Hey there 👋

We are seeking a highly skilled “DevOps Engineer” for Hunch. As a DevOps Engineer, you will be working with the engineering team and focusing on AWS infrastructure and automation. The Engineer will work closely with the Technical Lead to build, manage and automate our AWS infrastructure.

What is Hunch?

Hunch is a polls-only, pseudonymous social network to know what your friends and people around you think on topics that are esoteric, unconventional, and never discussed. 

Hunch aims to be the go-to source for honest opinions on all conversations that matter. We will play the role of alternative social media serving entertainment, education on popular topics, cultures, etc, and all other self-actualization, self-esteem, and belonging needs. Our marketing assets have to reflect the same kind of fun our product promises, and your talent is what will make that happen.

What we are looking for 👇:

• Engineering or technical degree from a reputed institute in India
• At least 4-6 years of experience building and maintaining AWS infrastructure (VPC, EC2, Security Groups, IAM, ECS, CodeDeploy, CloudFront, S3)
• At least 3 years of experience in a DevOps role with hands-on coding experience in Node.js or Python.
• Production-grade experience with Kubernetes & Docker, including deployments, monitoring, and scaling applications.
• Strong understanding of how to secure AWS/GCP environments and meet compliance requirements

Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC), using tools like Helm or Terraform or CloudFormation.

• Familiarity with continuous integration tools such as CodeBuild, Jenkins, Travis CI, or CircleCI.
• Strong understanding of system administration in Linux/Unix.
• Ability to code and script with a firm grasp of development and automation tools.
• Excellent problem-solving, teamwork, and communication skills.
• Ability to learn/use a wide variety of open source technologies and tools
• Good to have AWS Developer or DevOps Associate certification
• Strong bias for action and ownership

Expected Key Deliverables 💪:

• Design cloud infrastructure that is secure, scalable, and highly available on AWS
• Work collaboratively with software engineering to define infrastructure and deployment requirements
• Provision, configure and maintain Kubernetes/AWS/GCP cloud infrastructure defined as code
• Ensure configuration and compliance with configuration management tools
• Administer and troubleshoot Linux-based systems
• Troubleshoot problems across a wide array of services and functional areas
• Build and maintain operational tools for deployment, monitoring, and analysis of AWS infrastructure and systems
• Perform infrastructure cost analysis and optimization

Infrastructure Management:

• Design, implement, and manage cloud-based infrastructure to support our applications and services (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud).

Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD):

• Develop and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines to enable rapid and reliable software releases.

Configuration Management:

• Implement and manage configuration management tools to ensure consistency across environments.

Monitoring and Alerting:

• Set up and maintain monitoring tools to track system and application performance, and implement alerting systems for timely issue resolution.

Containerization and Orchestration:

• Utilize containerization platforms (e.g., Docker) and orchestration tools (e.g., Kubernetes) to optimize deployment and scalability.

Security and Compliance:

• Implement security best practices and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations. Conduct regular security assessments.

Collaboration and Communication:

• Work closely with development, QA, and operations teams to ensure smooth integration and deployment processes.

Automation and Scripting:

• Develop and maintain scripts for automated provisioning, deployment, and system maintenance tasks.

Backup and Disaster Recovery:

• Establish and maintain backup and disaster recovery processes to ensure data integrity and availability.

Performance & Cost Optimization:

• Identify and address performance and cost bottlenecks in the infrastructure and application stack.

Documentation and Knowledge Sharing:

• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for system configurations, processes, and procedures. Share knowledge with the team.

Incident Response and Troubleshooting:

• Participate in incident response activities and perform root cause analysis for system outages or performance issues.

What we have to offer 🙌:

• Competitive financial rewards + annual PLI (Performance Linked Incentives)
• Hybrid mode of working with the base location being New Delhi
• Meritocracy-driven, candid & diverse culture.
• Company trips and virtual bonding activities.

Working @ Hunch

We are a Series A funded web3 startup, based out of Singapore and being steered by 3 founders - Ish Goel, Nitika Goel, Kartic Rakhra. Ish has been a 3x entrepreneur. He also served as the founding CTO of Nexus Mutual from 2017-2020 and got his exit at a 100x multiple. He then moved on to build PlotX in Mar 2020. 

We have two products - PlotX & Hunch. PlotX is a fantasy trivia game, and Hunch is a pseudonymous social media app. 

Hunch is a big focus for our business, and has been recently launched on android / iOS. We are 60+ people, and the same team is working on both the products. 

We also work on an array of technologies, including but not limited to Solidity, NodeJS, MEAN/MERN stack, Mobile Technologies like Ionic / Flutter, Cloud Technologies like AWS.