Engineering Architect - Full Stack / MERN

About the role

A senior full-stack architect position in Bengaluru, reporting to the product, delivery, architecture and security teams. The role leads the target architecture, engineering practices and delivery governance across a polyglot platform built on React, TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, MongoDB, GraphQL Federation, Kafka and Python/FastAPI, while staying close to the code.

Key responsibilities

• Define the target technical architecture, principles, reference patterns and roadmap, and govern decisions through design reviews and conformance checkpoints.
• Architect the React/TypeScript frontend and the Node.js/TypeScript backend (NestJS), including service boundaries, API contracts and versioning.
• Own the data architecture on MongoDB, the GraphQL Federation architecture, and the event-driven architecture on Kafka.
• Set the identity and access architecture, the Python/FastAPI service architecture, and the guardrails around n8n automation.
• Own the AI architecture, including model routing, prompt governance and cost controls.
• Ensure Docker and Kubernetes applications use platform-owned Helm charts and GitHub Actions pipelines, and set performance and observability standards such as Azure Cache for Redis and Application Insights.
• Work with the engineering team to raise practices, embed the testing strategy and sustain predictable delivery.

Required profile

• 14-20 years of experience; proven technical leadership of an engineering team at Lead Technical Architect or Principal Architect scope.
• Deep expertise in TypeScript, React, Node.js, NestJS, MongoDB/Mongoose and Web Components/micro-frontends.
• Experience with identity and access architecture (OAuth2/OIDC, Okta, ABAC).
• Demonstrable accountability for delivery, reliability and security outcomes.

Required skills

• GraphQL Federation, Kafka with Schema Registry and Avro, and identity/access architecture.
• Working knowledge of Python/FastAPI and experience integrating AI models such as Azure OpenAI and Anthropic.
• Cloud-native, distributed systems with Docker/Kubernetes readiness.
• Testing and quality practice with Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright and pytest.
• Nice to have: TOGAF, Kubernetes, Docker, IaC, DevSecOps, legacy modernization, platform engineering, Azure Solutions Architect Expert or equivalent AWS certification.