Exasoft Hiring! Full Time Platform Engineer in - Ricebowl

Platform Engineer

KEY FEATURES and accountabilities

Core Responsibilities

• Pave golden paths for developers to follow to ensure consistency, quality and performance and evolvability
• Communicate highly technical issues to non-technical audience
• Be an influencer and uplift engineering practices of existing developers.
• Work collaboratively with team to achieve goals. Experience working in Agile methodologies, such as SAFE, Scrum, and/or Extreme programming
• Experience in following best practices like Test-Driven Development (TDD) and continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD)
• Investigate and resolve production issues to help maintain a stable production environment; remain cool and effective in crisis
• Stake holder management – working closely with finance, business change engineers, and project managers to drive and manage software delivery
• Analyse requirements, estimate efforts, plan timeline, manage progress
• Ensure awareness, involvement and support from the key stakeholders and participants by engaging strong project teams and delivering robust solutioning on the project complex challenges throughout its life cycle
• Drive and review technical and architectural design, enforce architectural guidelines and challenge status quo

Regulatory Responsibilities &/OR Risk Management

• Demonstration of appropriate values and behaviours including but not limited to standards on honesty and integrity, due care and diligence, fair dealing (treating customers fairly), management of conflicts of interest, competence and continuous development, adequate risk management, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations
• Take responsibility for ensuring that risks and issues are identified and managed closely and drive all stakeholders to deliver on time and to the required quality standards

SKILLS REQUIREMENTS

Personal and Social

• Initiative taker, enthusiastic and mission oriented on delivering in sprints
• Ambidextrous, flexible to pick up new technologies and polyglot mindset
• Ability to question approach being followed & challenge the problem statement at hand.
• Great communication skills and work ethics
• Great eye for detail, nuance, and gravity of situations
• Can operate in a fast-paced environment with changing requirements
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, stressful situations, and emergency situations
• Hands on development experience and a flair for setting an example for junior team members
• Prior startup product experience or demonstrated ability to lead a project independently is preferred

Professional and Technical

Professional

• 3-6 years of hands-on experience in software development, with a solid foundation in system design and scalable architecture
• At least 3 years of experience independently managing cloud environments and delivering infrastructure solutions for project teams
• Highly organized with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks effectively
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders, drive projects to completion, and overcome delivery challenges
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate complex functional requirements into efficient, practical, and fit-for-purpose technical solutions
• At least 3 years of experience independently managing cloud environments and delivering infrastructure solutions for project teams
• Highly organized with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks effectively
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders, drive projects to completion, and overcome delivery challenges
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate complex functional requirements into efficient, practical, and fit-for-purpose technical solutions

Technical

Must Have:

• Strong software design skills, including object-oriented and functional programming, design patterns, data structures, and algorithms
• Proficient in Java with Spring Framework and TypeScript with React
• Deep understanding of HTTP protocols and modern web application architectures
• Solid experience with Git and version control workflows
• Deep knowledge of CI/CD best practices, including automation pipelines and release management
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, and root cause analysis skills
• Proficient in Linux and shell scripting for system-level tasks and automation
• Solid understanding of cloud-native technologies, including Kubernetes (K8s) and Open Policy Agent (OPA)
• Working knowledge of Kafka and messaging systems
• Exposure to event-driven architecture and asynchronous processing
• Clear and effective communicator with a strong ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and business teams
• Demonstrated passion for technology, continuous learning, and delivering business value through innovative solutions
• Ability to move fast, iterate quickly, and conduct fail-fast proof-of-concepts (POCs) to validate ideas and assess technical feasibility

Desirable:

• Go (Golang): Experience building performant backend services or cloud-native tooling using Go
• Nx: Familiarity with managing monorepos and optimizing code sharing and builds across large-scale applications
• Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs): Practical experience designing and implementing CRDs to extend Kubernetes functionality
• Crossplane: Hands-on experience using Crossplane for infrastructure provisioning and managing cloud resources via Kubernetes APIs