Senior Platform Engineer - People management

AssetMark Global Wealth; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 4,500,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Job summary

AssetMark in Hyderabad seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to lead the design and implementation of mission-critical platform systems, APIs, and foundational architecture. You will mentor a team of engineers while driving technical excellence in a hybrid work model.

The role requires 8+ years of software engineering experience, backend/API expertise, and leadership in financial services or fintech. You will collaborate across India and the US to deliver scalable, secure platform solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including platform engineering.
• 2+ years in leadership roles such as team lead or engineering manager.

Responsibilities

• Design mission-critical platform features and foundational systems.
• Lead architecture decisions and set engineering standards.
• Mentor engineers and drive career growth within the team.
• Collaborate with Product, Architects, and stakeholders to align objectives.
• Ensure security, compliance, and scalable performance.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

SQL

Azure

API Design

Microservices

Containers

DevOps

Leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Liquibase

Redis

Snowflake

PostgreSQL

Job description

Experience: 8+ Years

Job Type: Full time/ Permanent

Notice Period: Immediate to 60 days

About AssetMark

AssetMark is a leading wealth management platform dedicated to empowering independent financial advisors. AssetMark's mission is to enable financial advisors to make a profound difference in the lives of their clients. Over 10,000 advisors partner with AssetMark for our investment offerings, innovative technology, advanced services, and expertise, which they use to delight their clients and grow their businesses. We are an integrated team of technologists, investment professionals, and operations experts working together to advance wealth management.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer with strong technical leadership and people management experience to lead the design and implementation of mission-critical platform systems, APIs, and foundational architecture. This role combines hands-on platform engineering expertise with the responsibility of leading, mentoring, and developing a team of engineers.

You will drive architectural decisions, establish engineering standards, foster a culture of technical excellence, and support career growth for engineers while delivering scalable, secure, and reliable platform solutions. This role is ideal for a technically strong leader who enjoys balancing strategic engineering initiatives with team leadership responsibilities.

This role is based in Hyderabad and follows a hybrid work model. You will collaborate with colleagues across India and the United States, with reasonable working-hour overlap when needed for team ceremonies, planning, and delivery. This is an excellent opportunity to help build a growing Global Capability Center while shaping an engineering culture rooted in accountability, innovation, and collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement mission-critical platform features and foundational systems.
• Shape platform architecture through written specifications, architectural reviews, and hands-on code implementation.
• Build and maintain frameworks that accelerate software delivery for application teams.
• Drive AssetMark toward target-state platform architecture through strategic technology decisions.
• Author technical design documents and architecture proposals for complex platform capabilities.

Advanced Platform Development

• Create enterprise-scale solutions for data management, API governance, and service integration.
• Lead platform modernization and large-scale refactoring initiatives.
• Build canonical source-of-truth data systems with governance and compliance controls.
• Design standardized integration patterns for services, applications, and event-driven workflows.
• Establish and enforce API design principles, versioning standards, and governance frameworks.
• Drive scalability, resiliency, observability, and performance optimization initiatives.
• Lead, coach, and mentor a team of engineers, fostering technical excellence and career growth.
• Conduct regular one-on-one meetings, performance discussions, and development planning.
• Support hiring activities including interview participation, candidate evaluation, and onboarding.
• Create succession plans and identify growth opportunities for team members.
• Promote a high-performing, collaborative, and inclusive engineering culture.
• Provide clear technical direction, prioritize work effectively, and remove delivery impediments.
• Partner with Product, Engineering Managers, Architects, and stakeholders to align team objectives with business goals.
• Manage resource planning, workload balancing, and sprint capacity planning.
• Drive employee engagement, retention initiatives, and recognition programs within the engineering team.

Technical Leadership & Engineering Excellence

• Improve platform engineering practices across multiple teams.
• Establish coding standards, review practices, and engineering quality metrics.
• Mentor engineers on platform development, architecture, design patterns, and best practices.
• Drive adoption of secure coding, data privacy, cloud-native development, and operational excellence.
• Balance innovation, technical debt reduction, and business priorities.
• Coordinate platform initiatives across multiple engineering teams and resolve complex technical dependencies.
• Ensure platform solutions meet security, compliance, regulatory, and audit requirements.
• Design systems capable of supporting enterprise-scale growth.
• Partner with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, and governance teams.
• Support technology modernization initiatives and cloud transformation programs.
• Ensure adherence to data governance and master data management principles.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Deep expertise in platform engineering, API design, and service-oriented architectures.
• Strong experience with Java, Spring Boot, Liquibase, SQL Server or PostgreSQL, REST APIs with JSON payloads.
• Experience with Azure technologies such as API Management, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and cloud-native services.
• Experience with Redis, Snowflake, and enterprise data platforms is preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of microservices, distributed systems, event-driven architecture, and containerized deployments.
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and platform observability.
• Proven success in managing and mentoring engineering teams while remaining technically hands-on.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience driving architectural decisions and influencing technology strategy.
• Ability to work effectively within a globally distributed organization.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience in platform engineering, backend systems, or enterprise architecture.
• 2+ years of people management, team lead, or engineering leadership experience.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale platform systems and cloud-based solutions.
• Track record of successfully leading technical initiatives and developing engineering talent.
• Experience with regulated industries, preferably financial services, fintech, banking, or wealth management.
• Strong background in API governance, enterprise integration, data architecture, and platform modernization.

Why Join AssetMark?

• Lead foundational platform capabilities powering the AssetMark ecosystem.
• Influence architecture and engineering strategy across the organization.
• Build and grow a high-performing engineering team within a rapidly expanding Global Capability Center.
• Drive transformational initiatives in a modern cloud-first environment.
• Make a meaningful impact on the future of wealth management technology.
• Enjoy opportunities for leadership growth while remaining deeply involved in solving complex technical challenges.

Preferred Candidate Profile

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing teams of 4-10 engineers.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership capabilities.
• Hands-on architecture and coding expertise with modern backend and cloud technologies.
• Passion for mentoring, coaching, and building high-performing engineering organizations.

This version positions the role as a Senior Platform Engineer with direct people management responsibilities, making it suitable for candidates with 8+ years of experience and prior team leadership/engineering management exposure while keeping it primarily a senior technical leadership role rather than a full Engineering Manager position.