DevOps Lead

Vegapay; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A fintech firm in Bengaluru is looking for a DevOps Lead to take end-to-end ownership of their Infrastructure and Platform Engineering function. This role entails building and scaling secure, resilient systems while mentoring the engineering team and establishing best practices. Candidates should have 7-10 years of experience in DevOps, strong cloud knowledge, and experience in designing scalable production systems. A hands-on approach in a high-growth environment is essential. Competitive compensation is offered.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years in DevOps / Infrastructure Engineering.
• Strong experience in leading or mentoring teams.
• Proven experience designing scalable production systems.
• Ability to operate both strategically and hands-on.

Responsibilities

• Own the complete cloud infrastructure strategy and architecture.
• Design highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant systems.
• Lead adoption and maturity of Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Build and mentor the DevOps / Platform team.

Skills

Cloud environments (AWS preferred)

CI/CD systems

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation)

Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Monitoring & observability stacks

System reliability & availability principles

Automation-first infrastructure

High-growth startup environments

Job description

Why This Role Matters

We are looking for a DevOps Lead who will take end-to-end ownership of our Infrastructure and Platform Engineering function. This is not a traditional support DevOps role - this is a build, scale, and lead mandate. You will be responsible for designing resilient, scalable, and secure infrastructure that powers mission-critical fintech systems. Along with being deeply hands‑on, you will build and mentor the infra/platform team, establish engineering best practices, and create a future‑ready DevOps culture. This role sits at the intersection of engineering velocity, platform reliability, security, and cost efficiency, working closely with Engineering, Security, Product, and Leadership teams to ensure infrastructure becomes a strategic enabler for scale.

The Hats You Will Wear

• Own the complete cloud infrastructure strategy, architecture, and execution
• Design highly available, scalable, and fault‑tolerant systems
• Build infrastructure that supports high‑throughput, low‑latency workloads
• Drive infrastructure reliability, uptime, and disaster recovery readiness
• Lead adoption and maturity of Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Build self‑serve internal platforms for engineering teams
• Drive CI/CD maturity to enable faster and safer releases
• Improve deployment frequency while reducing failure rates
• Establish observability across systems (logging, monitoring, tracing)
• Define and enforce SLOs, SLIs, and uptime standards
• Lead incident response frameworks and post‑mortem culture
• Ensure infrastructure aligns with security and compliance expectations
• Partner with Security teams on cloud posture, access governance, and secrets management
• Own cloud cost visibility and optimization
• Build cost‑aware engineering practices
• Build and scale the DevOps / Platform team
• Hire, mentor, and grow high‑performing engineers
• Establish infrastructure roadmaps aligned with business growth
• Drive DevOps culture across engineering teams

The Perfect Fit

• 7-10 years in DevOps / Infrastructure Engineering
• Prior experience leading or mentoring infrastructure teams
• Strong experience with cloud environments (AWS preferred)
• Deep expertise in CI/CD systems
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation)
• Hands‑on expertise in containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with monitoring & observability stacks
• Proven experience designing scalable production systems
• Strong understanding of system reliability & availability principles
• Experience driving automation‑first infrastructure
• Ability to operate both strategically and hands‑on
• Experience working in high‑growth startup environments

Your Edge Over the Rest

• Experience in fintech / banking / regulated environments
• Exposure to security frameworks & compliance readiness
• Experience building Internal Developer Platforms (IDP)
• Knowledge of multi‑cloud or hybrid architecture
• Experience supporting scale during rapid growth phases
• Exposure to zero‑downtime deployments & chaos engineering
• Prior ownership of cloud cost optimization

Our Story

Vegapay Technology is a financial technology company. It partners with banks and financial institutions to digitize its financial infrastructure. It provides users with a credit suite featuring a wide breadth of modules and no‑code configuration to design, deploy, and direct their credit programs. It provides access to build financial asset products including Card Management System, LOS, LMS, Co‑lending and more. Founded in 2022 by Gaurav Mittal, Himanshu Agrawal and Puneet Sharma, the startup is a B2B digital lending and Card Management Platform. Vegapay’s vision is to liberate financial institutions and fintech enterprises from every technical barrier which hinders offering a lending programme.

Meet the Team

Gaurav Mittal – Co‑Founder and CEO of the company. He has more than 20 years of experience and has worked with organisations like Zeta, Matchmove, MasterCard, Amex and ICICI Bank.

Himanshu Agrawal – Co‑Founder and Head of Technology. He is from IIT Kanpur and has more than 14 years of experience working with organisations like Amazon and DE Shaw.

Puneet Sharma – Co‑Founder and Head of Product. He is from IIT Roorkee and has more than 10 years of experience working with organisations like BharatPe, Avail Finance.