Senior Platform Engineer

Backbase
Hyderabad, India
On-site

Who this role is best for

Best suited to infrastructure-focused engineers with a strong automation mindset working in enterprise DevOps environments.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience in building complex automation workflows and reducing toil in SDLC environments
    — “Build complex, multi-stage workflows and automate SDLC steps using AI tools”
  • Individuals who have led infrastructure provisioning in IaaC mode on Azure
    — “Lead Azure provisioning in IaaC mode and govern both local and cloud environments”
  • Engineers with a track record of identifying and solving recurring manual tasks across teams
    — “Identify recurring manual tasks across different teams and build centralized solutions to solve them once for the entire organization”

Things to consider

  • The role demands a balance between delivery speed and long-term infrastructure quality
    — “balance delivery speed with long-term maintainability”
  • Candidates must ensure infrastructure is secure, scalable, and production-ready
    — “ensuring all infrastructure is production-ready, secure, and scalable”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with agentic AI in engineering workflows during interviews
    — “Proactively explore and integrate agentic AI into engineering workflows to optimize delivery”
  • Demonstrate a history of leading infrastructure improvements that span multiple teams
    — “design and deliver organization-wide SDLC technical improvements”
  • Showcase your ability to govern both cloud and local environments effectively
    — “govern both local and cloud environments”
  • Emphasize your systematic approach to solving multi-layered technical problems
    — “systematic problem solver capable of resolving issues that span multiple layers of technology”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • build complex workflows
  • automate SDLC steps
  • lead Azure provisioning
  • design observability frameworks
  • integrate AI into workflows
Typical background
5–7+ years of experience in similar infrastructure or DevOps roles

Skills & requirements

Required

AutomationCI/CDIaacObservabilityAI IntegrationCentralized Solutions

Stack & domain

CI/CDAzureAIDevOpsFull-stack TechnologiesInfrastructure

About the role

Original posting from Backbase via Greenhouse

The Platform Engineer is an infrastructure specialist focused on providing shared foundations across teams within a Value Stream. You design and deliver organization-wide SDLC technical improvements and reduce toil through automation. You act as the bridge between development needs and cost-effective infrastructure best practices

● Automation & Toil Reduction: Build complex, multi-stage workflows and automate SDLC steps using AI tools.

● Infrastructure as Code (IaaC): Lead Azure provisioning in IaaC mode and govern both local and cloud environments.

● Observability: Design and implement comprehensive frameworks that provide actionable insights into infrastructure health and application performance.

● AI Integration: Proactively explore and integrate agentic AI into engineering workflows to optimize delivery.

● Centralized Solutions: Identify recurring manual tasks across different teams and build centralized solutions to solve them once for the entire organization.

● You have 5–7+ years of experience in similar infrastructure or DevOps roles.

● You possess advanced expertise in CI/CD tooling and the organization's core full-stack technologies.

● You are a systematic problem solver capable of resolving issues that span multiple layers of technology.

● You balance delivery speed with long-term maintainability, ensuring all infrastructure is production-ready, secure, and scalable.

Source: Backbase careers (Greenhouse)

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