Google Cloud Architect jobs

In this role, you will:

● Define and evolve the long-term architectural vision and technical strategy for the

enterprise platform.

● Establish and maintain enterprise architecture that enables the platform to scale with

consistency, resilience, and long-term maintainability.

● Develop the architectural principles, technical standards, design patterns, and

governance practices that guide engineering across the organization.

● Lead architectural reviews and provide technical direction for significant platform

initiatives and strategic technology decisions.

● Design distributed enterprise systems that prioritize operational integrity, availability,security, performance, observability, interoperability, and resilience.
Identify architectural risks early and develop strategies that reduce complexity while
strengthening the long-term health of the platform.

● Apply first-principles thinking to solve complex technical challenges where established

approaches are insufficient.

● Partner closely with Product Management to translate business strategy into durable

technical capabilities.

● Collaborate with Engineering to improve execution, technical consistency, delivery

quality, and long-term maintainability.

● Work with Executive Leadership to ensure technology strategy supports business

priorities, customer outcomes, and company growth.

● Establish a culture of architectural discipline, thoughtful engineering, and technical

excellence across the organization.

● Continuously improve the quality of technical decision-making through sound

architectural practices and disciplined systems thinking.

Qualifications

We are seeking an accomplished technical leader with a demonstrated ability to define and
evolve the architecture of complex enterprise platforms.

The ideal candidate will bring:

● Demonstrated experience defining the architecture and technical direction of enterprise

software platforms.

● Experience designing and evolving distributed systems that prioritize scalability,

resilience, security, performance, and long-term maintainability.

● Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, systems integration, platform
engineering, software architecture, and cloud-native architectural principles.

● Experience establishing architectural standards, technical governance, and engineering

best practices.

● A proven ability to evaluate complex technical trade-offs and make sound architectural

decisions aligned with long-term business objectives.

● Experience partnering with Product Management, Engineering, and Executive
Leadership to translate business strategy into durable technical capabilities.

● Excellent written, verbal, and executive communication skills.
● A track record of influencing technical direction through expertise, sound judgment, and

credibility.

● A commitment to building systems that remain adaptable, dependable, and maintainable

as organizations and technologies evolve.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in one or more of the following areas is valuable:

Identity, security, governance, or risk management technologies.

● Enterprise software or enterprise infrastructure platforms.
● Artificial intelligence platforms and enterprise AI adoption.
● Enterprise SaaS platforms supporting large or highly regulated organizations.
● High-availability, mission-critical, or globally distributed systems.
● Early-stage or high-growth technology companies where architectural decisions shaped

long-term platform success.

Success in This Role

Success is measured by the strength of the technical foundation you establish and the quality of
the decisions that shape the organization.

Within your first year, you will have:

● Established Technical Architecture as a foundational leadership function.
.
●Implemented engineering principles and architecture standards adopted across the
organization.
●Improved the consistency, quality, and maintainability of technical decision-making.
● Built trusted partnerships across Product Management, Engineering, and Executive

Leadership.

● Positioned the platform to scale confidently across enterprise customers and future

product capabilities.

● Established a technical foundation capable of supporting the company’s long-term

growth.

How We Build

● Product Management defines what should be built and why.

● Technical Architecture defines how the enterprise platform should be designed, evolve,

and scale.

● Engineering builds, delivers, operates, and continuously improves the platform.Together, these functions ensure every capability is grounded in customer value, architectural integrity, and engineering excellence.

Why This Role

Category defining companies are built on enduring technical foundations.

This is an opportunity to establish and lead the Technical Architecture function at a company defining a new category of enterprise software. The decisions you make will influence not only the evolution of our enterprise platform, but also the architectural standards, technical discipline, and engineering culture that will shape the company for years to come.

If you are motivated by solving complex systems challenges, applying first-principles thinking,and building enterprise technology that organizations trust to support their most critical operations, we would like to hear from you.

Pay: ₹3,000,000.00 - ₹5,500,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Work Location: Remote