Architect Intelligent, Scalable Systems at Takeda's Innovation Capability Center in Bengaluru
The future begins here. At Takeda, we're not just transforming our company—we're revolutionizing how we deliver life-changing medicines to millions of patients worldwide. Our newly launched Innovation Capability Center (ICC) in Bengaluru stands at the epicenter of India's innovation ecosystem, serving as a catalyst for global digital transformation.
We're seeking a visionary Lead System Designer to join our Plasma-Derived Therapies (PDT) Technology ecosystem. In this senior technical leadership role, you'll define the structural DNA of enterprise applications that power therapies derived from human plasma—treatments that are essential for patients with rare and complex conditions. If you're passionate about combining deep system design expertise with emerging AI capabilities, this is your opportunity to shape the future of healthcare technology.
Why Takeda ICC Bengaluru?
Bengaluru isn't just our location—it's our inspiration. As India's innovation capital, this city fuels our ambition to build future-ready capabilities that meet the needs of patients, our people, and the planet. At Takeda's ICC, you'll:
- Join a diverse, inclusive community where your unique background and abilities are celebrated
- Contribute to global impact while working from India's tech hub
- Collaborate with world-class talent on complex, meaningful challenges
- Access unparalleled learning and growth opportunities
Your Mission
As Lead System Designer, you'll serve as the senior technical design authority guiding the evolution of PDT applications. You'll combine deep solution design expertise, data-driven thinking, and AI-accelerated engineering to ensure our systems are scalable, resilient, secure, and intelligence-enabled. This isn't just about designing software—it's about designing systems that enable life-saving therapies.
How You'll Contribute
🎯 Application & Solution Design
- Lead solution design using Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles, creating bounded contexts, aggregates, and ubiquitous language that align with business capabilities.
- Architect systems using modern patterns: microservices, event-driven workflows, cloud-native components, and distributed compute models.
- Create reusable design blueprints, canonical models, and integration frameworks that ensure consistency across the PDT ecosystem.
- Select appropriate patterns (CQRS, Saga, hexagonal architecture) based on suitability, longevity, and simplicity.
- Facilitate solution review forums, ensuring designs meet standards for performance, resilience, and cost-effectiveness.
🏗️ Strategic System & Platform Design
- Guide the structural evolution of PDT applications across NextJS, Node.js, ReactJS, SQL/NoSQL, Heroku, AWS, and EKS.
- Establish design governance, standards, and decision frameworks that enable predictable, high-quality outcomes.
- Lead modernization initiatives, refactoring legacy systems, and designing cloud transitions.
- Serve as the design backbone ensuring cohesion across cross-product teams.
🤖 AI-Infused Product & Solution Design
- Introduce Agentic AI concepts into solution models, workflows, observability, and developer tooling.
- Design solutions incorporating LLMs, embeddings, vector search, autonomous agents, and AI-powered insights.
- Establish AI-ready design patterns for semantic data layers, event enrichment, and intelligent decisioning.
- Partner with data and platform teams to define data structures that enable AI features at scale.
📊 Data & AI Orientation
- Leverage operational telemetry and analytics to inform solution design decisions.
- Embed data quality, lineage, and consistency rules within system designs to support AI-driven behaviors.
- Identify opportunities to apply AI/ML fundamentals for enhanced user experience, workflow automation, and anomaly detection.
⚡ AI-Augmented Developer Experience
- Champion adoption of AI-empowered engineering platforms including GitHub Copilot and intelligent reasoning engines.
- Define guidelines for using AI tools in design validation, code generation, testing, and refactoring.
- Integrate AI-assisted processes for generating boilerplate components, design templates, and impact analysis.
👥 Technical Leadership & Mentorship
- Conduct solution reviews, design assessments, and technical deep-dives to maintain quality.
- Develop reusable artefacts: design templates, API models, logical flow diagrams, and deployment models.
- Mentor technical leads and senior engineers, strengthening design thinking across teams.
- Facilitate solution workshops and collaborative decision-making forums.
What You'll Bring
Essential Requirements
- 14+ years of experience in system design, solution architecture, and enterprise-scale application development.
- Deep expertise across NextJS, Node.js, ReactJS, SQL/NoSQL, Heroku, AWS, EKS, and event-driven architectures.
- Proven track record designing scalable multi-cloud and cloud-agnostic platforms.
- Strong experience building secure, resilient, high-availability public-facing web and mobile applications.
- Deep understanding of distributed caching, zero-trust design patterns, and SEO optimization.
- Expertise in Domain-Driven Design, microservices, API modeling, and distributed systems.
- Experience architecting multi-region solutions for business continuity and disaster recovery.
- Strong grounding in DevSecOps pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and security-by-design.
- Excellent communication skills with ability to simplify complexity and drive alignment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes/EKS, and container orchestration.
- Familiarity with secure engineering tools: CodeQL, SonarCloud, JFrog, DAST.
- Experience with event-streaming technologies: Kafka, AWS SQS/SNS.
- Hands-on use of AI platform tools: GitHub Copilot, Azure AI coding tools.
- Exposure to MLOps concepts or AI-enhanced system designs.
- Experience in regulated environments (healthcare, biotech, pharmaceuticals).
- Working understanding of AI/ML fundamentals and integrating AI features into solutions.
What Takeda Offers You
We believe competitive compensation should bridge your personal life with your professional career. Our benefits include:
💰 Financial
- Competitive Salary + Performance Annual Bonus
- Group Term Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance
🏥 Health & Wellness
- Comprehensive Healthcare Insurance for self, spouse, and children
- Employee Assistance Program
🌱 Work-Life Balance
- Flexible hybrid work environment
- Paternity Leave (4 Weeks) | Maternity Leave (up to 26 weeks) | Bereavement Leave (5 days)
- Home Internet & Mobile Phone Reimbursements
📚 Growth & Development
- Broad variety of learning platforms
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs
- Employee Referral Program
Join Us in Shaping the Future
At Takeda's ICC, we're not just building systems—we're building hope. Every line of code, every architectural decision, every innovation contributes to therapies that change lives.
Ready to lead the digital evolution of plasma-derived therapies?
Apply now to become our Lead System Designer in Bengaluru.
Takeda is committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative workplace. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and continuously improve our collaborator journey to ensure you feel welcomed, respected, and valued.
