Enterprise Architect

About Us :

Tata Digital is a future-ready company that focuses on creating consumer-centric, high-engagement digital products. By creating a holistic presence across various touchpoints, we aim to be the trusted partner of every consumer and delight them by powering a rewarding life. The company's debut offering, Tata Neu is a super-app that provides an integrated rewards experience across various consumer categories like groceries, fashion and electronics, travel and hospitality, health and fitness, entertainment, and financial services on a single platform. Founded in March 2019, Tata Digital Private Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons Private Limited.

Our Culture:

We cultivate a culture of innovation, inclusion for all employees and respect their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We thrive on the diversity of our talent in all forms and see it as a strength in building high performance teams across brands. As we rewrite commerce in India, change is the only constant in our day to day lives.

Role Overview:
We are looking for an Enterprise Architect to lead the design and evolution of core backend systems at TATA Digital. This role needs deep technical experience in building distributed systems and a hands-on approach to architecture and code. You will define standards, guide teams, and build systems that scale reliably.

Why Join Us?

• Work on high-scale systems used by millions of users.
  
  

• Influence the architecture of key platform components.
  
  

• Collaborate with top talent across tech, product, and business.
  
  

• Drive decisions that shape the future of digital commerce in India.
  
  

Roles & Responsibilities:

Architecture & System Design

• Lead architecture for backend systems like customer accounts, payments, order management, and search.
  
  

• Design systems that handle millions of users using microservices, event-driven patterns, and cloud-native tech.
  
  

• Guide choices on databases, caching, APIs, and communication protocols (e.g., REST, gRPC, GraphQL).
  
  

Hands-on Technical Leadership

• Write and review code when needed - we value leaders who can roll up their sleeves.
  
  

• Review architecture and code from other teams to ensure quality, scalability, and maintainability.
  
  

• Solve hard technical problems like improving API performance under load or ensuring distributed consistency.
  
  

Mentorship & Collaboration

• Mentor senior engineers and help them grow into architects.
  
  

• Collaborate with PMs, security, and DevOps to make informed decisions.
  
  

• Ensure best practices in testing, monitoring, and operational readiness.
  
  

Operational & Technical Excellence

• Promote a strong on-call culture with clear ownership and SLAs.
  
  

• Reduce manual operations with automation and self-healing systems.
  
  

• Encourage clean code, reviews, and scalable design practices.
  
  

• Design cloud-native systems using AWS or Azure.
  
  

What We're Looking For :

Experience & Skills

• 12-16 years of backend or platform development experience.
  
  

• Strong coding in Java, Kotlin, Python, or Go.
  
  

• Experience with distributed systems in domains like e-commerce or fintech.
  
  

• Good understanding of microservices, event-driven architecture, and API design.
  
  

• Cloud experience with AWS or Azure (Azure is optional, but a plus).
  
  

• Strong database knowledge: MongoDB, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, or Oracle.
  
  

• Strong fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, systems, and networking.
  
  

Leadership & Mindset

• Proven mentorship ability.
  
  

• Strong communication - explain complex ideas simply.
  
  

• Curious and always improving.
  
  

• Able to influence across engineering and product teams.
  
  

Nice to Have

• Experience with Kafka, Flink, or similar real-time systems.
  
  

• Familiarity with AI coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, JetBrains AI).