Senior Backend Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Weekday 1; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Weekday seeks a Senior Software Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure to design and maintain scalable, secure cloud platforms. You will work with engineering, SRE and DevOps teams to automate provisioning, deployment and observability at scale.

The role requires 5+ years in cloud infra with Python/Go/Java, AWS expertise, and Terraform experience. You will contribute to architecture discussions and mentor peers in Bengaluru.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software engineering, cloud infra, SRE or DevOps.
• Strong Python/Go/Java programming skills.
• Hands-on AWS cloud experience and Linux systems knowledge.
• Experience with Terraform and containers (Docker/Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure and platform services.
• Build automation for provisioning, deployment, monitoring and management.
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform.
• Manage Docker and Kubernetes containerized workloads.
• Create CI/CD pipelines for automated delivery.
• Collaborate across SRE, DevOps, and security teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and participate in design reviews.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

AWS

Linux

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

CI/CD

Networking

Distributed systems

Observability

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

ArgoCD

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK/OpenSearch

Job description

This role is for one of Weekday’s clients

We are looking for a passionate and experienced Senior Software Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure to design, build and maintain highly scalable, reliable and secure cloud infrastructure and platform services. The role involves working closely with engineering, SRE and DevOps teams to build automation and infrastructure capabilities that enable our applications to operate reliably at scale.

Min Experience: 5+ years
Location: Bengaluru
JobType: full-time

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure and platform services.
• Build automation for provisioning, deployment, monitoring and management of cloud resources.
• Work extensively with AWS cloud services and cloud-native technologies.
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code using tools such as Terraform.
• Design and manage containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated software delivery.
• Develop automation and internal tooling using Python, Java or similar programming languages.
• Improve system reliability, scalability, availability, and performance.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, and production issues.
• Work with distributed systems, microservices, and service-to-service communication.
• Implement observability solutions covering monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance metrics.
• Collaborate with Software Engineering, SRE, Security and DevOps teams to improve engineering productivity.
• Participate in architecture discussions, design reviews, and technical decision making.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud infrastructure, SRE or DevOps.
• Strong programming experience in Python, Go, Java or a similar language.
• Strong hands‑on experience with AWS or other major cloud platforms.
• Strong understanding of Linux/Unix systems.
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes and Docker.
• Experience with Terraform or other Infrastructure-as-Code tools.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS and load balancing.
• Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Good understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, data structures and algorithms.

Good to Have:

• Experience with Kafka or other distributed messaging systems.
• Experience with service mesh technologies.
• Experience with AWS networking, IAM and security services.
• Experience operating highly available production systems at scale.
• Experience with GitOps tools such as ArgoCD.
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch or similar observability platforms.
• Contributions to internal platforms or open-source projects.

Education Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Must-have skills

AWS, Cloud Infrastructure