Qualys

Architect Software Engineer

PunePosted Aug 11, 2026

Requirements at a glance

Architect Software Engineer at Qualys is a role based in Pune. The posting mentions 8+ years of experience and a bachelor's degree. It does not mention visa sponsorship. Key skills include Docker and Product management. Applications are submitted through Workday.

Experience
8+ years (mentioned)
Education
Bachelor's degree (mentioned)
Visa sponsorship
Not mentioned in the posting
Application platform
Workday

Skills in this posting

  • Docker
  • Product management

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Come work at a place where innovation and teamwork come together to support the most exciting missions in the world!

Qualys is seeking a Data Platform Architect to design, scale, and support our next-generation SaaS cloud security data platform and microservices infrastructure. In this role, you will architect, prototype, and optimize high-throughput data platform components processing millions of transactions per second across relational, NoSQL, graph, and message pipeline systems.

Responsibilities:

  • Design, build, and maintain high-throughput, microservices-based SaaS cloud data platform architectures.
  • Optimize performance, high availability, security, and scalability across relational databases, NoSQL databases, search engines, graph databases, and message queues.
  • Instrument Day 1 and Day 2 operations to manage cloud platform workloads processing millions of transactions per second.
  • Review cloud-native architectures, facilitate cloud migration strategies, and maintain zero-downtime scalability.
  • Partner with engineering, product management, and operations teams to align infrastructure features with corporate business objectives.
  • Conduct technical knowledge-sharing sessions, proof-of-concept (POC) evaluations, and architectural reviews with application development teams.

Required Qualifications:

  • Minimum 8 years of experience in data platform architecture, software engineering, or enterprise big data engineering.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Demonstrated experience architecting and operating distributed databases (NoSQL, Relational, Search Engines, or Graph Databases) at scale.
  • Hands-on experience designing and deploying high-throughput message pipelines and distributed streaming systems.
  • Proven experience building and scaling cloud-native SaaS architectures with high-availability requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
  • Direct experience managing transaction workloads operating at scale (e.g., millions of operations per second or multi-terabyte daily volumes).
  • Deep technical expertise in containerization, microservices deployment, and cloud-bursting strategies.
  • Experience conducting architectural evaluations and leading brown-bag training sessions for development teams.

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