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Senior Platform Lead

Weekday
Bengaluru, IND
Full-time
Senior · 5–12 years experience
Onsite
INR 80 - 170
Discovered 3 days ago
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Requirements

  • Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the architecture, design, and development of scalable and resilient platform solutions.
  • Build and maintain robust platform infrastructure that supports multiple applications, services, and engineering teams.
  • Design solutions capable of handling high traffic, large volumes of data, and complex distributed workloads.
  • Drive the adoption of modern platform engineering principles, tools, and best practices.
  • Develop scalable architectures for distributed systems, microservices, APIs, cloud-native applications, and infrastructure.
  • Identify performance bottlenecks and implement improvements to enhance system reliability, scalability, and efficiency.
  • Establish standards for system design, deployment, observability, monitoring, security, and operational excellence.
  • Collaborate closely with software engineers, DevOps teams, architects, and product stakeholders to understand technical requirements and deliver effective platform solutions.
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers and help build a strong engineering culture.
  • Lead technical discussions, architecture reviews, and design decisions for critical platform initiatives.
  • Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, and security across platform systems.
  • Drive automation and improve developer productivity through reusable tools, services, and self-service platform capabilities.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend suitable solutions based on business and technical requirements.
  • Participate in troubleshooting and resolving complex production issues involving large-scale systems.
  • Must-Have Skills
  • Strong hands-on experience in Platform Engineering.
  • Proven experience designing, building, and operating Large-Scale Systems.
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, reliability, availability, and fault tolerance.
  • Experience with cloud platforms and cloud-native architectures.
  • Strong knowledge of microservices, APIs, containers, and orchestration technologies.
  • Experience designing systems capable of supporting high traffic and large-scale workloads.
  • Strong understanding of system performance, capacity planning, monitoring, and observability.
  • Experience with infrastructure automation and modern DevOps practices.
  • Strong problem-solving and system design skills.
  • Ability to make sound architectural decisions and manage complex technical challenges.
  • Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience working with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code.
  • Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
  • Experience with distributed databases, messaging systems, caching technologies, and event-driven architectures.
  • Familiarity with security and compliance considerations in large-scale platforms.
  • Previous experience leading technical teams or mentoring engineers.
  • Experience
  • 5–12 years of relevant experience in software engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or distributed systems.
  • Demonstrated experience working on complex, scalable, and business-critical systems.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience working with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code.
  • Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
  • Experience with distributed databases, messaging systems, caching technologies, and event-driven architectures.
  • Familiarity with security and compliance considerations in large-scale platforms.
  • Previous experience leading technical teams or mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the architecture, design, and development of scalable and resilient platform solutions.
  • Build and maintain robust platform infrastructure that supports multiple applications, services, and engineering teams.
  • Design solutions capable of handling high traffic, large volumes of data, and complex distributed workloads.
  • Drive the adoption of modern platform engineering principles, tools, and best practices.
  • Develop scalable architectures for distributed systems, microservices, APIs, cloud-native applications, and infrastructure.
  • Identify performance bottlenecks and implement improvements to enhance system reliability, scalability, and efficiency.
  • Establish standards for system design, deployment, observability, monitoring, security, and operational excellence.
  • Collaborate closely with software engineers, DevOps teams, architects, and product stakeholders to understand technical requirements and deliver effective platform solutions.
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers and help build a strong engineering culture.
  • Lead technical discussions, architecture reviews, and design decisions for critical platform initiatives.
  • Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, and security across platform systems.
  • Drive automation and improve developer productivity through reusable tools, services, and self-service platform capabilities.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend suitable solutions based on business and technical requirements.
  • Participate in troubleshooting and resolving complex production issues involving large-scale systems.
  • Must-Have Skills
  • Strong hands-on experience in Platform Engineering.
  • Proven experience designing, building, and operating Large-Scale Systems.
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, reliability, availability, and fault tolerance.
  • Experience with cloud platforms and cloud-native architectures.
  • Strong knowledge of microservices, APIs, containers, and orchestration technologies.
  • Experience designing systems capable of supporting high traffic and large-scale workloads.
  • Strong understanding of system performance, capacity planning, monitoring, and observability.
  • Experience with infrastructure automation and modern DevOps practices.
  • Strong problem-solving and system design skills.
  • Ability to make sound architectural decisions and manage complex technical challenges.

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