Job Description: Principal Architect
Location: Bengaluru, India
Reports to: Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Role Overview
As the senior-most Individual Contributor (IC) at Myntra, you will be the primary custodian of our end-to-end technical architecture. You will partner with the CTO to define the long-term technology roadmap that powers India’s largest fashion e-commerce ecosystem. This is a role for a visionary builder who has seen systems fail at a billion requests and knows exactly how to prevent it the next time.
You will not just "design" systems; you will evolve our culture of engineering excellence and act as the ultimate mentor to our community of architects.
Key Responsibilities
● Architectural Stewardship: Own the global architecture blueprint for Myntra. Ensure that our systems (Commerce, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Ads) are decoupled, resilient, and ready for 10x growth.
● Strategic Engineering: Drive "Zero-to-One" initiatives. Whether it’s moving toward a headless commerce engine, integrating agentic AI into the shopping funnel, or optimizing multi-cloud costs (FinOps), you lead the charge.
● System Integrity & Scale: Ensure the platform can sustain massive traffic bursts (e.g., EORS) with high availability ($99.99\%+$) and sub-100ms latencies across critical paths.
● Technical Governance: Set the "Gold Standards" for API design, data modeling, and security. Review and sign off on high-impact RFCs and Design Docs across the organization.
● Architectural Mentorship: Act as the Primus inter pares (First among equals) for our architects. Build a world-class architecture guild, fostering a culture of rigorous peer reviews and continuous learning.
● Hands-on Prototyping: Beyond just building high-level "vanguard" prototypes, this role demands a hands-on architect who stays in the trenches to build and scale the system's most complex, mission-critical components.
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Ideal Candidate Profile
● The Veteran's Lens: 20–25 years of experience in core consumer internet products. You have lived through multiple technology cycles and migrations.
● Scale Mastery: Proven track record of architecting and scaling distributed systems that handle billions of requests and petabytes of data.
● Technical Breadth: You are someone who is familiar with the latest advancements not just in engineering, but also in AI, hardware, and cloud, as well as having an understanding of P&L.
● Product Thinking: You don't build tech for tech's sake. You understand the Ecommerce space.
● Leadership without Authority: Exceptional ability to influence Engineering and Product Leadership through technical clarity, empathy, and data-backed conviction.
Why this role is unique at Myntra
Unlike many "Principal Architect" roles that end up being managerial, this is a pure-play technical leadership path. You will have the ear of the CTO and the freedom to shape the future of a platform that defines how millions of Indians shop.
For more understanding, please reach out to TA SPOC:
Chirag Bali- 7840033556
Email - chirag.bali@myntra.com
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