About the role
Job Description
About apna
Since its inception in 2019, apna has successfully linked over 60 million job seekers with more than 250,000 enterprises and small businesses across India. Founded by Nirmit Parikh, a Stanford alumnus and serial entrepreneur who identified the challenges within entry-level hiring, apna has swiftly transformed into India’s fastest unicorn, achieving this remarkable feat in just 21 months in 2021.
Supported by prestigious global investors including Insight Partners, Tiger Global, Lightspeed India, Sequoia Capital, and GSV, we are dedicated to revolutionizing livelihood creation across the nation.
Role Overview
We are in search of a highly skilled Solutions Architect who possesses a unique ability to combine technical expertise with customer-centric empathy. This individual will be responsible for designing robust and scalable technical architectures for our clients, spearheading InfoSec and compliance discussions with enterprise customers, and providing strategic advice on intricate integrations between client systems and the Blue Machines AI platform.
The ideal candidate will exhibit a blend of technical architectural proficiency, knowledge of security and compliance regulations, and effective client communication skills to translate business requirements into actionable and production-ready AI solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Solution Design & Architecture
- Develop comprehensive end-to-end AI deployment frameworks encompassing voice, chat, video integrations, edge agents, data pipelines, and more.
- Create detailed technical architecture diagrams illustrating GCP/Azure/AWS topologies, VPC designs, microservice call flows, and integration bridges.
- Assess client environments and recommend suitable integration architectures such as SIP/WebRTC, CRM connectors, and ATS systems.
- Facilitate Proof of Concepts (PoCs) and pilot projects, guiding client teams and internal developers in architectural decisions.
Security, Compliance & Scalability
- Lead discussions regarding InfoSec with enterprise clients, addressing concerns related to data residency, encryption, authentication, logging, and auditability.
- Ensure alignment of deployments with industry standards such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, CIS, and GDPR/DPDP requirements.
- Collaborate with Apna’s Security and Platform Engineering teams to guarantee secure, compliant, and high-availability deployments.
- Contribute to Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DR) design, as well as define Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO).
Technical Consultation & Customer Success
- Convert customer requirements into comprehensive solution proposals and integration playbooks.
- Conduct presentations and engage with stakeholders to deliver insights on technical solutions.

