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Trusted by prestigious organisations like 3M, Unilever, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Sanofi, Kellogg Company, Danone, Hershey's, and many others, HighRadius optimises order-to-cash, treasury, and record-to-report processes, earning us back-to-back recognition in Gartner's Magic Quadrant and a prestigious spot in Forbes Cloud 100 List for three consecutive years.\nWith a remarkable valuation of $3.1B and an impressive annual recurring revenue exceeding $100M, we experienced a robust year-over-year growth of 24%. With a global presence spanning 6+ locations, we're in the pre-IPO stage, poised for rapid growth. We invite passionate, diverse individuals to join us on this exciting path to becoming a publicly traded company and to help shape our promising future.\nJob Summary\n\n We are seeking a highly technical and resilient Associate Architect (VMWare / Windows) to engineer, scale, and govern our hybrid enterprise infrastructure and cloud operations pipeline. 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