• Own the architecture of Myntra’s new product platforms to drive business results • Drive and own the architecture and design of some of the most advanced & complex software systems / products in the industry to create company wide impact • Help build, mentor and coach a team of very talented Engineers, Architects, Quality engineers, System Operation Engineers and DevOps engineers in architectural and design best practices • Experience in distributed systems, cloud service development, deployment and delivery • Accountable for the design, for the ease of evolution, quality of the systems, performance, scaling, and availability characteristics and limitations of the systems • Envision and develop the long-term architectural direction, with emphasis on platforms/ reusable components while adopting an agile delivery process. Establish structures and processes that ensure a high level of quality and reliability and extensibility of deliverables • Drive the creation of next generation extensible web, mobile and fashion commerce platforms, security protocols, customisation and tools to support continuous scaling, internationalisation and platform extensions • Drive code and design reviews of components / systems / products in scope and drives the architectural governance for them • Set directional paths for the teams/department for adoption of new technology stacks for solving business problems • Represent multiple technology domains and Myntra in external technical forums • Work with product management, business stakeholders and other engineering leaders to help define mid-term, long-term roadmaps and shape business directions • Initiate and deliver leadership training within the engineering organisation, including training new managers, and drive the growth of leaders to create a strong leadership bench. Qualifications & Experience • 8+ years of experience in software product development • Must have a degree in Computer Science or related field • Hands on with coding and system design skills • Proven track record of leading the architecture and delivery in a startup/e-commerce ecosystem within a high growth & matrix environment • Successfully architected and led technology for consumer facing products in the global market along with being a problem-solver who envisions business and technical perspectives to develop workable solutions • Must have led product development end-end (portfolio to delivery, re-architectures) • Hands-on technology experience in building and running large scale systems handling multimillion sessions/transactions per day • Experience in large scale Database systems like RDBMS & NoSQL stores • Design/development experience in building massively large scale distributed internet systems and products • Programming skills in Java/GO and expertise in multi-threading and performance oriented programming • Experience in Distributed systems, highly scalable products, performance & reliability • Understanding of processing platforms and queues • Experience and knowledge of open source software, frameworks and broader cutting edge technologies around server side development in Java • Understanding of object-oriented programming, concurrency and fundamentals of computer science