Job Description

Blend is seeking an Associate Director to lead the Platform Engineering workstream on a global product delivery. This is a senior, client-facing leadership role. The individual will own the platform engineering workstream end-to-end, act as the primary escalation point to the Delivery Leads, make key technical decisions in partnership with the client, and actively develop junior members of the platform team.

Responsibilities
Lead on project delivery and governance for the Platform Engineering workstream.
Support and develop Platform Engineers across the engagement, providing technical direction and day-to-day guidance.
Build and maintain a scalable, secure, and reliable cloud platform on Microsoft Azure, covering infrastructure, networking, identity, and setting strategy.
Design and implement CI/CD pipelines and workplace automation for engineering and data workloads.
Define and promote best practices for infrastructure as code, security, monitoring, and observability across the team.




Act as the primary escalation point to Delivery Leads for platform risks, blockers, and issues bringing context and recommended options, not just problems.
Operate as Blend's senior technical for representative platform engineering in client-facing settings, building trusted relationships with client engineering and architecture stakeholders.
Own key platform engineering decisions when working alongside the client, translating technical trade-offs into clear, business-relevant guidance.
Champion valuable engineering practices to minimise technical debt and ensure long-term platform reliability.
Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, setting clear standards for quality, delivery behaviours, and continuous improvement.
Contribute to Blend's engineering strategy and capability development alongside delivery leadership.

📌 Associate Director Platform Engineering Hyderabad
🏢 Blend360
📍 Hyderabad