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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 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 100+ 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: As a Devops engineering team, you will own and optimize the backbone of WinZO’s technology – the infrastructure. You'll be managing ultra-high scale distributed systems, engineering zero-downtime deployment pipelines, and driving automation across our platform. This is a hands-on leadership position where your technical and architectural decisions will directly influence our ability to scale, secure, and deliver product innovation at speed. If you thrive on solving complex infrastructure challenges at scale, this is your next big leap. 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 Show more Show less
