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Platform Engineer

SMC Squared India

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Job Title: Platform Engineer

Location: Hyderabad

Experience: 3+ Years

Job Type: Full time/ Permanent

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Platform Engineer to lead the design and implementation of mission-critical platform systems, APIs, and foundational architecture. This senior role involves owning significant platform capabilities, driving architectural decisions, and establishing technical standards that enable our entire engineering organization. You'll work on transformational platform initiatives while mentoring other engineers and ensuring our technology foundation scales with business growth.

This role is based in Hyderabad and follows a hybrid work model. You will collaborate with colleagues across India and the United States, with reasonable working-hour overlap when needed for team ceremonies, planning, and delivery. This is an excellent change to be part of building a new Global Capability Center and shaping an engineering and product culture based on deep partnership and ownership.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Architecture & Design

Design and implement mission-critical platform features and foundational systems

Shape platform architecture through both written specifications and hands-on code implementation

Build and maintain frameworks that make software development easier for application teams

Author technical design documents for complex platform capabilities

Advanced Platform Development

Create enterprise-scale solutions for data management, API governance, and service integration

Implement large-scale refactoring initiatives to improve platform code quality and performance

Build canonical source-of-truth data systems with robust governance and compliance capabilities

Design and implement standardized patterns for service integration and cross-application workflows

Establish and enforce API design principles, versioning strategies, and governance models

Technical Leadership & Standards

Improve platform development practices and processes across multiple teams

Teach other engineers effective platform development and code review techniques

Help establish platform community practices around secure coding, data privacy, and design standards

Balance technical debt with platform evolution while maintaining enterprise reliability

Coordinate platform work across multiple development teams and resolve complex technical dependencies

Enterprise & Compliance

Ensure platform architecture meets stringent security, compliance, and regulatory requirements

Design systems that support business growth and can scale to enterprise demands

Work with data governance policies and master data management principles

Support technology modernization initiatives and legacy system transformation

Collaborate with enterprise architecture and security teams on strategic platform decisions

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Deep expertise in platform engineering, API design, and service-oriented architectures

Experience with Java, Spring Boot, Liquibase, SQL Server or Postgres, REST services with JSON payloads, Azure (e.g. API Management, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid), Redis and/or Snowflake is a plus.

Advanced understanding of cloud-native development, microservices, and distributed systems

Strong background in data architecture, enterprise integration patterns, and event-driven systems

Experience with performance optimization, scalability engineering, and system reliability

Knowledge of DevOps, infrastructure-as-code, and modern deployment practices

Understanding of enterprise security, compliance, and regulatory requirements

Proven ability to drive architectural decisions and influence technical direction

Strong mentorship skills and experience leading complex technical initiatives

Ability to collaborate effectively in a hybrid, globally distributed engineering organization and communicate across technical and business teams

Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field

3-5 years of software engineering experience with significant platform engineering focus

Experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale platform systems

Track record of leading complex technical initiatives and mentoring other engineers

Experience with regulated industries, preferably financial services

Strong background in API governance, data architecture, and enterprise integration

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