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Director - Platform Engineering

Director - Platform Engineering

CareerNet TechnologiesChennai
10 days ago
Job description

Responsibilities :

Platform & Technical Leadership

  • Lead the architecture, engineering, and delivery of key platform components across data observability, developer tooling, and use-case enablement within the Lumi platform.
  • Champion modern data engineering best practices and distributed computing frameworks such as Apache Spark, Beam, and Flink.
  • Drive platform scalability, high availability, and performance across petabyte-scale data workloads.
  • Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies to maintain platform leadership.
  • Strategic Execution & Transformation ;
  • Spearhead the migration of on-prem Hadoop workloads (Hive, MapReduce, Spark) to public cloud platforms (GCP preferred; AWS / Azure experience also valuable).
  • Define and drive multi-year platform strategy and OKRs aligned with enterprise data goals.
  • Collaborate across cloud engineering, security, infrastructure, and product teams to deliver cohesive and innovative platform solutions.

People Leadership & Talent Development :

  • Build, mentor, and lead a world-class engineering team with a strong culture of technical excellence, accountability, and innovation.
  • Conduct performance reviews, lead career development planning, and oversee all talent processes.
  • Actively recruit top engineering talent with a growth mindset and strong emotional intelligence.
  • Agile & DevOps Excellence :

  • Lead teams using Lean and Agile methodologies for iterative product development.
  • Ensure 24x7 platform reliability and operational support with best-in-class incident response strategies.
  • Foster a culture of continuous improvement, automation, and DevOps maturity.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration :

  • Act as the principal point of contact for executive leadership, product stakeholders, and technical teams.
  • Drive stakeholder alignment, transparent communication, and timely updates on risk and progress.
  • Launch developer advocacy programs to encourage internal adoption and external platform excellence.
  • Requirements :

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in leadership roles.
  • Proven expertise in large-scale Big Data platform engineering, preferably on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or similar public cloud environments (AWS, Azure).
  • Hands-on experience with distributed data frameworks (e. g., Apache Spark, Beam, Flink).
  • Strong understanding of MPP systems, PostgreSQL, NoSQL technologies (HBase, Cassandra).
  • Track record of delivering enterprise-grade solutions with defined KPIs and measurable success.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills; experience influencing senior leadership.
  • Certifications in GCP, AWS, or Azure.
  • Experience leading developer experience or developer productivity initiatives at scale.
  • Expertise with data governance, observability, or security tooling in cloud ecosystems.
  • PMP, PgMP, or Agile certifications (Scrum Master, SAFe) are a plus.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field (Master's preferred).
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