Software Development Engineer IV DevOps

About the Team

When 5% of Indian households shop with us, it’s important to build resilient systems to manage millions of orders every day. We’ve done this – with zero downtime! 😎 Sounds impossible? Well, that’s the kind of Engineering muscle that has helped Meesho become the e-commerce giant that it is today. We value speed over perfection, and see failures as opportunities to become better. We’ve taken steps to inculcate a strong ‘Founder’s Mindset’ across our engineering teams, making us grow and move fast. We place special emphasis on the continuous growth of each team member - and we do this with regular 1-1s and open communication.

As DevOps Engineer - IV, you will be part of self-starters who thrive on teamwork and constructive feedback. We know how to party as hard as we work! If we aren’t building unparalleled tech solutions, you can find us debating the plot points of our favourite books and games – or even gossiping over chai. So, if a day filled with building impactful solutions with a fun team sounds appealing to you, join us.

About the Role

As DevOps Engineer - IV, you will design systems capable of serving as the brains of complex distributed products. In addition, you will also closely mentor younger engineers on the team and contribute to team building. Overall, you will be a strong technologist at Meesho who cares about code modularity, scalability, re-usability.

What you will do

• Develop reusable Infrastructure code and testing frameworks for Infrastructure.
• Develop tools and frameworks to allow Meesho engineers to provision and manage Infrastructure access controls.
• Design and develop solutions for cloud security, secrets-management and key rotations.
• Design a centralized logging and metrics platform that can handle Meesho’s scale.
• Take on new Infrastructure requirements and develop infrastructure code Work with service teams to help them onboard container platform.
• Scale the Meesho platform to handle millions of requests concurrently.
• Drive solutions to reduce MTTR and MTTD, enabling High Availability and Disaster Recovery.

What you will need

• Bachelors / Masters in Computer Science.
• 8-12 years of in-depth and hands-on professional experience in the DevOps /Systems Engineering domain.
• Proficiency in Strong Systems, Linux, Open Source, Infrastructure Engineering, and DevOps fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience with data processing frameworks(eg. Spark, Databricks)Familiar with Big Data Technologies.
• Experience with Data Ops concepts and tools(eg. Airflow, Zeplin).
• Exceptional design and architectural skills.
• Experience in building large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience in Scalable Systems - transactional systems (B2C). 
• Expertise in designing and implementing solutions on public cloud (AWS) for security, resilience etc.
• Expertise in Security Hardening of cloud infrastructure applications/web servers against known/unknown vulnerabilities.
• Understanding of compliance and security.
• Ability to assess business needs and requirements to ensure appropriate approaches.
• Expertise in Capacity Planning Design, cost and effort estimations and cost-optimization. 
• Ability to deliver the best operations tooling and practices, including CI/CD.
• In-depth understanding of SDLC.
• Ability to write infrastructure as code for public or private clouds.
• Ability to implement modern cloud Integration architecture.
• Knowledge of configuration and infra management (Chef/Puppet/Ansible and Terraform) or CI tools (Any). 
• Knowledge of scripting language: Python, Shell, Go (proficiency in any one).
• Knowledge of container services like Docker, Kubernetes, EKS/GKE, etc.
• Ability to architect and implement end-to-end monitoring of solutions in the cloud.
• Ability to design for failover, high availability, MTTR, MTTD, RTO, RPO and so on.
• Ability to define and report on business and processes metrics.
• Ability to balance governance, ownership and freedom against reliability.
• Ability to develop and motivate individual contributors on the team.

About us 

Welcome to Meesho, where every story begins with a spark of inspiration and a dash of entrepreneurial spirit. We're not just a platform; we're your partner in turning dreams into realities.

Our Mission

Democratising internet commerce for everyone- Meesho (Meri shop) started with a single idea in mind -to be an e-commerce destination for the next billion Indian consumers and enable 100 million small businesses to succeed online. We provide sellers with a range of industry-first benefits such as zero commission and the lowest shipping cost. Over 1.75 million sellers are registered on Meesho, growing their business by tapping the company’s massive customer base, state-of-the-art tech infrastructure, pan-India logistics at the lowest cost through third-party logistics providers in an 'Everyday Lowest Cost' channel for sellers. Affordable, relatable merchandise mirroring local markets has helped us make inroads with first-time internet users in the country. We cater to an underserved and unique customer base and cover every serviceable pincode in the country. Our unique business model and continuous innovation has enabled us to become the first Indian horizontal E-commerce company.

Culture and Total Rewards

Our focus is on cultivating a dynamic workplace characterized by high impact and performance excellence. We prioritize a people-centric culture, dedicated to hiring and developing exceptional talent. Total rewards at Meesho comprises of a comprehensive set of elements - monetary, non monetary, tangible and intangible in nature. Our 11 guiding principles, or "Mantras," are the backbone of how we operate - influencing everything from recognition and evaluation to growth discussions. Daily rituals & processes like “Reflections”, “Listen or Die” , Internal Mobility Program, Talent Reviews, Continuous Performance Management - all embody these principles. 

We provide market leading compensation - both cash and equity-based - specific to job roles, individual experience and skill along with our employee centric benefits and work environment. We focus extensively on holistic wellness - through our MeeCare Program - encompassing benefits and policies across physical, mental, financial, and social wellness aspects. This includes extensive medical insurance benefits for employees and their families, wellness initiatives like telehealth, wellness events, and gym & recreational discounts etc. To support work-life balance, we provide generous leave policies, parental support benefits, retirement benefits, and learning and development assistance. Through gratitude for stretched work, personalized gifts, engagement & fun at work - we promote employee delight at the workplace. Many other benefits such as salary advance support, relocation assistance, and flexible benefits plans further enrich the Meesho employee experience.

Know more about Meesho here : https://www.meesho.io/