Solutions Architect – CSP Control Center (C3)

This is a remote position.

Location: Remote across India; may transition to onsite in the future Know more about CSP Control Center (C3): Microsoft CSP Billing Automation & Subscription Software | CSP Control Center

About Spektra Systems

Spektra Systems is a global cloud solutions and SaaS company helping cloud providers, distributors, MSPs, and enterprises accelerate their cloud transformation journey. With expertise across Microsoft, Azure, AI, Cloud Commerce, Marketplace Solutions, and SaaS Automation, Spektra builds industry-leading platforms that enable organizations to scale efficiently and profitably. One of Spektra Systems ' flagship SaaS offerings is CSP Control Center (C3), a cloud commerce, subscription management, billing automation, and cloud operations platform trusted by Microsoft CSPs, Distributors, and Managed Service Providers across 30+ countries.

As C3 continues to expand globally and evolve into a multi-cloud commerce platform, we are looking for an experienced Solutions Architect to help scale our platform architecture, billing engine, cloud operations capabilities, and engineering excellence.

Position Overview We are seeking a highly experienced Solutions Architect with 15–20 years of software engineering and architecture experience to lead the design, evolution, and scalability of C3's core platform. This role will serve as a technical leader responsible for architecting complex cloud commerce, subscription management, billing, reconciliation, taxation, and automation capabilities while mentoring engineering teams and partnering closely with Product, Customer Success, and Leadership teams.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong business understanding and has experience building and operating mission-critical SaaS platforms at scale.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Architecture & Engineering Leadership

Define and evolve the overall architecture of CSP Control Center.

Design scalable, secure, highly available, and maintainable platform services.

Lead architectural decisions across billing, subscriptions, cloud operations, integrations, reporting, and AI initiatives.

Establish engineering standards, design patterns, and best practices.

Billing Engine & Cloud Commerce Platform

Own the architecture and evolution of C3's billing and commerce engine.

Ensure auditability, compliance, scalability, and data integrity across all financial operations.

Design and optimize:

Subscription lifecycle management

Usage-based billing

Azure reconciliation

Invoicing

Taxation

Pricing engines

Revenue calculations

Multi-currency and multi-country billing

Database Architecture & Performance Optimization

Design and optimize large-scale transactional database systems.

Lead performance tuning initiatives for mission-critical workloads.

Drive improvements in:

Query performance

Indexing strategies

Data partitioning

Scalability

High availability

Data archival strategies

Cloud & Modern Application Architecture

Design cloud-native architectures using Microsoft Azure.

Collaborate on future AWS and multi-cloud expansion initiatives.

Guide adoption of:

Microservices

Event-driven architectures

API-first design

Distributed systems

Containerization

Observability and monitoring

AI & Platform Innovation

Drive adoption of AI across engineering and product teams.

Help shape the future AI strategy for C3.

Evaluate opportunities for:

AI-assisted development

Intelligent billing insights

AI-powered customer experiences

Predictive analytics

Agentic workflows

Technical Leadership & Mentorship

Mentor and coach engineering teams.

Conduct architecture reviews and code reviews.

Establish technical governance and quality standards.

Guide teams on scalability, reliability, security, and performance best practices.

Production Support & Stakeholder Engagement

Act as the senior technical escalation point for critical platform issues.

Lead root cause analysis and remediation efforts.

Communicate technical findings effectively to executives, customers, and non-technical stakeholders.

Support strategic customer implementations and complex technical discussions.

Requirements

Experience

15–20 years of software engineering experience.

8+ years in Solution Architecture, Technical Architecture, or Principal Engineering roles.

Proven experience building and scaling enterprise SaaS platforms.

Strong experience architecting billing, financial, subscription, commerce, or transaction-intensive systems.

Technical Expertise

Backend Technologies

Expert-level C# and .NET/.NET Core

REST APIs

Distributed systems

Event-driven architectures

Microservices

Database Technologies

SQL Server

Database design and optimization

Query tuning

Indexing strategies

High-volume transactional systems

Performance engineering

Cloud Platforms

Microsoft Azure (required)

Azure Services, App Services, Functions, Service Bus, Storage, Identity Services

AWS exposure preferred

SaaS & Domain Expertise Strong preference for candidates with experience in:

SaaS platforms

Subscription management

Billing engines

Revenue platforms

FinOps

Cloud commerce

Microsoft CSP ecosystem

Azure

ERP integrations

Taxation and invoicing systems

Leadership & Communication

Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills.

Strong mentoring and technical leadership capabilities.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Comfortable presenting architecture decisions to executive leadership.

AI & Modern Engineering Skills

Experience leveraging AI to improve engineering productivity, architecture design, documentation, code quality, and development workflows is highly desirable.

Candidates should have hands-on experience using modern AI tools such as:

GitHub Copilot

Claude

Microsoft Copilot

Nice-to-Have

Microsoft Azure certifications

TOGAF certification

Cloud Architecture certifications

Experience with Avalara, payment gateways, ERP integrations, or financial systems

Exposure to Microsoft Partner Center APIs and CSP ecosystem

What We're Looking For We are looking for a hands-on architect who can think strategically while remaining close to the technology. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in SaaS platforms, cloud architecture, billing systems, and large-scale transactional applications. They are equally comfortable discussing architecture with engineers, solving production challenges, mentoring teams, and advising leadership on long-term technology strategy.

Most importantly, they should be passionate about building world-class cloud commerce infrastructure that powers the next generation of CSP Control Center.

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