Houlihan Lokey

Global advisory on M&A, restructuring, valuations

Principal Engineer

Platform EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeGurugram, Haryana, IndiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

At least 7 years of hands-on experience in Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Distributed Systems, or Cloud Architecture, including designing and operating large-scale, production-grade distributed systems.
Demonstrated expertise architecting complex, highly available, fault-tolerant, and secure cloud topologies using AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
Proficiency in at least one modern systems programming language, such as Golang or Python, and advanced Bash scripting; a strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and systems software design.
Expert-level proficiency with Terraform, including custom provider and module development, state locking, and drift detection, and policy-as-code engines such as Open Policy Agent, Rego, or Kyverno.
Comprehensive understanding of Kubernetes internals, including control plane components, CNI/CSI, custom controllers and operators, RBAC, API extensions, and scheduling primitives.
Proven ability to guide junior engineers, drive engineering consensus across disparate teams, and lead technical initiatives without direct authority.
Hands-on experience with modern observability platforms, distributed tracing with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus/Grafana ecosystems, and enterprise Site Reliability Engineering practices.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

Define and drive the target-state architecture for the next-generation cloud-native platform, including Kubernetes, multi-region cloud topologies, and AI/workload enablement, translating business goals into scalable, resilient, and decoupled platform capabilities.
Write production-grade code; build foundational custom tooling and operators in Golang or Python; author reusable Terraform modules; and design reference implementations for engineering teams.
Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers; facilitate design reviews; establish architecture RFC processes; conduct code and infrastructure reviews; and foster engineering excellence.
Architect resilient, multi-cluster Kubernetes topologies at scale and define best practices for workload scheduling, service-mesh networking, custom controllers and operators, GitOps workflows using ArgoCD or Flux, and multi-tenant isolation.
Architect automated, self-service golden paths and progressive delivery pipelines, including canary and blue-green deployment, that reduce application developers' cognitive load while maintaining deployment guardrails.
Design policy-as-code frameworks using OPA or Kyverno, centralized secrets management using HashiCorp Vault, secure supply-chain standards including SBOM, image signing, and Trivy, and compliance baselines such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
Design telemetry strategies using OpenTelemetry; define enterprise SLI/SLO standards and error-budget policies; conduct resilience testing and chaos engineering; and lead root-cause analyses for critical production incidents.
Architect cost-efficient cloud topologies; establish capacity-planning models, multi-region traffic routing, right-sizing strategies, and automated cost-governance guardrails.

Desired Qualifications

Experience architecting platforms in highly regulated domains such as Financial Services, FinTech, or Banking.
Deep experience securing cloud-native platforms.
Experience designing, building, or operating large-scale data platforms.
Active contributions to open-source cloud-native projects in the CNCF ecosystem.

Business Unit:

Data Strategy Group

Industry:

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Overview

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) is a leading global investment bank recognized for delivering independent strategic and financial advice to corporations, financial sponsors, and governments. With uniquely deep industry expertise, broad international reach, and a partnership approach rooted in trust, the firm provides innovative, integrated solutions across mergers and acquisitions, capital solutions, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory. Our unmatched transaction volumes provide differentiated, data-driven perspectives that help our clients achieve their most critical goals. To learn more about Houlihan Lokey, please visit HL.com.



Scope

We areseekinga highly accomplishedPrincipal Engineerto serve as the technical authority and architectural leader for our cloud-native platform and infrastructure within the Financial Platform organization. In this role, you will define the platform architecture roadmap, design mission-critical infrastructure patterns, and lead the technical execution of platforms that power large-scale, distributed financial applications.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Architecture & Strategic Direction:Define and drive the target-state architecture for our next-generation, cloud-native platform (Kubernetes, multi-region cloud topologies, and AI/workload enablement). Translate overarching business goals into scalable, resilient, and decoupled platform capabilities.

Hands-On Core Engineering:Lead by example by writing production-grade code, building foundational custom tooling/operators (Golang, Python), authoring reusable Terraform modules, and designing reference implementations for engineering teams.

Technical Leadership & Mentorship:Serve as a mentor and technical coach to junior and mid-level engineers. Facilitate design reviews,establisharchitecture RFC processes, conduct deep code/infrastructure reviews, and foster a strong culture of engineering excellence.

Container Platforms & Orchestration:Architect resilient, multi-cluster Kubernetes topologies at scale. Define best practices for workload scheduling, networking (service mesh), custom controllers/operators,GitOpsworkflows (ArgoCD/Flux), and multi-tenant isolation.

Enterprise CI/CD & Developer Experience (DevEx):Architect automated, self-service golden paths and progressive delivery pipelines (canary,blue-green) that minimize cognitive load for application developers while ensuring strict deployment guardrails.

Zero-Trust Security & Policy-as-Code:EmbedDevSecOpsat the architectural level—designing policy-as-code frameworks (OPA/Kyverno), centralized secrets management (HashiCorpVault), secure supply chain standards (SBOM, image signing,Trivy), and compliance baselines (SOC 2, ISO 27001).

Observability, SRE & Chaos Engineering:Design holistic telemetry strategies utilizingOpenTelemetry. Define enterprise SLI/SLO standards, error budgetpolicies, resilience testing/chaos engineering, and lead complex root-cause analyses (RCA) for critical production incidents.

FinOps & Performance Optimization:Architect cost-efficient cloud topologies. Establish capacity planning models, multi-region traffic routing, right-sizing strategies, and automated cost-governance guardrails.

Basic Qualifications

Experience:7+years of hands-on experience in Platform Engineering, SRE, Distributed Systems, or Cloud Architecture, with a proventrack recordof designing andoperatinglarge-scale, production-grade distributed systems.

Architecture & System Design:Demonstratedexpertisein architecting complex,highly available, fault-tolerant, and secure cloud topologies (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Deep Hands-on Coding & Automation:Proficiencyin at least one modern systems programming language (e.g.,Golang, Python) along with advanced scripting (Bash).Strong foundationin data structures, algorithms, and systems software design.

Infrastructure-as-Code Mastery:Expert-levelproficiencywithTerraform(custom provider/module development, state locking, drift detection) and Policy-as-Code engines (e.g., OPA, Rego,Kyverno).

Kubernetes Internals:Comprehensive understanding of Kubernetes internals (control plane components, CNI/CSI, custom controllers/operators, RBAC, API extensions, and scheduling primitives).

Mentorship & Influence:Proventrack recordof guiding junior engineers, driving engineering consensus across disparate teams, and leading technical initiatives without direct authority.

Observability & Reliability:Hands-on experience with modern observability platforms, distributed tracing withOpenTelemetry, Prometheus/Grafana ecosystems, and enterprise SRE practices.

Education:Bachelor’s orMaster’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience architecting platforms within highly regulated domains (e.g., Financial Services, FinTech, Banking).

Deep experience withSecuring Cloud NativePlatform.

Experience designing, building, oroperatinglarge-scale Data Platforms is highly desirable.

Active contributions to open-source cloud-native projects (CNCF ecosystem).

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.



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About the Company

Houlihan Lokey

Global advisory on M&A, restructuring, valuations

Houlihan Lokey is a global investment bank focused on advisory services for mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring, and valuation. It helps clients plan and execute transactions through Corporate Finance, Financial Restructuring, and Financial and Valuation Advisory, charging fees for advisory work. The firm does not underwrite securities; instead it provides independent analyses, negotiations support, and fairness opinions across cross-border and distressed situations. Its goal is to help clients maximize value and navigate strategic financial decisions with objective, rigorous advice.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Los Angeles, CA
Founded: 1972

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