Platform Engineer

Backbase
Hyderabad, India
On-site

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for experienced DevOps engineers who bridge development and operations with automation-first mindset and cloud-native expertise, particularly in the banking domain.

Best fit for

  • Experienced DevOps engineers with a focus on cloud-native infrastructure and automation in the banking domain
    — “build the next generation of digital investment solutions”
  • Candidates who have mentored peers and driven collaborative problem-solving in cloud operations
    — “combine technical excellence with mentorship skills, and provide your peers with hands-on guidance and collaborative problem-solving”
  • Individuals with a track record of maintaining high availability and security in cloud environments
    — “Ensure the solution always runs in a compliant, secure and cost-effective way”

Things to consider

  • The role requires on-call responsibilities with a focus on uptime and reliability
    — “Participate in our on-call pool and help to ensure maximum reliability, high availability and uptime”
  • Candidates must be comfortable with international collaboration and English communication
    — “You have good English communication skills to collaborate with international teams”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with Helm Charts, Kubernetes, and Istio in your resume and interview stories
    — “proficient with tools and tech like Helm Charts, Kubernetes, Istio, ArgoCD, Github/GHA”
  • Emphasize your ability to design scalable and highly available cloud infrastructure
    — “Knowledge of designing and implementing scalable, highly-available cloud infrastructure”
  • Showcase your automation-first approach with specific examples of automated processes you've implemented
    — “You are focused on automation-first. Not content with anything manual, your goal is to make every process predictable and automated”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Ensuring the availability and reliability of managed hosting service
  • Participating in on-call pool
  • Troubleshooting and resolving infrastructure-related issues
Typical background
Experience in cloud infrastructure and operationsBackground in DevOps and system engineering

Skills & requirements

Required

KubernetesHelm ChartsIstioArgocdMonitoring And ObservabilityCloud Infrastructure SecuritySystem Engineering

Preferred

PythonGrafana StackOpentelemetry

Stack & domain

KubernetesIstioArgocdHelm ChartsGrafanaOpentelemetryCloud Infrastructure SecurityDesired State ConfigurationAutomationPythonCloud-native TechnologiesCommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingMentorshipAdaptabilityCuriosityCloud OpsDigital Investment Solutions

About the role

Original posting from Backbase via Greenhouse

The job in short

Join the banking revolution! As the global leader in Engagement Banking, Backbase is at the forefront of revolutionizing banking services through technology. We are looking for a skilled Platform Engineer to join our Wealth Team, where we build the next generation of digital investment solutions.

In this role, you will be the backbone of our software delivery, ensuring that our Investment applications are deployed and managed under the highest professional standards of Cloud Ops. You will bridge the gap between software development and operations, focusing on Resilience, Availability, and Scalability to provide a seamless experience for our banking customers.

Meet the job

●Ensure the availability and reliability of the managed hosting service we provide to our customers;

●Ensure that the solution always runs in a compliant, secure and cost-effective way;

●Participate in our on-call pool and help to ensure maximum reliability, high availability and uptime;

●Help foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement;

●Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure-related issues, ensuring resilience, availability and scalability within Wealth Domain;

●Contribute to increasing operational efficiency and helping to bring overall cloud cost under control.

How about you?

You are proficient with tools and tech like Helm Charts, Kubernetes, Istio, ArgoCD, Github/GHA;

Experience with Monitoring and Observability, particularly the Grafana stack and OpenTelemetry (OTEL), is desirable.

You have an understanding of cloud infrastructure security, cloud-native technologies, and desired state configuration;

You have strong communication skills allowing you to drive initiatives and decisions inside and outside your team;

You have at least 5 years of experience in system engineering including at least 3 years of working with the aforementioned technologies;

You combine technical excellence with mentorship skills, and provide your peers with hands-on guidance and collaborative problem-solving;

You are focused on automation-first. Not content with anything manual, your goal is to make every process predictable and automated;

You have knowledge of designing and implementing scalable, highly-available cloud infrastructure;

Knowledge of Python stack is a plus;

You have good English communication skills to collaborate with international teams.

Source: Backbase careers (Greenhouse)

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