Principal Architect

Myntra · Bengaluru

  • Experience20–24 yrs
  • SalaryNot disclosed
  • Work modeonsite
  • Levelexecutive
  • Posted10 Sept 2026
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About Myntra

Myntra is hiring in Bengaluru in ecommerce retail. This role looks for around 20+ years of experience.

Skills

  • architecture
  • scalability and performance engineering
  • system reliability
  • cloud platforms
  • Java
  • Cassandra
  • ScyllaDB
  • PostgreSQL
  • Kafka
  • Flink
  • Kubernetes
  • Istio
  • distributed systems
  • NoSQL
  • SQL
  • GCP
  • Azure
  • API design
  • data modelling
  • security

The role

A solution architect at a fashion e-commerce marketplace defines distributed systems architecture and evolves cloud-native infrastructure for resilient, high-scale commerce platforms. The role applies Java, Kafka, and Kubernetes to shape commerce, supply chain, logistics, and advertising systems while guiding architecture standards and technical direction.

Full job description

As the senior-most Individual Contributor (IC), you will be the primary custodian of our end-to-end technical architecture. You will partner with the CTO to define the long-term technology roadmap that powers India's largest fashion e-commerce ecosystem. This is a role for a visionary builder who has seen systems fail at a billion requests and knows exactly how to prevent it the next time. You will not just "design" systems; you will evolve our culture of engineering excellence and act as the ultimate mentor to our community of architects.

Responsibilities:

Architectural Stewardship: Own the global architecture blueprint. Ensure that our systems (Commerce, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Ads) are decoupled, resilient, and ready for 10x growth.

Strategic Engineering: Drive "Zero-to-One" initiatives. Whether it's moving toward a headless commerce engine, integrating agentic AI into the shopping funnel, or optimising multi-cloud costs (FinOps), you lead the charge.

System Integrity and Scale: Ensure the platform can sustain massive traffic bursts (e. g., EORS) with high availability ($99.99\%+$) and sub-100ms latencies across critical paths.

Technical Governance: Set the "Gold Standards" for API design, data modelling, and security. Review and sign off on high-impact RFCs and Design Docs across the organisation.

Architectural Mentorship: Act as the Primus inter pares (First among equals) for our architects. Build a world-class architecture guild, fostering a culture of rigorous peer reviews and continuous learning.

Hands-on Prototyping: While you operate at a high level, you are expected to build "vanguard" prototypes or POCs for complex, cross-cutting technical problems.

Requirements:

The Veteran's Lens: 20-25 years of experience in core consumer internet products. You have lived through multiple technology cycles and migrations.

Scale Mastery: Proven track record of architecting and scaling distributed systems that handle billions of requests and petabytes of data.

Tech Stack Breadth: Deep expertise in Java ecosystems, NoSQL/SQL (Cassandra, ScyllaDB, PostgreSQL), Streaming (Kafka, Flink), and Cloud-Native infra (GCP/Azure, K8S, Istio).

Product Thinking: You don't build tech for tech's sake. You understand the "fashion" business: inventory turns, warehouse throughput, and customer LTV.

Leadership without Authority: Exceptional ability to influence Engineering and Product Leadership through technical clarity, empathy, and data-backed conviction. Unlike many "Principal Architect" roles that end up being managerial, this is a pure-play technical leadership path. You will have the ear of the CTO and the freedom to shape the future of a platform that defines how millions of Indians shop.

Required skills: cloud platform, system reliability, scalability and performance engineering, architecture.