TItle: Staff Platform Engineer Location: Bangalore (hybrid) Mission of the role: The company is seeking an exceptional Staff Platform Engineer, a seasoned individual contributor with deep technical expertise and a strategic mindset. This role is hands-on, requiring active participation in coding, feature development, and solving complex engineering challenges. If you have a passion for building scalable, efficient, and reliable cloud platforms and enjoy influencing technical direction at an organizational level, this is the role for you. As a Staff Platform Engineer, you will drive technical excellence, mentor peers, and guide the evolution of their platform to support their growth and innovation objectives! Curious about the role What your typical day would look like Hands-on Development: Actively participate in coding, designing, and implementing features to ensure high-quality platform components. Technical Leadership: Drive large-scale architectural and engineering initiatives across the platform while contributing directly to the codebase. Platform Design and Evolution: Develop robust, scalable, and secure platform modules that meet business and technical goals. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineering, product, and business teams to align platform goals with organizational strategy. Mentorship: Guide and mentor senior and lead engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning. Innovative Solutions: Identify opportunities to incorporate emerging technologies or methodologies to improve platform capabilities and efficiency. Reliability and Performance: Take ownership of platform reliability, scalability, and performance, addressing systemic issues and implementing long-term solutions. Strategic Impact: Drive initiatives with a broad organizational impact, such as improving engineering efficiency, reducing technical debt, and introducing reusable frameworks What makes you a great candidate Experience: At least 8 years of experience in platform or software engineering, with demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing large-scale, distributed systems. Hands-on Expertise: Proven ability to design, develop, and deploy complex features, maintaining a high standard of code quality. Technical Mastery: Strong proficiency in Python programming and deep knowledge of serverless architecture, microservices, and event-driven systems. Cloud Expertise: Proven track record of building and deploying high-quality SaaS platforms/applications on AWS. Comprehensive understanding of AWS architectural best practices and services such as Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, and API Gateway. Problem Solving: Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to optimize complex systems for scalability and performance. Leadership Without Authority: Demonstrated ability to influence engineering teams and decisions across the organization without direct management responsibilities. Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas to technical and non-technical stakeholders Bonus Skills: AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified Developer. Hands-on experience with the AWS Boto3 SDK for Python. Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes. Exposure to other cloud platforms (Azure, GCP) and hybrid cloud solutions,
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Employement Type: Full timeIndustry: IT Services & ConsultingRole Category: Not SpecifiedFunctional Area: Not SpecifiedRole/Responsibilies: Platform Engineer - AWS cloud | Python