Senior Platform Engineer

Backbase; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Backbase is seeking a Platform Engineer in Hyderabad to design and deliver organization-wide SDLC improvements, reduce toil through automation, and bridge development needs with cost-effective infrastructure practices. You will lead Azure provisioning via IaaC, implement comprehensive observability, and explore agentic AI to streamline delivery.

The role emphasizes production‑ready, secure, and scalable infrastructure while balancing fast delivery with long-term maintainability in a multi-team

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years of experience in infrastructure or DevOps roles.
• Advanced expertise in CI/CD tooling.
• Systematic problem solver capable of resolving issues across multiple technology layers.

Responsibilities

• Automation & toil reduction: build complex, multi-stage workflows and automate SDLC steps using AI tools.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaaC): lead Azure provisioning in IaaC mode and govern both local and cloud environments.
• Observability: design and implement frameworks that provide actionable insights into infrastructure health and application performance.
• AI Integration: proactively explore and integrate agentic AI into engineering workflows to optimize delivery.
• Centralized Solutions: identify recurring manual tasks across teams and build centralized solutions for the organization.

Skills

CI/CD tooling

Infrastructure as Code

DevOps

Tools

Azure provisioning

Job description

The Platform Engineer is an infrastructure specialist focused on providing shared foundations across teams within a Value Stream. You design and deliver organization-wide SDLC technical improvements and reduce toil through automation. You act as the bridge between development needs and cost-effective infrastructure best practices

• Automation & Toil Reduction: Build complex, multi-stage workflows and automate SDLC steps using AI tools.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaaC): Lead Azure provisioning in IaaC mode and govern both local and cloud environments.
• Observability: Design and implement comprehensive frameworks that provide actionable insights into infrastructure health and application performance.
• AI Integration: Proactively explore and integrate agentic AI into engineering workflows to optimize delivery.
• Centralized Solutions: Identify recurring manual tasks across different teams and build centralized solutions to solve them once for the entire organization.

• You have 5–7+ years of experience in similar infrastructure or DevOps roles.
• You possess advanced expertise in CI/CD tooling and the organization's core full-stack technologies.
• You are a systematic problem solver capable of resolving issues that span multiple layers of technology.
• You balance delivery speed with long-term maintainability, ensuring all infrastructure is production‑ready, secure, and scalable.