Staff Platform Engineer - Distributed Systems (8-15 yrs)

Job Title : Staff Platform Engineer

Location : Bangalore, India (Hybrid)

Job Overview :

MontyCloud is seeking an exceptional Staff Platform Engineer, a seasoned individual contributor with deep technical expertise and a strategic mindset.

This role is hands-on, requiring active participation in coding, feature development, and solving complex engineering challenges.

If you have a passion for building scalable, efficient, and reliable cloud platforms and enjoy influencing technical direction at an organizational level, this is the role for you.

As a Staff Platform Engineer, you will drive technical excellence, mentor peers, and guide the evolution of our platform to support MontyCloud's growth and innovation objectives.

Responsibilities :

- Hands-on Development: Actively participate in coding, designing, and implementing features to ensure high-quality platform components.

- Technical Leadership: Drive large-scale architectural and engineering initiatives across the platform while contributing directly to the codebase.

- Platform Design and Evolution: Develop robust, scalable, and secure platform modules that meet business and technical goals.

- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineering, product, and business teams to align platform goals with organizational strategy.

- Mentorship: Guide and mentor senior and lead engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.

- Innovative Solutions: Identify opportunities to incorporate emerging technologies or methodologies to improve platform capabilities and efficiency.

- Reliability and Performance: Take ownership of platform reliability, scalability, and performance, addressing systemic issues and implementing long-term solutions.

- Strategic Impact: Drive initiatives with a broad organizational impact, such as improving engineering efficiency, reducing technical debt, and introducing reusable frameworks.

Requirements :

- Experience: At least 8 years of experience in platform or software engineering, with demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing large-scale, distributed systems.

- Hands-on Expertise: Proven ability to design, develop, and deploy complex features, maintaining a high standard of code quality.

- Technical Mastery: Strong proficiency in Python programming and deep knowledge of serverless architecture, microservices, and event-driven systems.

- Cloud Expertise: Proven track record of building and deploying high-quality SaaS platforms/applications on AWS.

- Comprehensive understanding of AWS architectural best practices and services such as Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, and API Gateway.

- Problem Solving: Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to optimize complex systems for scalability and performance.

- Leadership Without Authority: Demonstrated ability to influence engineering teams and decisions across the organization without direct management responsibilities.

- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to Have :

- AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified Developer.

- Hands-on experience with the AWS Boto3 SDK for Python.

- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.

- Exposure to other cloud platforms (Azure, GCP) and hybrid cloud solutions.