Chief Architect - India

The role

You will define and drive the next generation of JumpCloud's platform architecture, reporting to the Head of Engineering. You will lead AI strategy and embed AI capabilities into core identity and device management systems.

What you will do

• Evaluate the existing platform architecture and suggest or implement transformative design changes using the latest AI advances.
• Act as the internal and external champion for AI and set a clear AI vision aligned with business goals in the Identity space.
• Serve as trusted advisor to the Head of Engineering and executive leadership, turning AI developments into product and engineering strategy.
• Architect robust, scalable and secure AI-driven systems that handle massive data volumes and high-traffic identity workflows globally.
• Provide hands-on mentorship, foster continuous learning, and elevate individual contributors and engineering managers.
• Conduct deep technical competitive analysis of the AI and Identity/Directory-as-a-Service markets.
• Pivot technical strategies quickly as new AI models, frameworks and security requirements emerge.

Required qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering or architecture experience, with at least 4+ years of deep AI integrations.
• Proven experience in Identity and Access Management (IAM), Directory-as-a-Service (DaaS), Zero Trust, or endpoint management (comparable to JumpCloud, Okta, Ping Identity).
• Strong track record of designing, building and maintaining distributed cloud architectures and data pipelines that run reliably at massive scale.
• Demonstrated ability to be an agent of change, highly adaptable and comfortable pivoting architectures to adopt cutting-edge technology.
• Proven experience elevating teams, leading by influence, coaching engineers and upskilling organizations.
• Ability to distill complex technical concepts into clear strategic guidance for the Head of Engineering and C-suite.
• Strong capability to dissect competitors' products, anticipate industry trends and turn insights into architectural advantages.
• Fluent English, spoken and written.

Nice to have

• Public thought leadership: speaking at industry conferences, publishing technical papers, or being a recognized AI/tech evangelist in open source.
• Security and privacy background: understanding of GDPR, CCPA, AI ethics and data security.
• Hands-on coding proficiency in Python, Go, Rust or similar to build rapid proof-of-concepts.
• Advanced certifications or deep expertise in AWS, GCP or Azure AI ecosystems and cloud-native orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Experience navigating the ambiguity and rapid growth of a hyper-growth tech company.

Before you apply

• You must be located in and authorized to work in India to be considered.
• Fluent English is required, since internal business and the interview process are conducted in English.
• JumpCloud is not accepting third-party resumes at this time.

About the company

JumpCloud is an AI-powered unified IT management platform that consolidates identity, device and access management for organizations worldwide. It describes itself as Intelligent, Secure IT, and it has teams in 15+ countries.