About the role

Senior Architect - Software and Agentic Engineering:

o9 Solutions, Inc. Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Hybrid)

Be part of something revolutionary

We have a vision. Our Digital Brain, o9’s AI-powered platform, is being used by global enterprises to drive their digital transformations. The integrated planning and operational efficiencies we provide is helping businesses do more, be more and mean more to the world at large. Because businesses that

plan better, reduce waste, creating value for themselves and the planet. But we also have a vision for our people. We want the most talented, committed and driven people to power our transformative approach. In return, we’ll provide a nurturing environment where you can be a part of something special.

We are seeking a highly experienced and intellectually curious Software Architect with a strong background in Mathematical/Statistical Analysis and Deep Learning AI. In this role, you will lead the design and implementation of sophisticated, data-driven AI systems. You will translate complex business problems into mathematical models and oversee the development of scalable, high-performance deep learning architectures. The ideal candidate will combine deep software engineering expertise with a passion for applied mathematics and artificial intelligence.

Role Summary

We are seeking a Principal/ Senior Architect to define, own, and evolve the end-to-end architecture of o9’s enterprise platform, which is increasingly AI-heavy. This role serves as a technical authority across the organization, responsible for setting architectural direction, establishing standards, and ensuring the successful production deployment of advanced data, software and AI systems. The Principal AI Architect will operate at the intersection of deep learning, data engineering, software engineering and MLOps, driving long-term platform strategy while partnering closely with engineering leadership to translate complex business problems into scalable, secure, and resilient technical architectures.

What You Will Do

Define, own, and continuously evolve the end-to-end architecture for o9’s enterprise platform, ensuring solutions meet enterprise standards for scalability, reliability, security, performance, and cost efficiency when deploying technically-advanced products with a significant amount of deep learning models embedded in them.
Architect and guide the implementation of scalable, secure data pipelines using modern AI-boosted data engineering technologies, enabling efficient ingestion, processing, and serving of large volumes of structured and unstructured data.
Lead the productionalization of AI systems by defining and governing MLOps best practices, including model registries, automated training and retraining pipelines, CI/CD for ML, deployment strategies, and continuous monitoring to detect model drift, data drift, and performance degradation.
Design, train, fine-tune, and deploy deep learning as well as Agentic models, implementing advanced architectures such as Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and integrating vector database technologies to enable scalable, low-latency, and context-aware AI applications.
Serve as a principal-level technical leader, mentoring senior and staff engineers, leading architecture and design reviews, and setting engineering standards and patterns that ensure consistency and quality across teams.
Translate complex business, product, and operational requirements into clear, durable technical architectures, balancing short-term delivery needs with long-term platform evolution.

What You’ll Bring

Experience:
10+ years of experience in software architecture and building large-scale, production-grade systems, with 5+ years of specialization in deep learning and data engineering, supported by strong computer science fundamentals.
Deep Learning & AI Expertise:
Strong proficiency in modern deep learning frameworks and agentic AI systems, with hands-on experience across model development, fine-tuning, deployment, and lifecycle management.
Data Technologies:
Proven experience handling unstructured and semi-structured data and working with modern data engineering technologies to support large-scale, distributed AI workloads.
Programming & System Design:
Mastery of Python, solid backend engineering experience, and deep expertise in algorithms, data structures, distributed systems, and large-scale system design. Additional experience with other languages such as Scala, Kotlin and Rust is highly desirable.
Big Data & Distributed Computing:
Demonstrated experience processing large datasets and building solutions using distributed computing frameworks in production environments.
Architectural Leadership:
Ability to influence architectural decisions across teams, drive technical consensus, and make trade-off decisions that shape long-term platform direction.

Key Competencies:

Strategic mindset with deep operational awareness.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to simplify complex technical concepts for executive reporting.
Strong leadership, people development, and cross-functional influencing skills.

Bias for action and a relentless focus on continuous improvement.

What we’ll do for you:

● Competitive salary

● Tech tools: Complementary PC laptop.

● Flexibility: Work from home two days a week. Get up a bit later, skip the commute and put the time back into your deadlines.

● Get social: When we work from home, we play from home with fun after-work activities like Social Fridays. If you’re in the office, feel free to join these events in person.

● Flat organization: With a very strong entrepreneurial culture (and no corporate politics).

● Support network: Work with a team you can learn from and every day.

● Diversity: We pride ourselves on our international working environment.

More about us...

With its recent Unicorn status, o9 Solutions is one of the fastest growing AI-powered digital transformation companies in the world today. Our high energy environment drives us to grow and

aim 10x. It’s this drive that has made us leaders of Gartner’s S&OP Magic Quadrant.

The o9 platform, or “digital brain”, is the premier AI-powered, cloud-based platform behind the digital transformations of major global enterprises. These include Google, Walmart, and Starbucks,

among others.

Our headquarters are located in Dallas, and we currently have offices in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bangalore, Tokyo, Seoul, Paris and London.

o9 is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of diverse backgrounds and hires without regard to race, colour, gender, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, sexual orientation or

any other characteristic protected by law.