CoE - Digital Engineering Architect

Job Title: Digital Engineering Architect

Role Overview

The Digital Engineering Architect (Development-Led) is a hands-on technical leader responsible for designing and building modern digital solutions while defining the engineering architecture, development standards, and DevOps practices. This role places software development at the core, with architecture and automation used to accelerate delivery, quality, and scalability across digital platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Software Development

•Lead hands-on development of complex, business-critical digital systems.

•Design and implement clean, maintainable, and testable code across services and platforms.

•Set coding standards, design patterns, and development best practices.

•Guide teams in applying DDD, SOLID principles, and modern engineering patterns.

•Perform code reviews and mentor engineers to raise overall development quality.

•Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term architectural health.Digital & Cloud Architecture

•Design end-to-end application architectures aligned with product and business goals.

•Build cloud-native solutions using microservices, APIs, containers, and event-driven patterns.

•Lead modernization of legacy applications into scalable, cloud-ready systems.

•Define reference architectures and reusable components.DevOps / DevSecOps Enablement

•Architect and implement CI/CD pipelines integrated with automated testing and security checks.

•Drive Infrastructure as Code adoption and environment automation.

•Embed DevSecOps practices into the development lifecycle.

•Improve developer experience through tooling, automation, and self-service capabilities.

•Collaborate with operations/SRE teams to ensure smooth production deployments. GenAI Enablement

•Enable practical GenAI use cases such as developer productivity tools or intelligent features.

•Provide guidance on safe and compliant integration of GenAI APIs.

•Ensure GenAI usage aligns with engineering and security standards. Leadership & Collaboration

•Act as a hands-on technical leader within delivery teams.

•Collaborate closely with product managers and business stakeholders.

•Mentor engineers and emerging technical leaders.

•Contribute to engineering roadmaps and technology strategy.

Required Qualifications

•Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

•Strong hands-on coding expertise in one or more modern languages (Java, .NET, Python, Node.js, etc.).

•Proven experience building cloud-native applications on AWS, Azure, or GCP.

•Solid experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, and automation.

•Deep understanding of distributed systems and API design.

•Strong foundation in application security and secure coding practices.

•Excellent communication and technical leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

•Experience leading development of large-scale or mission-critical systems.

•Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container platforms.

•Background in platform engineering or internal developer platforms.

•Familiarity with observability and SRE practices.

•Cloud, DevOps, or architecture certifications.

Key Competencies

•Hands-on software development leadership

•Architecture driven by real delivery experience

•Automation and DevOps mindset

•Code quality and engineering excellence

•Pragmatic, business-aligned decision making

Work Location – Bangalore OR Chennai OR Hyderabad OR Noida