Lead Architect

About Us

Heads Up For Tails is a one-stop pet product's brand with its paw-prints across India. We design,manufacture, and customize high quality and functional pet products to improve the quality of your pet'slife and make pet parenting delightful.

We were founded with the sole aim of making the lives of all pet companions better and on the strongbelief that pets are family. By offering products and services that make pets more comfortable, healthier,and happier, we hope to strengthen the bond between pet and parent.

With a firm belief in safety, innovation, and empathy, we create and curate a range of relevant petproducts and services. We are constantly adding to our inventory of products and services to provideparents with a holistic pet care experience and hope to become rock solid partners in each family’s petparenting journey.

We have over 1200+ employees spread across the country; with 220+ in our headquarters in Gurgaon. Wehave been awarded the ‘Brand of the Year’ Award three times (2017, 2019 and 2021), most recentlyawarded at Homburg Palace, Vienna. We have been certified as a Great Place to Work 2022 by Great Placeto Work Institute, India.

Position Summary

We’re looking for a senior technical leader to oversee system design and ensure our fastmoving engineering teams build solutions that are reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient

In this role, you will be responsible for system architecture and best practices across multiple product and platform teams. You will mentor engineers, identify architectural debt, and promote structured decision-making frameworks.

Additionally, you'll foster a culture of operational excellence through observability and automation, while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to ensure our technology stack aligns with our business objectives and delivers an outstanding experience for our customers.

Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications, Skills and Competencies

• 5+ years of experience in technical leadership roles (e.g., Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, Architect), leading system architecture and best practices across product and platform teams—preferably in e-commerce.
• A hands-on approach to building foundational software that supports both product and platform teams.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to drive the technical roadmap with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Prior experience with ERP software such as Odoo, ERPNext, or similar platforms.
• Hands-on experience with Python, NodeJS, ReactJS, PostgreSQL, GCP, and AWS.
• A deep understanding of database technologies, including both SQL and NoSQL systems.

What Heads Up For Tails Can Offer You:

Heads Up For Tails is the single largest organized leader in the growing pet care industry in India, a market thats estimated to reach INR 5475 crores by 2025. With an omni-channel network of manufacturing, retail, e-commerce and distribution, Heads Up For Tails can offer you a dynamic and ambitious work environment where you can leverage your experiences and skills to solve exciting, complex problems. We offer you a culture that thrives on ownership and initiative, where people who are excited about taking the path less travelled will thrive and succeed.