Principal Platform Engineer
Houlihan Lokey (company site, opens in a new tab)7+ yrsGurugramOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 30–50 LPA
Posted on 3 Sept
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About This Role
- Define and drive the architecture roadmap for next-generation cloud-native platforms using Kubernetes and multi-region topologies.
- Lead hands-on engineering by developing production-grade code, custom tooling, and reusable infrastructure modules in Golang, Python, and Terraform.
- Provide technical leadership by mentoring engineers, conducting design reviews, and establishing engineering best practices in platform development and cloud security.
Minimum Requirements
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in Platform Engineering, SRE, Distributed Systems, or Cloud Architecture.
- Expertise in architecting highly available, fault-tolerant cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Proficiency in Golang or Python, advanced scripting (Bash), and expert-level Terraform with policy-as-code (OPA, Rego, Kyverno).
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Strong systems design background with experience building large-scale, distributed financial or regulated cloud-native platforms.
- Demonstrated ability to lead without authority by mentoring engineers and driving consensus across multiple teams.
- Experienced in embedding security (DevSecOps) and observability (OpenTelemetry, SRE practices) into cloud platform architecture.