PRINCIPAL SYSTEM ARCHITECT | Scrabble & Jigsaw
Posted on December 18, 2025
Job Description
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<p><b><i>PRINCIPAL SYSTEM</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>ARCHITECT</i></b></p>
<p>Hiring Brief – Core Engineering Team (AI-First</p>
<p>WealthTech Platform)</p>
<p><b>Context</b></p>
<p>We are building one of India’s first **AI-first, Agentic Wealth Management Platforms** — a system</p>
<p>designed to reimagine how Relationship Managers, clients, and technology collaborate to deliver</p>
<p>personalized financial advice at scale.</p>
<p>Our vision is to merge deep financial expertise with the power of AI, data engineering, and</p>
<p>modular SaaS tools. This platform will empower RMs and clients with real-time intelligence,</p>
<p>automation, and conversational interfaces, anchored on a data lake that integrates mutual funds,</p>
<p>PMS, AIF, insurance, and alternate asset data.</p>
<p>Founders:</p>
<p>Kunal Agarwal</p>
<p>Kunal has co-founded and sold two businesses in India successfully; Brattle Foods – a cold-chain</p>
<p>logistics company which was acquired by Future Group in 2014 and Priority Vendor – a supply-</p>
<p>chain finance company which was acquired by C2FO in 2019. Kunal holds an AB Hons. Degree</p>
<p>from Harvard College (2008) and is based out of New Delhi, India.</p>
<p><b>George Mitra</b></p>
<p>George is currently the co-founder and CEO of Fintso. He has over 25 years of experience in the</p>
<p>wealth management industry in India, with deep domain experience in financial planning, B2C</p>
<p>marketing and product management. He was a part of the founding team of Avendus Wealth and</p>
<p>as CEO managed over $4 Billion of Client Assets. Prior to Avendus, George spent over 13 years</p>
<p>with Deutsche Bank, looking after North India and NRI wealth. George is based out of New Delhi,</p>
<p>India.</p>
<p>George and Kunal have known each other for about 10 years and have unique access to India’s</p>
<p>financial and retail ecosystem.</p>
<p><b>About the Platform</b></p>
<p>Our platform will fundamentally change how wealth management is delivered in India by creating</p>
<p>an **AI-assisted agentic flow** — where human Relationship Managers are empowered by an RM</p>
<p>Co-Pilot, and clients interact with a personalized advisory AI layer. The system integrates</p>
<p>seamlessly across third-party SaaS providers, regulatory APIs, and financial data networks.</p>
<p>Core elements include:</p>
<p>- Cloud-native, API-first architecture</p>
<p>- Unified Data Lake for all client holdings and interactions</p>
<p>- AI-driven CRM & RM Assist modules (lead scoring, client insights, opportunity detection)</p>
<p>- Client-facing portals with goal-based analytics and compliance automation</p>
<p>- Integration with custodians, fund houses, and payment systems</p>
<p>This is a **once-in-a-generation opportunity** to build the core technology powering a wealth firm</p>
<p>that is AI-native, compliance-ready, and designed to scale to ₹50,000 Cr+ AUM in the coming</p>
<p>years.<b>Mandate</b></p>
<p>We are now assembling a **founding engineering team of 5–6 senior developers** to build and</p>
<p>scale the backend, AI integration, and data systems. You will work directly with the Lead Engineer,</p>
<p>Product Head, and Founders to deliver the first production release of the platform.</p>
<p>The team will focus on:</p>
<p>- Building and scaling backend and AI infrastructure</p>
<p>- Integrating data pipelines, SaaS modules, and APIs</p>
<p>- Architecting extensible systems for future AI workloads (LLMs, agentic bots, recommendation</p>
<p>systems)</p>
<p>- Delivering clean, maintainable, production-grade code under startup velocity</p>
<p><b>Ideal Profile</b></p>
<p>- Strong experience in backend or full-stack development (Python, Node, Java, Go)</p>
<p>- Exposure to cloud infra (AWS/Azure/GCP), data lake systems, and scalable API design</p>
<p>- Experience integrating AI/ML pipelines, inference APIs, or large-scale analytics workflows</p>
<p>- Understanding of fintech or data-heavy ecosystems (finance, payments, SaaS)</p>
<p>- Ability to work independently in a high-velocity, build-from-zero environment</p>
<p>- Deep interest in AI, automation, and transforming user experience through intelligent systems</p>