Position Lead-Backend Platform Engineer Location Coimbatore Type Full-Time Overview We are seeking a hands-on collaborative Backend Platform Engineer Lead to drive the technical direction architecture and delivery of robust scalable and high-performance backend platform infrastructure and services As Backend Platform Engineer Lead you will provide technical leadership and guidance to the platform engineering team ensuring the delivery of secure reliable and extensible backend capabilities that power our platform s agentic API and user-facing solutions This role partners closely with the Lead API Engineer product and UI teams to deliver integrated low-latency and resilient platform services Our core backend platform tech stack includes NET Core C for high-performance business-critical gRPC microservices REST APIs and event-driven services TypeScript NestJs for microservices backend-for-frontend BFF layers and services requiring rapid iteration or close integration with the frontend Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration AMPQ and event-driven architectures for pub sub and task queues Terraform for infrastructure as code Elasticsearch Logstash Kibana ELK OpenTelemetry for observability and monitoring GitHub Actions for CI CD Key Responsibilitie Provide technical leadership mentorship and guidance to the backend platform engineering team Lead the architecture design and implementation of scalable reliable and low latency backend platform infrastructure and services Champion best practices in platform design observability monitoring and alerting Architect and implement secure performant and resilient platform services for agentic API and user-facing workloads Drive adoption of up-to-date platform tools frameworks and best practices Optimize platform performance for sub-100ms response times and high-frequency interactions Oversee deployment proximity optimization and network efficiency for platform services and runtimes Enable API AI and UI teams through extensible platform capabilities service discovery and integration Collaborate closely with the Lead API Engineer and other leads to deliver integrated solutions ensuring seamless handoff and interoperability between platform and API layers Ensure engineering rigor code quality and documentation standards are met Facilitate clear communication knowledge sharing and effective documentation within the team Support team growth through coaching feedback and skills development Drive innovation and continuous improvement through research evaluation and adoption of emerging technologies patterns products and tools Core Qualities Skills Proven experience leading backend platform or infrastructure engineering teams and delivering complex platform projects Deep expertise in platform architecture distributed systems service orchestration and event-driven or microservices design Experience automating backend workflows and integrating with AI LLM systems frameworks or services Robust programming skills in Net C Proficiency with API protocols and communication patterns REST gRPC GraphQL Experience with gateway proxy patterns load balancing and service mesh architectures Experience with low-latency high-throughput and high-availability system design Experience with observability monitoring and troubleshooting for platform infrastructure Strong understanding of security authentication and authorization for distributed systems Experience with containerization orchestration and cloud-native infrastructure e g Docker Kubernetes Docker Kubernetes Experience enabling other engineering teams through platform extensibility service discovery and developer experience improvements Strong collaboration and alignment skills across disciplines Willingness to learn share knowledge and adapt to evolving technologies System design skills and awareness of technical debt and tradeoffs Excellent communication documentation and stakeholder management abilities Comfort with ambiguity discovery and rapid change Commitment to engineering excellence security and responsible practices Demonstrated ability to innovate conduct research and evaluate select appropriate technologies patterns products and tools for platform needs Preferred Qualifications 7 years of hands-on backend platform or infrastructure engineering experience with 2 years in a technical leadership role Track record of architecting and delivering scalable reliable backend platform systems Experience with modern development practices CI CD automated testing code reviews Demonstrated ability to mentor and grow engineers Experience working in cross-functional agile teams Highly Desirable Experience with platform engineering developer platforms or platform-as-a-service concepts Experience with service mesh patterns e g Istio API gateways e g Envoy Kong and proximity optimization Experience with event-driven architectures pub sub callbacks AMQP etc Experience with cloud-native infrastructure and automated provisioning e g Terraform Experience with advanced observability monitoring and analytics tools Experience with Model Context Protocol MCP and Agent-to-Agent A2A architectures Experience with modern LLM AI orchestration and observability frameworks e g LangChain LangFuse LangGraph etc Experience leading or working with distributed multidisciplinary teams Success Metrics Platform response time median and p95 Uptime and reliability of critical platform services Test coverage for platform and integration logic Developer velocity and time from platform design to production Turns iteration cycles delivery cadence Bugs defect rate bug count resolution time Platform adoption and developer satisfaction Integration lead time for platform consumers API AI UI teams Technical debt reduction and architectural alignment Team growth engagement and retention Stakeholder satisfaction and cross-team collaboration Don t see a role that fits We are growing rapidly and always on the lookout for passionate and smart engineers If you are passionate about your career reach out to us at careers hashagile com

📌 Lead-backend Platform Engineer (Tamil Nadu)
🏢 Hash Agile Technologies
📍 Tamil Nadu