Principal Architect

About Plum

Plum is an employee insurance and health benefits start-up focused on making health insurance simple, accessible, and inclusive for modern organizations.

Healthcare in India is undergoing a phenomenal shift, with inflation in healthcare costs 3x that of general inflation. A majority of Indians are unable to afford health insurance on their own, and as many as 600 million Indians will likely have to depend on employer-sponsored insurance

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Plum is on a mission to provide the highest quality insurance and healthcare to 10 million lives by FY2030, through companies that care. Plum is backed by Tiger Global and Peak XV Partner

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Role Overv

iewAs a Principal Architect at Plum, you will set the architectural vision and technical strategy for Plum's Insurance and Health care platforms. You'll be responsible for designing highly scalable, resilient, and secure platforms that power our product ecosystem. You'll work closely with engineering, product, business and cross-functional stakeholders to define the technical roadmap, design systems, and ensure our platform is robust and secure for long-term scale while enabling rapid innovation. You'll play a critical role in setting the engineering best practices, mentoring teams, and solving complex architectural challenges across produc

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Roles and Responsibili

ties Define and enforce architectural standards, principles, and patterns across services and platfo

rms. Collaborate with engineering teams to design scalable, event-driven, and secure syst

ems. Work closely with the product and data teams to align engineering goals with business outco

mes. Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and performance of mission-critical applicati

ons. Responsible for design, architecture, and delivery of a feature or component/product with the highest quality with high-level direct

ions Driving innovations in the platform constantly & remaining ahead of the c

urve Provide functional, design, and code reviews in related areas of expertise with-in team and cross-t

eam. Mentors/coaches engineers to facilitate their development and provide technical leadership to

them Evaluate and introduce new technologies, frameworks, and tools to improve developer productivity and system performa

nce. Oversee API design principles, ensuring consistency, maintainability, and security across all servi

ces. Rises above detail to see broader issues and implications for the whole product/t

eam.
Desired Skills and Exper

ience BE/MS in Computer Science or equiva

lent. 12-15 years of strong design/development experience, including significant time in senior or architect-level

roles Proven expertise in at least two backend technology stacks such as Node.js, Java, Python, Go, or sim

ilar. Deep understanding of frameworks like Express (Node.js), Spring Boot (Java), Django (Python), or equiva

lent. Strong experience designing and scaling distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and microserv

ices. Experience integrating multiple data sources and databases, with a strong grasp of data modeling and performance optimiza

tion. Strong understanding of API design, security best practices, and high-throughput data proces

sing. Experience with cloud-native architectures (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and infrastructure-as-code t

ools. Experience and knowledge of open source software, frameworks and broader cutting edge technolo

gies. Exposure to Gen AI technologies such as OpenAI, Anthropic APIs, frameworks like LangChain or LlamaIndex; experience with vector databases for retrieval-augmented generation; and familiarity with prompt engineering, fine-tuning, model evaluation, and scalable deploy

ment. Superior organization, communication, interpersonal and leadership s

kills Must be a proven performer and team player that enjoy challenging assignments in a high-energy, fast growing and start-up work

place Must be a self-starter who can work well with minimal guidance and in fluid enviro

nment Agility and ability to adapt quickly to changing requirements and scope and prior

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Why you should work wi

th us: We like people who behave like owners, and we place a high regard on those who take ownership and see projects through to compl

etion. We take pleasure in tackling meaningful problems by understanding pain points and developing intuitive experiences that delight cust

omers. We appreciate those who can participate in healthy conflict and are able to commit to every decision as if it were their own. We value consent, over cons

ensus. In our relentless pursuit of excellence, we consistently set higher standards. If you crave continuous learning, growth, and improvement in a dynamic environment, choosing Plum is the right