Senior Software Engineer Lead-Python/Go, Terraform, Cloud
Optum (company site, opens in a new tab)10+ yrsHyderabadOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 35–55 LPA
Posted on 2 Sept
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About This Role
- Lead design, development, and operation of secure, scalable cloud platform services and software aligned with business needs.
- Manage and mentor a team of cloud platform engineers, ensuring adherence to architectural principles, design patterns, and enterprise security requirements.
- Drive process innovation, automate workflows, reduce technical debt, and oversee platform-level security controls to enable policy-compliant operations.
Minimum Requirements
- 10+ years of hands-on software development experience producing production code.
- 5+ years of experience with Public Cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) beyond basic IaaS.
- 5+ years of programming experience in at least one high-level language (e.g., Python, Go, JavaScript).
- 2+ years of experience with containers and orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes) and CI/CD automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced leader with 2+ years in Agile/lean development practices leading engineering teams in cloud platform environments.
- Strong expertise in infrastructure as code (IaC) and designing scalable, distributed services with operational excellence.
- Deep understanding of cloud-native technologies including container orchestration, automation pipelines, security controls, and system design principles.