Lead Software Engineer/Architect-

Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, in

Job Description

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

H&M Group is seeking a highly skilled and forward‑thinking  Platform Owner to provide end‑to‑end design leadership across our digital ecosystem. In this role, you will shape and govern the architecture for automation, integration, and platform engineering capabilities — with a particular focus on strengthening  as a core enterprise platform, driving cross‑team collaboration, and uplifting our engineering foundations.

You will act as a technical leader, bringing a holistic understanding of H&M’s technical landscape and applying deep hands‑on expertise across DevOps, performance monitoring, scalable design, and multi-domain engineering, reflecting the expectations placed on H&M’s lead-level engineers.

Key Responsibilities

Architectural Strategy & Technical Leadership

• Develop the long-term architectural roadmap aligned with H&M’s enterprise strategy.
• Set architectural standards, patterns, and guardrails for scalable delivery and lead solution design for initiatives spanning multiple domains.
• Guide technical decisions across teams and mentor engineers and architects.

Platform Ownership

• Design enterprise-grade automations and workflows.
• Standardize engineering practices across CI/CD, testing, modular architecture, and governance.
• Integrate with cloud, data, and application platforms using scalable API and event-driven designs.

Engineering Foundations & Platform Excellence

• Drive secure, resilient, and high‑performing engineering practices.
• Strengthen DevOps maturity through CI/CD pipelines, observability, and operational readiness.
• Promote cost‑optimized architecture and efficient use of cloud resources.

Performance, Security & Operations

• Embed performance, security, and reliability requirements into designs.
• Oversee release, change, and incident processes to ensure stable delivery.
• Evaluate and introduce emerging technologies to strengthen H&M’s digital ecosystem.

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH 

At H&M group, you will be the part of the Business Automation Platform under Global Tech Services team. We are committed to enabling momentum across the work, building smart and simple automations that augment our colleagues to make better decisions, and scaling solutions that create lasting business impact. Our focus area will be to improve user experience, platform & data, and automation & optimization.

WHO YOU ARE

We are looking for people with: 

• 12+ years in software engineering, enterprise architecture, or platform engineering.
• Strong expertise in , cloud platforms, APIs, and distributed systems.
• Broad knowledge across frontend, backend, mobile, infrastructure, and DevOps.
• Proven ability to design scalable systems and deliver high-impact platform solutions.

NICE TO HAVE

• CIS–Data Foundations (CMDB & CSDM) certification.
• Experience building custom applications and API integrations.
• Strong ownership mindset, collaborative approach, and comfort with ambiguity.
• Passion for continuous improvement and enabling teams through better architecture.

WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING HERE 

At H&M, we are proud to be a vibrant and welcoming company. We offer all our employees at H&M attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a staff discount card, useable on all our H&M brands in stores and online. Brands covered by the discount are H&M (Beauty and Move included), COS, Weekday, Monki, H&M HOME, & Other Stories, ARKET, Afound.

JOIN US 

Our uniqueness comes from a combination of many things – our inclusive and collaborative culture, our strong values, and opportunities for growth. But most of all, it’s our people who make us who we are. 

Take the next step in your career together with us. The journey starts here. 

*We are committed to a recruitment process that is fair, equitable, and based on competency. We therefore kindly ask you to not attach a cover letter in your application