Technical Architect
HybridChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Job Summary
Lead end-to-end architecture for complex client engagements on GCP data platforms, semantic layers, and agentic AI systems, making deployment-platform calls and documenting trade-offs in architecture decision records. Write reference implementations and the hardest 10–20% of code on each project, running spikes to de-risk patterns before delivery. Partner with pre-sales on scoping calls and SOW reviews, acting as the senior technical voice when prospects ask hard questions. Build reusable accelerators and migration playbooks to streamline future engagements. Own non-functional requirements including latency targets, security posture, and disaster recovery, ensuring designs support multi-tenancy and smooth consulting handover. Represent SquareShift externally in technical reviews and partner with Google Cloud and Elastic engineering teams.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years in software/data engineering
- at least 3 years in an architect, principal, or staff-level role owning systems end-to-end
- Deep, current expertise in at least one of our practice areas: Cloud & Data — BigQuery at scale, Looker/LookML modelling, GCP services (Cloud Run, GKE/Kubernetes, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Vertex AI), Helm and container deployment patterns, and modern data stack tooling (dbt, Airflow)
- Deep, current expertise in at least one of our practice areas: AI/ML & Agentic Systems — production LLM applications, RAG architectures, agent orchestration (ADK, LangGraph, MCP), evaluation frameworks, and cost/latency engineering for LLM workloads
- Deep, current expertise in at least one of our practice areas: Observability & Search — Elasticsearch/OpenSearch cluster design, ingest pipelines, SIEM/security analytics, and capacity planning at multi-TB ingestion scales
- Production track record. You can point to systems running today, with traffic, that you designed and helped build
- Strong design communication. Your RFCs and diagrams are clear enough that a senior client architect can disagree with you on substance, not on what you meant
- Pragmatism. You optimise for the outcome — not the most novel framework. You know when boring infrastructure is the right answer
Desired Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with Anthropic Claude, Google ADK, OpenRouter, or similar agent platforms in production
- Background in BI migrations to Looker from Tableau, MicroStrategy, Cognos, or Power BI
- Elastic certifications, Google Cloud Professional certifications, or open-source contributions in our ecosystem
- Prior experience in a consulting or partner-led delivery model — you understand the rhythm of pre-sales, SOW, delivery, and handover
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