Sr. Platform Engineer II
BangaloreFull-TimeMid-levelSoftware Engineering
Core Responsibilities
- Own and evolve robust runtime environments for enterprise workloads, spanning
- Kubernetes and cloud-native platforms
- Drive the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and highly available hosting
- solutions, primarily built on Kubernetes
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, automation, and engineering excellence
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams and Product Management to align
- platform capabilities with business objectives
- Ensure best practices in security, reliability, observability, and performance across the platform estate
- Contribute to strategic planning and help shape the technical roadmap for the Hosting function
- Advocate for and embed platform engineering principles, including self-service, standardization, and automation
Skills & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- At least 5+ years in Platform teams or strongly DevOps driven organizations
- Excellent understanding of cloud platforms (AWS) - especially services such as EKS.
- Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including cluster architecture, workload management, autoscaling, and production troubleshooting
- Strong experience across the Kubernetes ecosystem, including Helm, Kustomize, Karpenter and containerization.
- A solid background in Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform) and maintaining CI/CD driven deployment workflows
- Proficiency with Git, including repository management, automation, and workflow configuration.
- Strong scripting skills (e.g. Bash) for automation and operational tooling
- Application development experience in Java, with knowledge of Spring Boot considered a significant plus
- Experience designing and operating Kubernetes clusters at high scale across large, multi cluster environments (e.g. hundreds of clusters)
- Sound general security awareness and experience embedding security best practices into CI/CD and production platforms
- Experience designing and operating observability stacks to support large-scale, multi cluster Kubernetes environments - preferably using Grafana/Prometheus.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills and ability to work effectively with stakeholders across the organization
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Desirable Skills & Experience
- Experience designing and building Kubernetes controllers and operators, including use of controller frameworks
- Good understanding of RESTful API design principles, with hands-on experience developing and maintaining APIs for internal audiences
- Experience implementing and promoting platform engineering practices/culture, including self-service capabilities.
- Experience working in regulated environments and building compliant workloads is a plus.
- A software engineering background where you've transitioned into Platform Engineering s of interest.
