The Role
Responsible for deploying and managing container orchestration, collaborating with developers, and ensuring platform availability through CI/CD practices and observability. Requires knowledge in relevant tools and programming languages.
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About us
Build the future of banking.
Zeta is a next-generation banking technology company providing cloud-native, fully stackable processing and core banking platforms for issuers. With a focus on scalability, compliance, and innovation, Zeta empowers financial institutions to modernize their technology infrastructure and deliver secure, seamless digital banking experiences. Our impact runs at real-world scale. Today, over 25 million cards are live on Zeta-powered platforms across 7 countries, supported by a passionate team of 1,700+ Zetanauts across India, the US, EMEA, and Asia. Backed by SoftBank Vision Fund, Mastercard, and other reputed strategic investors, we reached a valuation of $2 billion in 2025.
Our focus is on establishing product lines that focus on key outcomes by addressing real customer pain points, modernizing legacy systems, and strengthening core fundamentals. As a result, our systems and platforms support a wide range of banking and payments capabilities, including:
1. Tachyon, our cloud-native banking stack built for population-scale systems
2. Cipher, our unified authentication platform for secure, high-volume banking environments
3. Digital Credit as a Service, enabling banks to launch credit lines on UPI
4. Elena, our intelligent and conversational AI platform for banking
5. Pixel, India’s first digital-native credit card, launched in partnership with HDFC Bank, for whom we also revamped their PayZapp mobile app: Winner of the Celent Model Bank Award for Payments Innovation 2024
6. Sparrow, the leading card experience for non-prime cardholders in the US
…and more across cards, payments, lending, and core banking.
We are an engineering-first organization that values ownership, bias for action, and long-term thinking. Together, we solve some of the hardest problems in banking tech. Our culture is built around trust, collaboration, and creating the conditions for you to drive impact proportionate to your potential. Reinforcing our commitment to creating an inclusive and supportive workplace, we have been consistently recognized as a Great Place to Work. If you want to build cutting-edge banking tech that enables banks to serve millions reliably, securely, and at a population scale, Zeta is your playground.
If you would like to learn more about how we have grown and evolved over the years, watch our journey here. You can also explore our website and follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram,YouTube, and X.
Responsibilities:
- Deploy and manage Containers orchestration, Service mesh, API gateways, CI/CD components & Observability stacks
- Collaborate with Developers and develop abstractions for a great developer experience
- Own platform availability
Skills:
- Knowledge about CI/CD practices, Deployment patterns and relevant toolsets.
- Practical experience with K8s, envoy, API gateway (Kong or Ambassador or Traefik), Service Mesh (istio or consul mesh or linkerd/conduit)
- Experienced with infrastructure as code & Configuration management with tools like Terraform, Ansible etc
- Experienced in observability practices and toolchains (Monitoring, Metrics, Logging, Alerts & Tracing)
- Programming with Python, Go or Ruby
- Well versed with Cloud security / DevSecOps Practices
- Most importantly, Learners for life and An Effective Engineer!
- Bonus : Chaos & resilience engineering concepts & experience
Experience and Qualifications:
- 2+ years of relevant work experience
- Experience with Kernel, Networking and OS fundamentals
- Experience with Public and Private cloud solutions (Any of AWS, GCP, Azure, Openshift, DIY clouds etc)
- Experience with distributed systems and micro-service based architectures.
Zeta is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, cultures, and communities to apply and believe that a diverse workforce is key to our success.
Skills Required
- 2+ years of relevant work experience
- Knowledge about CI/CD practices, Deployment patterns
- Practical experience with Kubernetes and API gateways
- Experience with infrastructure as code tools
- Programming experience with Python, Go or Ruby
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The Company
What We Do
Founded in 2015, Zeta is a provider of next-gen credit card processing platform. Zeta’s cloud-native and fully API-enabled stack offers a comprehensive range of capabilities, including processing, issuing, lending, core banking, fraud detection, and loyalty programs. With a strong focus on technology, Zeta has over 1700+ employees and contractors, with more than 70% dedicated to technology roles. Operating across the US, UK, Middle East, and Asia, Zeta has served a global customer base of 35+ clients who have issued over 15 million cards on Zeta's platform to date. Backed by prominent investors such as Softbank Vision Fund 2 and Mastercard, Zeta has raised $280 million, at a valuation of $1.5 billion.
