Principal Software Platform Engineer - DevOps

Description :

Job Title : Principal Software Platform Engineer (SW Platform)

Location : Bangalore, India (R&D Center)

Experience : 10 - 16 years

Employment Type : Full-time

About the Team :

The Software Platform team builds and operates a cloud-native infrastructure platform that automates and scales HPC and AI workloads across AWS environments.

We design and develop internal platform tools and services - including CLI tools, CI/CD automation, platform services, Kubernetes operators, and observability systems - to empower engineering teams to deploy, manage, and monitor complex distributed systems efficiently.

The team owns the entire infrastructure lifecycle, from design and development to deployment, monitoring, and optimization.

Role Overview :

We are looking for a senior, hands-on platform engineer with deep expertise in Rust, Go, or Python, who thrives in building scalable cloud-native systems. This role requires strong technical ownership, architectural thinking, and the ability to work on complex distributed platforms supporting HPC and AI workloads.

Key Responsibilities :

- Design and develop scalable cloud-native platform solutions to accelerate HPC and AI workloads.

- Build and maintain internal platform tools, services, and automation frameworks.

- Develop and operate Kubernetes-based infrastructure, including operators and controllers.

- Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows.

- Implement GitOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.

- Ensure platform scalability, reliability, security, and observability.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams across geographies.

- Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize complex distributed systems.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

- 10 - 16 years of hands-on engineering experience.

- Strong proficiency in Rust, Go, or Python (hands-on coding is mandatory).

- Solid background in Linux environments.

- Extensive experience with cloud infrastructure and services (AWS preferred; Azure/GCP acceptable).

- Strong expertise in containers and orchestration : Docker & Kubernetes.

- Mandatory experience with Ansible and Kubernetes.

- Proven experience with :

1. CI/CD workflows (e.g., GitHub Actions)

2. Observability tools : OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana

3. GitOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

- Experience designing and maintaining distributed systems at scale.

- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or an equivalent discipline.

Nice-to-Have Skills :

- Experience with microservices and event-driven architectures.

- Background in HPC or AI infrastructure technologies.

- Hands-on experience building Kubernetes operators/controllers.

Ways to Stand Out :

- Proven experience building Kubernetes operators or custom controllers.

- Strong exposure to HPC, ML, or AI platform infrastructure.

- Demonstrated ownership of large-scale, production-grade platforms.