The invention relates to a build validation engine for a software build process. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a computer implemented system a build validation engine further configured to perform the steps comprising: receiving inputs from a software platform, the inputs comprising a build identifier and a mode indicator; initiating, via the build validation engine, validation of a plurality of configuration file categories for a software build; identifying and applying, via the build validation engine, a set of configuration rules, the set of configuration rules associated with each configuration file category and further comprising server class validation, inputs validation, indexes validation and props validation; and determining whether a successful build is achieved and if a successful build is not determined, failing the build and deleting corresponding deployment bundles.