WinZO Careers

About WinZO Games  

WinZO is India’s largest social gaming platform aiming at building an astronomical tech strong gaming ecosystem in India. WinZO in a short span of time has emerged as the leanest Series C funded gaming startup in the Indian startup ecosystem. WinZO has so far raised over $90MM and handles more than 2.5+ Bn micro transactions monthly, a number which is fast growing. WinZO with a data driven DNA is working towards becoming the one-stop-shop for online gaming users spread across every household in Bharat. With a vision of becoming a household name for Bharat, catering to their entertainment needs through interactive engagements, Paavan Nanda (co-Founder, WinZO, Zostel& ZO Rooms) and Saumya Singh Rathore (co-Founder, WinZO, Ex-Chief of Staff & Growth- ZO Rooms, Zostel, Ex-Times Group), are aggressively building the platform to not just capture market opportunities but also explore and maximise potential of social interactions as consumption drivers. Both Nanda and Rathore are putting together WinZO piece by piece using tech and data to create a transparent and unique gaming experience for its users.  

WinZO, which hosts 100+ games in 12+ languages, has 80% users consuming the app in vernacular languages. WinZO has always yearned to mentor, guide and onboard games to be culturally relevant for Bharat. It also provides opportunities for housewives to translate and earn which empowers them economically. A 120+ members strong team with stellar professionals coming from global tech giants and companies such as Google, Amazon, Flipkart, McKinsey, Bain, BCG etc., WinZO is funded and backed by global gaming and entertainment investment funds such as Griffin Gaming Partners, Maker’s Fund, Courtside Ventures, Pags Group and Kalaari.

WinZO is continually working towards revolutionising the gaming ecosystem by creating a complete entertainment package through a slew of interactive features. Speaking of the larger picture the platform is driving unique initiatives that are constantly attempting to nurture and groom developers. 

WinZO Values: 

Integrity, Excellence Perseverance, Data Orientation, Agility 

About the Role: 

As a Senior DevOps Engineer at WinZO, you will be responsible for managing the infrastructure that runs various applications running at a very high scale. Working closely with the development team to spin up and deploy new infrastructure. You’ll also be responsible for security and monitoring aspects of it while also ensuring that newer technologies are introduced into the system.

 

What you will do: 

• Establish a solid infrastructure framework and excellent development and deployment processes 
• Troubleshooting and debugging production outages and help the team in doing RCAs
• Provide infrastructural support to developers and help automate routine tasks
• Work with the development teams closely to gather system requirements 
• Initiate cross-team collaboration with product development teams to design high-qualityproduct 
• Involve in routine audits, upgrading of systems, capacity planning and benchmarking

What you should have: 

We’re looking for people with a hustler mindset, who are curious, eager to learn new things, with a passion for innovation, and work to be a little better every single day.

• 5-8 years experience as a DevOps Engineer 
• Automation of tasks using languages such as bash, python, etc.
• Experience in networking
• High ownership and accountability 
• Problem-solving attitude 
• Team spirit
• Excellent troubleshooting
• Hands on open source tools and technologies 
• Degree in Engineering or relevant field 

What we offer you: 

• A flat and transparent culture with an incredibly high learning curve
• A swanky informal workspace which defines our open and vibrant work culture
• Opportunity to solve new and challenging problems with a high scope of innovation
• Complete ownership of the product and chance to conceptualize and implement your solutions
• Opportunity to work with incredible peers across departments and be a part of the Tech revolution
• Most importantly, a chance to be associated with big impact early in your career

Past required Software/Tools/System Exposure: 

• AWS, Terraform, VPC, ECS, Docker, Jenkins, CDN, Elastic Beanstalk, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, Nginx
• Monitoring using CloudWatch, New Relic
• Familiarity with IaaC tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet

At our core, we’re a creative company. Ideas are where we live, and we love building magical products. It’s not just about features, it’s also about how they make people feel. So, we build at the intersection of the technical and the romantic.And it all starts with people, the right team that cares deeply about our mission, values, and our users.We value diversity. We are an equal opportunity employer: we do not discriminate based on race, colour, religion, gender, ethnicity, or disability status.

Download our app for a better understanding - https://www.winzogames.com/

Come join our rocketship!

About WinZO Games

WinZO is India’s largest social gaming platform aiming at building an astronomical tech strong gaming ecosystem in India. WinZO in a short span of time has emerged as the leanest Series C funded gaming startup in the Indian startup ecosystem. WinZO has so far raised over $90MM and handles more than 2.5+ Bn micro transactions monthly, a number which is fast growing. WinZO with a data driven DNA is working towards becoming the one-stop-shop for online gaming users spread across every household in Bharat. With a vision of becoming a household name for Bharat, catering to their entertainment needs through interactive engagements, Paavan Nanda (co-Founder, WinZO, Zostel& ZO Rooms) and Saumya Singh Rathore (co-Founder, WinZO, Ex-Chief of Staff & Growth- ZO Rooms, Zostel, Ex-Times Group), are aggressively building the platform to not just capture market opportunities but also explore and maximise potential of social interactions as consumption drivers. Both Nanda and Rathore are putting together WinZO piece by piece using tech and data to create a transparent and unique gaming experience for its users.

WinZO, which hosts 100+ games in 12+ languages, has 80% users consuming the app in vernacular languages. WinZO has always yearned to mentor, guide and onboard games to be culturally relevant for Bharat. It also provides opportunities for housewives to translate and earn which empowers them economically. A 120+ members strong team with stellar professionals coming from global tech giants and companies such as Google, Amazon, Flipkart, McKinsey, Bain, BCG etc., WinZO is funded and backed by global gaming and entertainment investment funds such as Griffin Gaming Partners, Maker’s Fund, Courtside Ventures, Pags Group and Kalaari.

WinZO is continually working towards revolutionising the gaming ecosystem by creating a complete entertainment package through a slew of interactive features. Speaking of the larger picture the platform is driving unique initiatives that are constantly attempting to nurture and groom developers.

About the Role:
Quality Assurance Engineers at WinZO test cutting edge applications and products at the user level and code level, both manually and with automated tools. Our QAEs are not pure black box testers, they are able to understand software internals, debug problems and write automated tests with Scripting tools and/or user-level automated tools. QAEs at WinZO are excellent individual contributors capable of taking up tasks from start to completion with minimal help. QAEs would be
responsible for understanding the domain and the product in detail and coming up with the test strategy/planning, coming up with the test cases, driving the test case sign-off processes with the stakeholders, contributing to code level Unit tests, test execution and reporting.

What you will do:
● Test products at the user level. Drafting test plan and test strategy for features to enhance the developer journey.
● Writing Scripts to reduce manual efforts
● Design and build automation from scratch and build automated tests using existing tools and frameworks to expose defects in product code
● Identify bugs and glitches before build release for both app and backend
● Conducting pre release testing and post release monitoring
● Analysing the result of test cases that have been created
● Helping to develop and maintain a robust library of test cases for both new and existing features.

What you should have:
● 4-7 years of experience working as a Quality Assurance Engineer
● Experience in manual testing
● Professional experience with Automation testing tools.
● Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field
● Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design and problem solving
● Experience working with SDETs or related profile in building automation strategy and follow-up plans
● Experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases.
● Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
● Works closely with the development team to improve QA effectiveness.
● Demonstrated expertise in testing methodologies, experience with standard QA and development tools, and the ability to operate within short release cycles
● Show creativity and initiative to improve product coverage and effectiveness
● Experience with API automation testing including unit test automation frameworks
● Experience with Android, iOS or other mobile application development or testing

Software/Tools/Language/System Exposure:
● CI/CD systems (Jenkins)
● Jira
● Postman and Jmeter,
● Linux terminal or Windows command prompt or Mac terminal
● Android Studio
● Android command line tools
● Scripting language (python, javascript, bash)
● Postgresql or MongoDB

What we offer you:
● A flat and transparent culture with an incredibly high learning curve
● A swanky informal workspace which defines our open and vibrant work culture
● Opportunity to solve new and challenging problems with a high scope of innovation
● Complete ownership of the product and chance to conceptualize and implement your solutions
● Opportunity to work with incredible peers across departments and be a part of the Tech revolution
● Most importantly, a chance to be associated with big impact early in your career

At our core, we’re a creative company. Ideas is where we live, and we love building magical products. It’s not just about features, it’s also about how they make people feel. So, we build at the intersection of the technical and the romantic.And it all starts with people, the right team that cares deeply about our mission, values, and our users.We value diversity. We are an equal opportunity employer: we do not discriminate based on race, colour, religion, gender, ethnicity, or disability status.

Download our app for a better understanding - https://www.winzogames.com/" target="_blank">https://www.winzogames.com/

Come join our rocketship!

About WinZO Games
WinZO is India’s largest social gaming platform aiming at building an astronomical tech strong gaming ecosystem in India. WinZO in a short span of time has emerged as the leanest Series C funded gaming startup
in the Indian startup ecosystem. WinZO has so far raised over $90MM and handles more than 2.5+ Bn micro transactions monthly, a number which is fast growing. WinZO with a data driven DNA is working towards
becoming the one-stop-shop for online gaming users spread across every household in Bharat. With a vision of becoming a household name for Bharat, catering to their entertainment needs through interactive engagements, Paavan Nanda (co-Founder, WinZO, Zostel & ZO Rooms) and Saumya Singh Rathore (co- Founder, WinZO, Ex-Chief of Staff & Growth- ZO Rooms, Zostel, Ex-Times Group), are aggressively building the platform to not just capture market opportunities but also explore and maximise potential of social interactions as consumption drivers. Both Nanda and Rathore are putting together WinZO piece by piece using tech and data to create a transparent and unique gaming experience for its users. WinZO, which hosts 100+ games in 12+ languages, has 80% users consuming the app in vernacular languages.

WinZO has always yearned to mentor, guide and onboard games to be culturally relevant for Bharat. It also provides opportunities for housewives to translate and earn which empowers them economically. A 120+
members strong team with stellar professionals coming from global tech giants and companies such as Google, Amazon, Flipkart, McKinsey, Bain, BCG etc., WinZO is funded and backed by global gaming and entertainment investment funds such as Griffin Gaming Partners, Maker’s Fund, Courtside Ventures, Pags Group and Kalaari. WinZO is continually working towards revolutionising the gaming ecosystem by creating a complete entertainment package through a slew of interactive features. Speaking of the larger picture the platform is driving unique initiatives that are constantly attempting to nurture and groom developers.

WinZO Values:
Integrity, Excellence Perseverance, Data Orientation, Agility

About the Role:
We are looking to hire an Android Developer who can own Android Development through the planning, design and development life cycle and help us create unique and seamless user experience on the android platform. You will be working in a fast-paced environment which will require you to take initiatives with complete ownership, manage multiple projects, and drive execution with stakeholders.

What you will do:
• Design, build and maintain high performance advanced applications for the Android platform.
• Take ownership of the product/ feature, collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and
ship new features and meet the deadline
• Feature development for improving application performance and customizing the WinZO experience for the android platform
• Writing unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency
• Writing efficient android code in Java/Kotlin following MVVM framework guidelines.

What you should have:
We’re looking for people with a hustler mindset, who are curious, eager to learn new things, with a passion for innovation, and work to be a little better every single day. This is not solely based on whether a candidate has previously done similar work or not. We’re looking for someone dynamic with below qualities in generous quantities to perform well in this role –
• 1-5 years of experience in Android development with a B. Tech/ M. Tech degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology or related fields.
• Good understanding of areas such as Algorithms, Data Structures, Object Oriented Design, Databases
• Excellent knowledge of Kotlin technology stack, mobile development, and Android ecosystem.
• Contribution to open-source projects of repute is a must.
• Prior experience of working on large Android applications and making them scalable and performant.
You must possess excellent debugging and optimization skills.
• Experience with Android SDK, working on remote data via REST and JSON, third-party libraries, APIs
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging
technologies
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle.
• Curious mind that seeks new methods and tools to make great apps faster and better.
• Passion for UI & UX. A good eye for design is a must for a front-end developer.
• Rapid prototyping skills for getting early feedback. We do a lot of experimentation to objectively decide what works best

What we offer you:
• A flat and transparent culture with an incredibly high learning curve
• A swanky informal workspace which defines our open and vibrant work culture
• Opportunity to solve new and challenging problems with a high scope of innovation
• Complete ownership of the product and chance to conceptualize and implement your solutions
• Opportunity to work with incredible peers across departments and be a part of the Tech revolution
• Most importantly, a chance to be associated with big impact early in your career.

At our core, we’re a creative company. Ideas is where we live, and we love building magical products. It’s not just about features, it’s also about how they make people feel. So, we build at the intersection of the technical and the romantic. And it all starts with people, the right team that cares deeply about our mission, values, and our users. We value diversity. We are an equal opportunity employer: we do not discriminate
based on race, colour, religion, gender, ethnicity, or disability status.

Download our app for a better understanding - https://www.winzogames.com/" target="_blank">https://www.winzogames.com/

Come join our rocketship!

About WinZO Games  

WinZO is India’s largest social gaming platform aiming at building an astronomical tech strong gaming ecosystem in India. WinZO in a short span of time has emerged as the leanest Series C funded gaming startup in the Indian startup ecosystem. WinZO has so far raised over $90MM and handles more than 2.5+ Bn micro transactions monthly, a number which is fast growing. WinZO with a data driven DNA is working towards becoming the one-stop-shop for online gaming users spread across every household in Bharat. With a vision of becoming a household name for Bharat, catering to their entertainment needs through interactive engagements, Paavan Nanda (co-Founder, WinZO, Zostel & ZO Rooms) and Saumya Singh Rathore (co-Founder, WinZO, Ex-Chief of Staff & Growth- ZO Rooms, Zostel, Ex-Times Group), are aggressively building the platform to not just capture market opportunities but also explore and maximise potential of social interactions as consumption drivers. Both Nanda and Rathore are putting together WinZO piece by piece using tech and data to create a transparent and unique gaming experience for its users.  

WinZO, which hosts 100+ games in 12+ languages, has 80% users consuming the app in vernacular languages. WinZO has always yearned to mentor, guide and onboard games to be culturally relevant for Bharat. It also provides opportunities for housewives to translate and earn which empowers them economically. A 120+ members strong team with stellar professionals coming from global tech giants and companies such as Google, Amazon, Flipkart, McKinsey, Bain, BCG etc., WinZO is funded and backed by global gaming and entertainment investment funds such as Griffin Gaming Partners, Maker’s Fund, Courtside Ventures, Pags Group and Kalaari.

WinZO is continually working towards revolutionising the gaming ecosystem by creating a complete entertainment package through a slew of interactive features. Speaking of the larger picture the platform is driving unique initiatives that are constantly attempting to nurture and groom developers. 

WinZO Values: 

Integrity, Excellence Perseverance, Data Orientation, Agility 

About the Role: 

As an iOS engineer at WinZO, you will be required to design and build applications, develop unit test codes for robustness and efficiency improvement of the application. You will be working in a fast-paced environment which will require you to take initiatives with complete ownership, manage multiple projects, and drive execution with stakeholders.

What you will do: 

• Work closely with the Product, UX/UI and Backend teams to design, build and extend new products, platforms and features for the IOS Platform.
• Collaborate with QA on continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) as well as other automated and manual testing to make sure our app releases are always worthy of five-star ratings.
• Monitor the performance of the live apps and continuously improve them on both code and experience level
• Raise the bar by reviewing each other’s code, share knowledge, tips and tricks, and generally help out - within and across teams.
• Evaluate new mobile methodologies and technologies.
• Build reusable iOS software components for the platform

What you should have: 

We’re looking for people with a hustler mindset, who are curious, eager to learn new things, with a passion for innovation, and work to be a little better every single day. This is not solely based on whether a candidate has previously done similar work or not. We’re looking for someone dynamic with below qualities in generous quantities to perform well in this role –

The Must haves - 

• 5+ years of work experience with a B. Tech/ M. Tech degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology or related fields.
• Good experience in Swift language.
• Experience in developing at least a couple of apps.
• Strong UX/UI design exposure and experience in making apps work intuitively and with pixel perfect interfaces.
• Strong CS fundamentals with competencies in algorithms and data structures
• Highly accountable and takes ownership, with collaborative attitude, and a lifelong learner.
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle

Good to have – 

• A GitHub account with some neat projects in it.

• Should have developed at least 2 apps from scratch.
• Knowledge of Game Engine Frameworks like Unity, Cocos 2d, HTML etc.

What we offer you-

• A flat and transparent culture with an incredibly high learning curve
• A swanky informal workspace which defines our open and vibrant work culture
• Opportunity to solve new and challenging problems with a high scope of innovation
• Complete ownership of the product and chance to conceptualize and implement your solutions
• Opportunity to work with incredible peers across departments and be a part of the Tech revolution
• Most importantly, a chance to be associated with big impact early in your career

At our core, we’re a creative company. Ideas is where we live, and we love building magical products. It’s not just about features, it’s also about how they make people feel. So, we build at the intersection of the technical and the romantic. And it all starts with people, the right team that cares deeply about our mission, values, and our users. We value diversity. We are an equal opportunity employer: we do not discriminate based on race, colour, religion, gender, ethnicity, or disability status.

Download our app for a better understanding - https://www.winzogames.com/

Come join our rocketship!

About WinZO:
WinZO is the largest social gaming and entertainment platform in India. Launched in early 2018, the Company partners with third party developers to host games on their Android & iOS app, where users can enjoy personalized multiplayer gameplay experiences. The platform is available in 12 languages such as English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, and Bhojpuri, with over 50 million registered users. The WinZO platform facilitates over 2.5 billion micro-transactions per month across a portfolio of 70+ games. WinZO is focused on building an enthusiastic community of gamers and gaming influencers in Tier 2 – 5 cities in India. The Company envisions a future where the WinZO platform can deliver a culturally relevant and enjoyable experience in the Indian gaming ecosystem, monetized through a unique micro-transaction model.

Website: http://www.winzogames.com" target="_blank">www.winzogames.com

Team: Co-founded by 2X founder, Paavan Nanda, was also the co-founder of Tiger Global-backed ZO Rooms & Zostel- acquired by Oyo in 2015). We are 130+ members, a strong team, with stellar professionals from the best product & tech companies such as Google, Amazon, Flipkart, Mckinsey & Co, Bain, etc. Raised $90MM from Kalaari Capital, Makers Fund, Courtside Ventures, Griffin - all are large global consumer tech investors.

We believe in:

• Innovation
• Data Orientation
• Integrity
• Perseverance
• Agility

About the Job:
If you’re looking to be a part of a dynamic, highly analytical team that enjoys building creative solutions for 50+ million users, look no further. As a senior backend engineer at WinZO, you will be responsible for managing the scale from tier 3 to tier 5 cities, ideating the architecture along with working on designing storage solutions. You’ll also be involved in doing code automation, encryption and implementation of codes, development with technical debts and working on new and innovative ideas to enhance the tech stack.
If you see the potential of how incredible people can transform a business, this is the role for you. If you know how to deliver, are deeply technical, highly innovative and long for the opportunity to build pioneering solution to challenging problems for the largest social gaming and entertainment platform in India we want to talk to you.

What you will do:

• Designing efficient frameworks and micro-service components that can be used across WinZO for building services to handle the scale.
• Developing, integrating, and enhancing micro-services components like config server/service discovery/event sourcing/test frameworks.
• Standardising & improving the code development process. Research and create tooling to maintain coding practices and standards across the platform.
• Confidently ship moderately sized features and improvements with minimal guidance and support from other team members.
• Responsible for owning and reviewing system architecture and design.
• Collaborate with product management and other stakeholders within Engineering (Frontend, UX, etc.) to maintain a high bar for quality in a fast-paced, iterative environment
• Recognize impediments to our efficiency as a team ("technical debt"), propose and implement solutions
• Owning infrastructure and monitoring services used and deployed by the team.
• Hiring and mentoring individuals in the team and ensuring standards are maintained at every level.
• Leading the project planning, supervising and delegating duties within the development team.
• Driving strategic initiatives across Platform Engineering and pods.

What you should have:

• Sound familiarity with at least one of the programming languages such as Node JS, C#, JAVA, Javascript, Ruby, Erlang, Elixir
• Comfort working in a highly agile, intensely iterative software development process
• Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational problems and propose thorough iterative solutions
• Experience working with a relational database
• Good to have knowledge of MongoDB/Redis/ElasticSearch/Kafka
• Strong algorithm/data structures design and problem-solving skills
• Ability to diagnose and solve complex problems.

Software /Tools/SystemExposure:

• Node JS

What we offer you:

• A swanky informal workspace in the heart of Delhi which defines our open and vibrant work culture
• Opportunity to work on new and challenging problems and innovate
• Get complete ownership of the product and chance to conceptualise and implement your solutions