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Hyderabad · On-site · 5-8 Yrs · Sep 10
Computer Hardware Development · 10000+ Employees · San Diego, US
We’re looking for inventive minds to help fuel what’s next in 5G. Qualcomm is the wireless technology innovator and the company of inventors that unlocked 5G. We’re ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in wireless connectivity that’s transforming entire industries and enriching lives on a global scale. From smartphones to smart homes, mobile PCs to automotive, gaming to XR/VR/AR, and audio to factories of the future, 5G may be the most important technological development of the 21 st century — and Qualcomm is leading the way. But this is just the beginning. It takes brilliant minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5G’s potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age — and this is where you come in.
Hiring: Engineering, Software Engineering
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Interview experience · Associate Engineer
Initially it started with resume related questions. Trying to guage my RTL design exposure. Later they gave a small but medium level problem to solve. I did around half of it, Interview was very short as it was a campus
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Overview
Qualcomm India Private Limited
Responsibilities
- The ideal candidate has deep expertise in cloud technologies, Kubernetes, observability, automation, infrastructure as code, incident management, and production operations, with a proven track record of leading complex projects and mentoring engineers.
- Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance for highly scalable cloud-native platforms and services.
- Drive strategic initiatives focused on reliability, performance, security, automation, and operational excellence.
- Lead design reviews, architecture discussions, and technology evaluations.
- Mentor and coach engineers across multiple teams, fostering engineering excellence and best practices.
- Partner with stakeholders to define long-term platform and infrastructure roadmaps.
- Architect, develop, and operate cloud infrastructure across Azure and/or AWS environments.
- Define infrastructure standards and governance through Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Lead cloud migration, modernization, and platform optimization initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with security, regulatory, and operational requirements.
- Optimize cloud infrastructure costs through FinOps principles and resource governance.
- Drive CI/CD strategy and platform engineering initiatives across multiple products.
- Build and maintain secure, scalable, and automated deployment pipelines.
- Promote automation-first approaches for infrastructure provisioning, remediation, testing, and operational workflows.
- Champion GitOps, configuration management, and infrastructure automation practices.
- Lead capacity planning, scalability assessments, performance benchmarking, and load testing activities.
- Drive root cause analysis and preventive actions for production issues.
- Conduct chaos engineering exercises to improve system resilience.
- Establish performance and reliability standards across engineering teams.
- Work closely with engineering leadership, architects, product teams, and customers to align technology solutions with business objectives.
- Communicate technical strategies, risks, operational status, and recommendations to senior leadership.
- Influence organizational best practices for cloud operations, security, and software delivery.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
- 8+ years of software engineering, cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, DevOps, or SRE experience.
- 5+ years of experience leading large-scale cloud platform or infrastructure initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional engineering teams and driving technical strategy.
- Expert-level experience with Azure and/or AWS.
- Deep understanding of compute, networking, storage, identity, security, high availability, and disaster recovery.
- Strong expertise with Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, and cloud-native ecosystems.
- Hands-on experience with Terraform, Pulumi, ARM/Bicep, or CloudFormation.
- Strong automation and scripting skills using Python, Bash, Go, or similar languages.
- Extensive experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI/CD, or similar platforms.
- Expertise in deployment automation, release management, and software delivery pipelines.
- Strong understanding of SDLC, DevSecOps, and shift-left practices.
- Expertise in monitoring, logging, and observability platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Datadog.
- Strong troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and operational excellence mindset.
- Strong Linux systems administration and troubleshooting skills.
- Deep understanding of networking fundamentals, DNS, load balancing, CDN, network security, and distributed systems.
- Databases & Distributed Systems
- Knowledge of distributed systems design, scalability patterns, caching, messaging, and event-driven architectures.
- Knowledge of FinOps methodologies and cloud cost optimization.
- Azure Solutions Architect, Azure DevOps Engineer, AWS Professional, Kubernetes (CKA/CKS), or equivalent certifications.
- Serve as a technical leader and trusted advisor across the organization.
- Drive engineering excellence, innovation, and operational maturity.
- Influence architecture and technology strategy across multiple programs.
- Develop and mentor future technical leaders.
- Champion reliability, scalability, automation, and customer-first engineering culture.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Software Engineering or related experience.
- Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering or related experience.
- PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering or related experience.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, Go, C++, or similar.
- 5+ years of experience designing and operating cloud-native distributed systems.
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