Senior Platform And Security Engineer

Real; Mumbai; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Real REMAX Group, based in Mumbai, is seeking a Senior Platform and Security Engineer to lead infrastructure, architecture, security, and access across our backend and frontend applications. This is a hands-on role requiring production code, security decisions, and a mature platform mindset.

You will collaborate with DevOps and Security teams, shape database models and permissions, enforce access-control practices, and help migrate services to AWS while maintaining reliability and compliance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software/platform/infrastructure experience with hands-on coding.
• Hands-on AI infra experience and open-source model deployment.
• Experience deploying cloud inference environments.
• Frontend work with React and TypeScript.
• Experience with AWS services and container orchestration.
• Knowledge of SOC 2, GDPR compliance.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture of backend and frontend apps toward maturity.
• Write production code focusing on security and reliability.
• Partner with InfoSec to implement security controls.
• Mature database practices with roles and permissions.
• Define infra targets for the R&D DevOps team and verify delivery.
• Mentor engineers on architecture and secure coding.
• Support migration of services to AWS.
• Participate in on-call rotation for infra and security alerts.

Skills

AWS

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

PostgreSQL

Security design

Access control

Terraform

OpenTelemetry

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Terraform

OpenTelemetry

LangSmith

Job description

Job Description:

Who We Are:

Real REMAX Group (Nasdaq: REAX) is a global real estate company bringing together two trusted brands and a shared belief: when real estate professionals are empowered by innovation and community, everyone benefits. By combining Real’s AI-powered technology platform and entrepreneurial community with REMAX’s iconic global brand and trusted franchise network, we’re building one of the industry’s most innovative real estate companies. Together, our network of more than 180,000 real estate professionals spans over 120 countries and territories, united by a commitment to helping agents and brokers build stronger businesses and deliver exceptional experiences for their clients.

At Real REMAX Group, we believe in pairing Tech x Humanity to create something truly different.

Learn more at https://realremaxgroup.com/

Work Schedule:

5:30 PM – 2:30 AM IST

About the Role:

We’re looking for a Senior Platform and Security Engineer to join our Business Transformation team. In this role, you’ll serve as the technical authority for infrastructure, architecture, security, and access across

our backend and frontend applications.

This is a hands-on role. You will write code in our services, make security decisions at the

implementation level, own the maturity of our database and permission models, and set the

implementation targets that our R&D DevOps partners build against. You will sit alongside

our engineering team as the senior technical voice on infrastructure and security, with real

decision-making authority and the expectation that you use it in consultation with the team.

We are early in our platform maturity. You will be the person who takes us from a working

system to a resilient one.

What You’ll Do:

• Own the architecture of our backend and frontend applications and guide both toward maturity
• Write production code in our services, with a focus on security, reliability, and architectural soundness
• Partner with InfoSec to implement security controls and systematically reduce our attack surface
• Mature our database practices, including data modeling, schema design, roles, and permissions
• Establish and enforce best practices for access control and permission management across systems
• Define infrastructure and implementation targets for the R&D DevOps team and verify delivery against them
• Act as the trusted source of truth for infrastructure and security decisions across Automation Ops
• Mentor engineers on architecture, secure coding practices, and database design Review infrastructure and security-relevant code changes across the teams services Identify root causes of recurring failures and implement lasting fixes
• Document infrastructure standards, operating procedures, and architectural decisions Support the ongoing migration of our services to AWS, setting the target architecture and validating the result

Participate in the on-call rotation for infrastructure and security alerts only, not general application support

What You’ll Bring:

• Deep working knowledge of AWS and cloud architecture, with hands-on experience across services such as ECS, RDS, SQS, IAM, API Gateway, and Lambda, sufficient to design target-state infrastructure and evaluate another teams implementation
• Experience designing and reviewing CI/CD pipelines, including automated testing and safe deployment practices such as staged rollouts and rollback
• Experience building and running containerized applications with Docker in a managed orchestration environment such as ECS, EKS, or Kubernetes
• Strong backend engineering skills, including the ability to make and defend security decisions at the code level
• Demonstrated experience maturing PostgreSQL practices, including data modeling, roles, permissions, performance, and recovery
• Practical experience designing and enforcing access control and identity management across systems
• Experience partnering with security teams to reduce attack surface in production systems
• Experience with Terraform or another Infrastructure as Code tool
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills
• The judgment to make decisions independently and the instinct to consult the team before doing so
• Clear written and verbal communication, including with non-engineering stakeholders

Education & Experience:

• 5+ years of professional experience across software engineering, platform engineering, or infrastructure roles, with meaningful time spent hands-on in application code using Python
• Hands-on experience with AI infrastructure, whether professional or through personal projects
• Experience deploying open-source models for local or self-hosted inference
• Experience standing up and operating cloud inference environments
• Familiarity with model-serving platforms and inference runtimes
• Experience designing or deploying production AI agent systems
• Experience implementing tracing, evaluation, and observability for AI agents
• Familiarity with tools such as LangSmith, Langfuse, Arize Phoenix, or OpenTelemetry
• Familiarity with SOC 2, GDPR, or similar compliance requirements
• Experience working on frontend applications with React and TypeScript

How We Work: Our Operating Principles

• Be Agent Obsessed: We design every decision around creating value for our agents and their clients.
• Move Fast with Purpose: We act with urgency, clarity, and focus—without compromising our standards.
• Own Your Outcome: Effort matters, but results matter more. We adapt, learn, and improve.
• Be Bold; Challenge Often: We challenge assumptions, rethink “the usual,” and push for smarter, simpler solutions.
• Win Together: We set high standards, collaborate deeply, and celebrate shared success.

Additional Details:

• Location Requirements: Candidates must be based in India to be considered.
• Physical Requirements: Ability to sit for long periods of time.

Our Commitment:

Real REMAX Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and identities, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital or family status, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

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