Principal Architect

You will work closely with the Director and Head of the Workbench Program in the UK, and partner with the India operations team to understand how the work is done today and translate that into the platform. This is an architecture role with long-term platform ownership and significant technical influence. It is not about maintaining existing systems. The foundations are being laid now, and you will be shaping them hands-on:

AI-native workflows that reason over long technical documents and cite evidence

Backend services that orchestrate large analytical workloads across a data platform, and the APIs around them.

Modern frontend experiences built for reviewing output at scale (React/NodeJS or equivalent) - a near-term critical path for this hire

Secure, enterprise-grade Azure-based deployments, with Databricks as the current leading platform for the data/AI layer.

Robust DevOps and MLOps foundations, including model evaluation

You will operate at both strategic and hands-on levels-designing long-term architectural blueprints while actively shaping core systems in their earliest stages. This role is not about maintaining existing systems. It is about laying the foundations for a platform that will define the next decade of the company’s growth.

12-15+ years in software engineering, with significant architectural ownership

Experience building large-scale, distributed, enterprise-grade systems

Proven, hands-on track record designing and building modern backend AND frontend architectures - frontend/UI depth is essential, not a nice-to-have, for this role

Strong experience in Azure cloud deployments; hands-on Databricks experience (PySpark, Delta Lake, MLflow) strongly preferred