DevOps Engineer
Infrastructure, Full Time
New Delhi, India
About WinZO Games
WinZO is India’s largest social gaming platform aiming at building an astronomical tech strong gaming ecosystem in India. WinZO in a short span of time has emerged as the leanest Series C funded gaming startup in the Indian startup ecosystem. WinZO has so far raised over $100MM and handles more than 5+ Bn micro transactions monthly, a number which is fast growing. WinZO with a data driven DNA is working towards becoming the one-stop-shop for online gaming users spread across every household in Bharat. With a vision of becoming a household name for Bharat, catering to their entertainment needs through interactive engagements, Paavan Nanda (Co-Founder, WinZO, Zostel & ZO Rooms) and Saumya Singh Rathore (Co-Founder, WinZO, Ex-Chief of Staff & Growth- ZO Rooms, Zostel, Ex-Times Group), are aggressively building the platform to not just capture market opportunities but also explore and maximize potential of social interactions as consumption drivers. Both of them are putting together WinZO piece by piece using tech and data to create a transparent and unique gaming experience for its users.
WinZO, which hosts 120+ games in 12+ languages, has 80% users consuming the app in vernacular languages. WinZO has always yearned to mentor, guide and onboard games to be culturally relevant for Bharat. It also provides opportunities for housewives to translate and earn which empowers them economically. A 150+ members strong team with stellar professionals coming from global tech giants and companies such as Google, Amazon, Flipkart, McKinsey etc., WinZO is funded and backed by global gaming and entertainment investment funds such as Griffin Gaming Partners, Maker’s Fund, Courtside Ventures, Pags Group and Kalaari.
WinZO is continually working towards revolutionizing the gaming ecosystem by creating a complete entertainment package through a slew of interactive features. Speaking of the larger picture the platform is driving unique initiatives that are constantly attempting to nurture and groom developers.
WinZO Values:
Integrity, Excellence Perseverance, Fine Judgement, Agility
About the Role:
Are you ready to tackle the challenge of managing infrastructure on an extraordinary scale? At WinZO, we are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic team. You will be leading the charge in maintaining an infrastructure that supports 175 million users and processes over 4.5 billion micro-transactions each month. If you are passionate about scalability, performance, and innovation, this opportunity is perfect for making a substantial impact.
What you will do:
- Architect and evolve high-performance, resilient server infrastructure
- End-to-end ownership of system reliability: uptime, latency, scalability, and incident management
- Lead infrastructure automation using IaC tools like Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent
- Define and enforce DevSecOps best practices, integrating security deep into the deployment lifecycle
- Optimize Cloud spend while ensuring high availability, performance, and compliance
- Coach and mentor a team of DevOps to scale their impact and skillsets
- Proactively identify system bottlenecks and architect solutions for scale
- Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Business teams on infra-strategy and technical roadmap
- Responsible for improvement of deployment frequency, lead time, and reliability
What you should have:
- 12+ years of experience in DevOps/SRE/Infra roles, with at least 3+ years in a lead capacity
- Hands-on experience with Cloud (AWS Preferred) at scale (multi-region, auto-scaling, failover)
- Expertise in IaC tool- Terraform
- Fluency in Linux administration, containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS)
- Proficient in one or more scripting languages – Python, Bash, or Go
- Deep understanding of networking (VPNs, DNS, Load Balancers, Firewalls) and security (IAM, VPC, WAF)
- Design, implement, and manage scalable CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
- Practical experience managing relational and NoSQL databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra, or DynamoDB.
- Familiarity with database monitoring, backups, failover strategies, and performance tuning
- Experience with monitoring & observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, , etc.)
- Familiar with designing systems for cost-optimization, and performance tuning
- Exposure to chaos engineering and resilience testing frameworks.
- Experience with canary deployments, blue green deployments and traffic management tools (e.g., Argo Rollouts, Flagger, Istio).
- Preferred to have: Cloud Certifications (AWS preferred)
What we offer you:
- A flat and transparent culture with an incredibly high learning curve
- A swanky informal workspace which defines our open and vibrant work culture
- Opportunity to solve new and challenging problems with a high scope of innovation
- Complete ownership of the product and chance to conceptualize and implement your solutions
- Opportunity to work with incredible peers across departments and be a part of the Tech revolution
- Most importantly, a chance to be associated with big impact early in your career
At our core, we’re a creative company. Ideas are where we live, and we love building magical products. It’s not just about features, it’s also about how they make people feel. So, we build at the intersection of the technical and the romantic. And it all starts with people, the right team that cares deeply about our mission, values, and our users.
We value diversity. We are an equal opportunity employer: we do not discriminate based on race, colour, religion, gender, ethnicity, or disability status.
Download our app for a better understanding - https://www.winzogames.com/
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