Passionate about building world class solutions.
Role and Responsibilities
– Work with Product Managers and Business to understand business/product requirements and vision.
– Provide a clear architectural vision in line with business and product vision.
– Lead a team of architects, developers, and data engineers to provide platform services to other engineering teams.
– Provide architectural oversight to engineering teams across the organization.
– Hands on design and development of platform services and features owned by self - this is a hands-on coding role.
– Define guidelines for best practices covering design, unit testing, secure coding etc.
– Ensure quality by reviewing design, code, test plans, load test plans etc. as appropriate.
– Work closely with the QA and Support teams to track quality and proactively identify improvement opportunities.
– Work closely with DevOps and IT to ensure highly secure and cost optimized operations in the cloud.
– Grow technical skills in the team - identify skill gaps with plans to address them, participate in hiring, mentor other architects and engineers.
– Support other engineers in resolving complex technical issues as a go-to person.
Skills/Experience
– 12+ years of experience in design and development of ecommerce scale systems and highly scalable SaaS or enterprise products.
– Extensive experience in developing extensible and scalable web applications with
– Java, Spring Boot, Go
– Web Services - REST, OAuth, OData
– Database/Caching - MySQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, Memcached/Redis
– Queue/Broker services - RabbitMQ/Kafka
– Microservices architecture via Docker on AWS or Azure.
– Experience with web front end technologies - HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as jQuery, AngularJS, React, Vue.js, Bootstrap etc.
– Extensive experience with cloud based architectures and how to optimize design for cost.
– Expert level understanding of secure application design practices and a working understanding of cloud infrastructure security.
– Experience with CI/CD processes and design for testability.
– Experience working with big data technologies such as Spark/Storm/Hadoop/Data Lake Architectures is a big plus.
– Action and result-oriented problem-solver who works well both independently and as part of a team; able to foster and develop others' ideas as well as his/her own.
– Ability to organize, prioritize and schedule a high workload and multiple parallel projects efficiently.
– Excellent verbal and written communication with stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
– Long term experience with at least one product from inception to completion and evolution of the product over multiple years.
Qualification
B.Tech/MCA (IT/Computer Science) from a premier institution (IIT/NIT/BITS) and/or a US Master's degree in Computer Science.
Years of Exp – 14+
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Founded
:
2015
Type
:
Product
Size
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100-500
Stage
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Raised funding
About
upGrad is an online higher education platform. Founded by Ronnie Screwvala, Mayank Kumar, Ravijot Chugh and Phalgun Kompalli in March’ 2015, upGrad provides rigorous industry-relevant programs designed and delivered in collaboration with world-class faculty and industry. Merging the latest technology, pedagogy, and services, upGrad is creating an immersive learning experience – anytime and anywhere.
Through exclusive partnerships with some of the most prominent universities like IIIT-Bangalore, MICA, BITS Pilani, ISB, Cambridge Judge Business School- our aim to impart university education, online.
Learning online can be tough, especially when you have to do it all by yourself. Reasons why you should upskill with UpGrad:
– We provide an engaging experience via our suite of learning applications right from the university applications till you get a job and transition
– We provide structured online courses in collaboration with some of the prominent universities and industry experts
– We co-create a rigorous curriculum in collaboration with these universities to provide the learners with a holistic learning experience
– All our courses are comprehensive, structured and rigorous - delivered online, providing you the flexibility and opportunity of continuous learning
– We conduct regular live lectures with the industry experts and the professors
– Each of our learners is allocated with a dedicated student mentor who helps them chart a career path and motivates them to push themselves
– We provide in-depth feedback on all the assignments, case studies, and projects
– We have delivered 400+ successful career transitions and we’re committed to building careers of tomorrow
– You get access to an alumni network of 3,000+ students across the globe
– We also conduct periodic offline events like Hackathons, Bootcamps, Alumni Nights and connect you not only to the professors and industry experts but the peers in your batch too
– Last but not the last, we provide career assistance and help all the learners with interview preparations, mentorship calls, and job placements even after the completion of the program
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