Lead DevOps/Infra

About Uniqode:

Uniqode is on a mission to connect the physical and digital worlds seamlessly through technology.

Over the years, we’ve become the trusted platform for over 50,000 businesses worldwide, enabling proximity marketing and driving digital engagement at scale. With 200+ million QR Code scans globally and a steep growth rate, Uniqode is at the forefront of innovation in how businesses and consumers interact.

As pioneers in digital business cards, we’re redefining how professionals and companies share contact details—offering modern, paperless solutions that are efficient and environmentally friendly.

Backed by leading investors like Accel and Telescope, we’re building not just a product but a global ecosystem. With offices in New York and Bangalore and a team spread across India and the USA, Uniqode combines the best of creativity, collaboration, and cutting-edge technology to deliver exceptional results.

About the Role:

We are looking for a highly skilled Lead DevOps / Infrastructure Lead to join our Platform Engineering team. This role is critical to building a reliable, secure, and scalable infrastructure backbone for Uniqode's products. You will be responsible for owning and optimizing our CI/CD pipelines, managing cloud infrastructure (primarily AWS), automating deployments, enforcing security best practices, and enhancing monitoring and alerting systems.

You will collaborate closely with engineering, security, and product teams to define, implement, and evangelize infrastructure best practices across the organization.

Key Focus Areas:

• Own and enhance our CI/CD pipeline and deployment workflows for speed, reliability, and rollback safety.

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  Architect, manage, and optimize AWS-based infrastructure for performance, cost-efficiency, and scalability.
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  Drive the transition to Kubernetes (EKS) and establish a mature container orchestration environment.
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  Champion Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or Pulumi.
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  Define and implement logging, monitoring, and alerting frameworks using tools like Datadog, Prometheus, or CloudWatch.
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  Establish and enforce cloud security best practices including vulnerability scanning, IAM hardening, and secrets management.
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  Proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks in infrastructure or deployment processes.
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  Collaborate with engineering teams to provide clear and reusable deployment playbooks and runbooks.
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  Define SLAs and create dashboards and alerts to monitor infrastructure health and performance.
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  Own the cost management of cloud infrastructure, proactively identifying areas to optimize usage and reduce spend.
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  Participate in incident response and postmortems, and drive improvements to infrastructure reliability and transparency.

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  Stay current with evolving tools, technologies, and trends in DevOps and SRE.

About You:

• 6 - 10 years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability, or Infrastructure Engineering roles.

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  Strong experience in managing production-grade infrastructure on AWS.
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  Proficiency in managing and configuring CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI).
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  Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (preferably EKS) and container orchestration best practices.
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  Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform, Pulumi, or AWS CloudFormation.
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  Solid understanding of monitoring, logging, and alerting systems and their operational use.
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  Strong knowledge of cloud security, IAM, and vulnerability management.
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  Familiarity with cost optimization strategies in AWS (e.g., spot instances, reserved instances, storage class tuning).
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  Programming/scripting experience (e.g., Python, Bash, Go).
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  Ability to document and communicate complex architectures in a clear, simple manner.

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  Strong collaboration skills and the ability to mentor other engineers.

Bonus Skills (Nice-to-Have):

• Experience with tools like Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack.

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  Familiarity with SOC2, ISO27001 or other security frameworks.
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  Exposure to SRE practices and concepts like SLOs/SLIs.
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  Experience with serverless infrastructure (e.g., Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway).

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  Contributions to open-source DevOps tools or infrastructure frameworks.

What’s in it for You?

• A well-deserved compensation package that recognizes your skills and contributions to our team.

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  Join our journey with an opportunity to share in the company's success through equity ownership.
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  Get the opportunity to work with hand-picked individuals who are experts in their domain and passionate about the product.
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  Contribute to a product that is rapidly growing and is the chosen platform of thousands of businesses across the globe.
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  Experience the flexibility of working both in-office and remotely, optimizing your work-life balance.
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  Secure your well-being with comprehensive health insurance coverage, ensuring you and your family peace of mind.

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  Receive dedicated mental health support, fostering a nurturing workplace environment that values your emotional well-being.

About Our Culture:

At Uniqode, we’re shaping a workplace where bold ideas, deep ownership, and relentless curiosity thrive. We move fast, aim high, and obsess over delivering real value to our customers.

Transparency and collaboration define how we work, while continuous learning and adaptability fuel our growth.

If you’re ready to make an impact and grow alongside a passionate, driven team, Uniqode is the place for you.