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Distributed system design
Bounded contexts, event-driven integration and failure modes thought through before the first service is written.
Principal / Lead
Hire principal software architects and technical leads
Technical leaders who design systems you can still change later, write decisions down as ADRs, and raise the standard of the engineers around them through review and pairing.
Role profile
What we look for in a Principal / Lead Software Architect
Seniority and experience are agreed in the proposal, and you interview every engineer before they start. These are the skills that interview should test.
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Technical governance
Architecture decision records, lint and review standards, and a lightweight process for changing them.
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Mentoring and unblocking
Pairing with mid-level engineers, settling design disputes quickly, and paying down the debt that slows the team most.
Typical work
What a Principal / Lead Software Architect typically works on
Examples of the scope this role is hired for. Your statement of work sets the actual deliverables and how they are accepted.
- 01A system architecture blueprint with an ADR for each major decision
- 02A strangler-fig roadmap for moving off a monolith
- 03Disaster recovery and multi-region database failover plans
- 04Technical due diligence reports for fundraising or acquisition
Stack and tools
What this role works with day to day. Tell us your stack and we’ll say plainly which parts we can staff.
- System design
- Microservices
- Event sourcing
- Kubernetes
- PostgreSQL
- Kafka
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How hiring works
Four steps, agreed in writing before anyone starts
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Tell us the role
The stack, the seniority you need, the hours you want covered, and any certifications the work requires. We reply within one business day.
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We propose engineers
A written proposal sets out who we'd put forward, their seniority and experience, the scope, and the terms. If we can't staff the role well, we say so.
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You interview every engineer
Nobody starts on your codebase until you've interviewed them and agreed. Use the skills on the role page as your interview checklist.
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Working arrangements go in the SOW
Working-hours overlap is agreed for each engagement and written into the statement of work — the shared window, who shifts hours, and how handoffs work outside it.
QuantmHill provides development teams from India for Indian startups and SMEs. Role profiles describe project capabilities; availability is confirmed for your engagement. Our team works on India Standard Time. Project working hours, availability and handoff responsibilities are agreed before kickoff.
Need specific certifications? Tell us at the start and we'll confirm whether we can staff to that requirement before you sign. There are no recruiting fees.
FAQ
Questions about hiring a Principal / Lead Software Architect
Answered the way we would on a call. If yours isn’t here, send it — we reply within one business day.
Yes — that's often the best use of the role. They run architecture reviews, pair with your tech leads and set standards your team owns, rather than designing in isolation.
Typically a written assessment of the current system, architecture diagrams, ADRs for the decisions already made, and a prioritized plan. The exact deliverables are set in the statement of work.
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Add a Principal / Lead Software Architect to your team
Tell us the stack, the seniority you need and the hours you want covered. We reply within one business day, and you interview every engineer before they start.