DevOps Engineer (SDE 3/Lead)

About Junglee Games:
Junglee Games is part of Flutter Entertainment, the world's leading iGaming and sports entertainment group listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).
We operate independently in India while leveraging Flutter's global expertise across product, technology, and responsible gaming.
With over 150 million users, Junglee Games is a leader in the game-tech space. Founded in San Francisco in 2012, we are revolutionising how people play games. Our notable free-to-play titles include Howzat, Junglee Rummy, and Junglee Poker, built to deliver engaging, scalable, and trusted gaming experiences.
Our team brings a deep global pedigree having worked on internationally acclaimed AAA titles such as Transformers and Star Wars: The Old Republic, and contributed to iconic Hollywood productions including Avatar. Junglee Games mission is to build entertainment for millions of players worldwide and connect them through games.
Joining Junglee Games means working at the intersection of India's fast-growing gaming ecosystem and joining Flutter Entertainment's global talent community, shaping the future of digital entertainment. Beyond gaming, Junglee Games represents a culture driven by innovation, data science, cutting-edge technology, and strong values, shaping the next generation of responsible leaders.

Job Location: Gurgaon/ Bangalore

Role Overview

We are looking for a highly skilled DevOps Engineer (SDE III / Lead) to design, build, and scale cloud-native infrastructure and platform systems. You will play a key role in improving developer productivity, system reliability, and deployment velocity across our engineering organization. This role requires deep expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability, and modern platform engineering practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure on AWS

• Architect and manage Kubernetes clusters (EKS or self-managed) for large-scale production workloads

• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, ArgoCD, and GitOps principles

• Drive infrastructure as code (IaC) practices using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation

• Implement robust observability systems using Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic, Coralogix, etc.

• Ensure high system reliability, performance, and cost efficiency

• Automate operational workflows, deployments, and incident response processes

• Lead production incident management, root cause analysis (RCA), and postmortems

• Collaborate with development teams to improve system design, performance, and release processes

• Define and enforce best practices for security, scalability, and reliability (SRE principles)

• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to platform engineering strategy

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years (SDE III) / 8+ years (SDE IV) of experience in DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineering

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services (EC2, EKS, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, etc.)

• Deep expertise in Kubernetes (networking, scaling, debugging, internals preferred)

• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, etc.

• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)

• Strong understanding of observability stack (Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic, Coralogix)

• Experience with containerization (Docker) and microservices architecture

• Solid Linux fundamentals and troubleshooting skills

• Programming/scripting skills (Python, Go, Bash, or similar)

• Experience with monitoring, alerting, and incident response systems

• Strong understanding of networking, security, and distributed systems

Preferred Qualification

• Experience with AI-powered DevOps / AIOps tools (e.g., anomaly detection, automated RCA, intelligent alerting)

• Familiarity with LLM-based tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, internal AI assistants for DevOps workflows)

• Experience building or integrating AI-driven observability or automation systems

• Exposure to eBPF-based observability or advanced performance tooling

• Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments

• Contributions to open-source projects or internal platform tooling

What We Value

• Strong ownership mindset and bias for action

• Ability to work in high-scale, high-availability environments

• Passion for automation and eliminating toil

• Systems thinking and problem-solving approach

• Clear communication and collaboration skills

• Nice-to-Have (Differentiators for SDE IV)

• Experience leading platform or DevOps teams

• Proven track record of scaling infrastructure for high-traffic systems

• Experience designing internal developer platforms (IDP)

• Deep expertise in cost optimization and capacity planning

• Strong understanding of Kubernetes internals and cloud architecture patterns

Impact You Will Make

• Improve deployment frequency and reduce lead time for changes

• Increase system uptime and reliability

• Reduce operational overhead through automation

• Enable faster and safer product innovation