Locus - Senior Technical Architect - SaaS Platform

Description is a technology platform that uses machine learning and proprietary algorithms to automate complex supply chain decisions. We are building The World's Best Dispatch Management Platform in Final Mile. Our smart supply chain solutions provide end-to-end visibility and enable enterprises to enhance their operational efficiency by reining costs, streamlining the customer experience, and reducing environmental impact.

Headquartered at Bangalore, India, we have offices present across, North America, South East Asia, EU. We are a 300+ strong team and growing rapidly.

With a strong base of investors, GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, Qualcomm Ventures LLC, Tiger Global, Falcon Edge, Blume Ventures, pi Ventures, and others., Locus has raised around $80 million across multiple rounds.

Locus' scalable solutions include route optimization, real-time tracking and analytics, sales beat optimization, territory planning, vehicle allocation and network design. Our future-ready platform has resulted in $150 million+ savings in logistics costs, 70 million+ kilometer reductions in distance traveled, and 17 million+ kilograms reduction in GHG emissions across clients like Nestle, Mondelez, Unilever, BigBasket, Bluedart, Bukalapak, The Tata Group, & many others. The company powers deliveries across North America, Europe, Southeast Asia, Middle East, ANZ, and the Indian Subcontinent.

From 2015 till date, Locus has grown by leaps and bounds, with a clear focus on innovating consistently

By 2018 we were a team of 100 and we reached 10 million successful customer orders.

We raised our Series B in 2020 funding led by Falcon Edge and Tiger Global, we also open our South East Asia office in Jakarta, Indonesia, Berlin in Europe and California in the USA. Our team grew to 200 in 2020 and, we opened offices in UK, Vietnam and Singapore

We raised our Series C funding of USD 50 mil led by investors GIC and Qualcomm Ventures

Locus gets recognised twice in a row for the Representative Vendor in the latest edition of the 2022 Gartner Market Guide for Supply Chain Network Design Tools

Job Description :

We are looking for a Senior Technical Architect to join our Technology team and define the architectural backbone of Locus' enterprise SaaS platform. This is a pivotal role aimed at embedding deep technical design thinking into the product development lifecycle to ensure scalability, extensibility, and seamless integration across our modules.

Responsibilities :

• Product Architecture Design : Own and drive the architectural vision for the product platform. Design high-level system and module-level architecture to support current and future business needs.
• Cross-Functional Leadership : Partner with product managers, engineering, design, and business stakeholders to align architecture with product goals and user outcomes.
• Domain-Driven Design : Leverage deep understanding of logistics and enterprise SaaS to design domain-centric, loosely coupled systems that evolve with business requirements.
• Scalability and Performance : Architect resilient and performant systems that handle high throughput and real-time data exchange.
• Design Reviews and Mentorship : Conduct technical design reviews across product pods. Mentor engineering teams on architecture principles and design patterns.
• Technical Due Diligence : Evaluate technical feasibility of new initiatives, identify tech debt, and define phased approaches for platform evolution.

Requirements :

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