jumpcloud - Chief Architect - India
Requirements
• Deep AI Expertise: 15+ years of software engineering/architecture experience with at least 4+ years dedicated to deep AI integrations. • Domain Expertise in Identity Space: Proven experience in the Identity and Access Management (IAM), Directory-as-a-Service (DaaS), Zero Trust, or endpoint management domains (comparable to JumpCloud, Okta, Ping Identity, etc.). • Massive Scale Experience: A strong track record of designing, building, and maintaining distributed cloud architectures and data pipelines that operate reliably at massive scale. • Disruptive & Nimble Mindset: Demonstrated ability to be an "agent of change." You are highly adaptable, agile, and comfortable pivoting architectures to adopt cutting-edge technologies. • Exceptional Mentorship & Leadership: Proven experience elevating the teams around you. You are known as a technical leader who leads by influence, coaches individual engineers, and upskills entire organizations. • Executive Communication: The ability to distill highly complex technical concepts into clear, strategic guidance for the Head of Engineering and C-suite leadership. • Analytical Prowess: Strong capability to dissect competitors' products, anticipate industry trends, and translate those insights into architectural advantages. • Public Thought Leadership: Experience speaking at industry conferences, publishing technical papers, or maintaining a strong presence as an AI/Tech evangelist in the open-source community. • Security & Privacy Background: Deep understanding of data privacy laws (GDPR, CCPA), AI ethics, and data security—critical for integrating AI into identity systems. • Hands-on Coding Proficiency: While this is an architectural role, the ability to jump into the code (Python, Go, Rust, or similar) to build rapid proof-of-concepts (PoCs) is highly desirable. • Cloud Native Mastery: Advanced certifications or deep expertise in AWS, GCP, or Azure AI ecosystems and cloud-native orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker). • Experience in High-Growth Startups: A background of successfully navigating the ambiguity and rapid growth phases of a hyper-growth tech company. • Where you’ll be working/Location: • JumpCloud is committed to being Remote First, meaning that you are able to work remotely within the country noted in the Job Description. • You must be located in and authorized to work in the country noted in the job description to be considered for this role. • Please note: There is an expectation that our engineers participate in on-call shifts. You will be expected commit to being ready and able to respond during your assigned shift, so that alerts don't go unaddressed. • JumpCloud has teams in 15+ countries around the world and conducts our internal business in English. The interview and any additional screening process will take place primarily in English. To be considered for a role at JumpCloud, you will be required to speak and write in English fluently. Any additional language requirements will be included in the details of the job description.
Responsibilities
• Architectural Disruption & Design: Continuously evaluate our existing platform architecture and suggest/implement transformative design changes to leverage the latest advancements in AI. • AI Evangelism & Strategy: Act as the internal and external champion for AI. Challenge legacy mindsets, drive a culture of disruptive innovation, and articulate a clear AI vision that aligns with our business goals in the Identity space. • Technical Leadership & Guidance: Serve as the trusted advisor and strategic partner to the Head of Engineering and executive leadership, translating complex AI developments into actionable product and engineering strategies. • Scale & Performance: Architect robust, scalable, and secure AI-driven systems capable of handling massive data volumes and high-traffic identity workflows globally. • Mentorship & Team Building: Be a force multiplier for our technical teams. Provide hands-on mentorship, foster a culture of continuous learning, and elevate the technical capabilities of individual contributors and engineering managers. • Competitive Analysis & Market Positioning: Keep a pulse on the rapidly evolving AI and Identity/Directory-as-a-Service markets. Conduct deep technical competitive analyses to ensure our architecture and AI features outpace industry rivals. • Agile Adaptation: Maintain a nimble approach to architecture. Pivot and adapt technical strategies quickly as new AI models, frameworks, and security requirements emerge.
Benefits
• If you thrive working in a fast, SaaS-based environment and you are passionate about solving challenging technical problems, we look forward to hearing from you! JumpCloud is an incredible place to share and grow your expertise! You’ll work with amazing talent across each department who are passionate about our mission. We’re out of the box thinkers, so your unique ideas and approaches for conceiving a product and/or feature will be welcome. You’ll have a voice in the organization as you work with a seasoned executive team, a supportive board and in a proven market that our customers are excited about. • One of JumpCloud's three core values is to “Build Connections.” To us that means creating " human connection with each other regardless of our backgrounds, orientations, geographies, religions, languages, gender, race, etc. We care deeply about the people that we work with and want to see everyone succeed." - Rajat Bhargava, CEO • Please submit your résumé and brief explanation about yourself and why you would be a good fit for JumpCloud. Please note JumpCloud is not accepting third party resumes at this time.
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