Senior Manager AI Platform

Dyson Institute; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,200,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Dyson Institute seeks a senior Platform Engineer to define architecture, set standards and drive cloud-native platform solutions across multifaceted infrastructure. You will lead governance, build reusable services, mentor teams, and stay hands-on with code.

You will advance IaC, automation and platform modernization while collaborating with engineering leaders to align technology with business goals in a dynamic, global environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale platforms.
• Hands-on software engineering with modern languages and tools.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native architectures, governance and security.

Responsibilities

• Define platform architecture, standards and technology roadmaps.
• Design scalable, secure, and cloud-native platform solutions.
• Lead architecture reviews and technical governance.
• Partner with engineering leaders to align technology strategy with business needs.
• Build prototypes, automation and reusable platform services.
• Remain hands-on with coding and problem solving.
• Drive adoption of platform engineering, IaC and cloud-native practices.
• Mentor engineers and technical leaders across the organization.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and drive platform modernization.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Software engineering

Python

Kubernetes

Tools

APIs

Containers

Job description

About the Team

The Platform Engineering and Infrastructure team builds and operates Dyson's core technology platforms across cloud, infrastructure, developer experience, data, AI, and automation services. The team provides secure, scalable, and reliable platforms that enable engineering teams to innovate faster while adopting consistent engineering standards and best practices.

About the Role

You will:

• Define platform architecture, standards, and technology roadmaps.
• Design scalable, secure, and cloud-native platform solutions.
• Lead architecture reviews and technical governance.
• Partner with engineering leaders and stakeholders to align technology strategy with business needs.
• Build prototypes, proof-of-concepts, automation, and reusable platform services.
• Remain hands-on with coding and technical problem solving.
• Drive adoption of platform engineering, automation, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud-native practices.
• Mentor engineers and technical leaders across the organization.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and drive platform modernization.

About You

You will have:

• Significant experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale platforms.
• Deep expertise in cloud and platform engineering across AWS, GCP, or multi-cloud environments.
• Strong software engineering skills with hands-on coding experience.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, TypeScript, or similar languages.
• Experience with Kubernetes, APIs, containers, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, automation, and platform operations.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Desirable Experience

• Platform Engineering and Internal Developer Platforms (IDP).
• AI, data, or developer productivity platforms.
• Large-scale cloud transformation programmes.
• Cloud or architecture certifications.

Key Behaviors

• Strategic thinker with a hands-on mindset.
• Leads through technical expertise and influence.
• Simplifies complex problems into practical solutions.
• Champions automation, engineering excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Build strong relationships and drives outcomes.

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer.

We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.

At Dyson we are focused on solving the problems that others have ignored; solving them first using our technology and ingenuity. In order to achieve this we need to pioneer technologies that are different and authentic. This is the core of what we do and who we are. We must strive to create the future, every single day by developing new things, different things, things that go against the grain with a diverse and global team of ingenious minds.

Dyson employs 14,000 people and is present in more than 80 countries. And while we are growing fast we want Dyson to remain a start-up in spirit with the freedom of experimentation and learning, constantly reinventing our products as well as reinventing how we work, how we sell and how we support our owners.

At the same time we are working through the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson Award and Dyson Institute to inspire future engineers and pioneering a new approach to engineering education.

Underlining everything we do in this diverse environment is the need to always show respect, supporting each other as one team to overcome whatever challenges we encounter. We drive empowerment, development and equality in an inclusive environment for our people around the world.

The future doesn’t just happen, we look to make it happen, to achieve leaps through pioneering new ideas.