Architect-product/platform architecture

Role overview

Architect-product/platform architecture at NeST Digital

Employment details

• Location: Kochi [Kerala] [India]

Application details

• Job Purpose • Own and evolve product/platform architecture to meet roadmap,SLOs, security, and cost targets; provide architecture governance Responsibilities —Internal • Define reference architecture, guardrails, golden paths; maintain C4/UML and ADRs • Apply DDD, CQRS/Saga, and event‑driven patterns (Kafka) with polyglot persistence • Drive container orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes: ingress, HPA, rollout/rollback) and IaC (Terraform/Bicep) • Embed security‑by‑design (STRIDE, secrets mgmt, zero‑trust) and observability (SLOs, error budgets, tracing/logging/metrics) • Chair/participate in architecture review councils; ensure standards compliance and gated releases Responsibilities —Customer/Market • Maintain external market sense; align product choices to customer needs and roadmap • Support strategic customer conversations on platform direction and extensibility Functional/Technical Competencies • Deep .NET or Java with adjacent stacks; Azure/AWS managed services • Eventing & data: Kafka (partitions, consumer groups, retention), schema evolution, consistency models • DevSecOps and production‑grade observability; performance/cost optimization Soft Skills • Stakeholder influence across product, security, platform, and delivery; clear decision facilitation.

Additional role details

• Min Relevant Experience • 12–18 years overall with 3–5 years leading product/platform architecture; shipped at scale.
• Key Performance Indicators (examples) • Architecture compliance ≥ 90% and ADR cadence/SLAs met • SLO attainment; cost within guardrails • Adoption of reusable assets/patterns across teams NeST Principles • Be Customer Focused • Deliver Results • Raise Standards • Dive Deep • Disagree, Discuss & Commit • Invent & Reuse • Build Trust & Show Integrity • Collaborate • Own • Build Organizational Capability