Job Description

Overview:
Job Title: Senior Platform Engineer
Position Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Platform Engineer to help define, build, and evolve our internal Digital platform, treating it as a product that empowers engineering teams to deliver features faster, securely and reliably. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with a strong product mindset, focusing on usability, reliability, and continuous improvement based on developer feedback.
Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver platform capabilities that solve real pain points for engineering teams.
• Develop scalable, resilient Spring Boot/Java based microservices and modules.
• Implement and manage critical microservices patterns, including Circuit Breakers and Service Mesh solutions, to enhance system resilience and observability.
• Automate DB schema versioning and data access frameworks.
• Build secure-by-default patterns into APIs and microservices.
• Improve API lifecycle management using techniques such as API virtualization and consumer-driven contracts.
• Develop and improve streaming and queuing capabilities.
• Provide standardized capabilities for logging, tracing, and telemetry
• Engage directly with internal engineering teams to understand pain points
• Iteratively improve the platform's capabilities.
• Treat internal engineering teams as customers.
• Define success metrics for platform adoption, performance, and satisfaction.
• Participate in roadmap planning and prioritization.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and accelerate software delivery.
• Design for reusability and apply deep understating of software design patterns to build highly reusable, extensible, and maintainable platform components.
• Proactively engage with engineering teams to understand challenges and friction points.
• Enable platform adoption through effective documentation and training sessions.
• Implement Test-Driven Development (TDD) and build robust automated test suites for all framework components including performance testing.
• Define key success metrics for platform adoption, performance, and user satisfaction.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and accelerate the SDLC.
• Provide mentorship to engineering teams integrating and utilizing the platform.
• Actively engage with teams to diagnose and resolve issues they encounter.

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience building Java/Spring Boot microservices.
• Proven expertise in designing and delivering platform capabilities.
• Deep understanding of API design through all phases of its lifecycle.
• Hands-on experience with event-driven architecture and batch processing.
• Familiarity with AWS cloud services relevant for backend platform development.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with DevOps and SRE teams.
• Experience instrumenting services with robust observability and telemetry using tools such as Dynatrace.
• Proficiency with dependency management tools such as Gradle and CI/CD pipelines for shared components, including automated publishing to internal artifact repositories.
• Strong understating of versioning strategies for shared libraries and managing backward compatibility.
• Excellent Communication and Presentation Skills. Demonstrated ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences, both verbally and in written form (e.g., presentations, technical documentation).

Nice-to-Have:

• Working knowledge of Node.js / React to support full-stack platform features.
• Certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect or Spring Professional.
• Prior experience in a platform team, developer advocacy or internal consulting.
• Familiarity with empowering developers through self-service.
• Experience with static analysis tools and code quality metrics to ensure high standards in reusable codebases.

Pay Range: INR ?0.00 - INR ?0.00 /Yr.

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