Engineering Manager - Devops

Inside Navi

We are shaping the future of financial services for a billion Indians through products that are simple, accessible, and affordable. From Personal & Home Loans to UPI, Insurance, Mutual Funds, and Gold - we’re building tech-first solutions that work at scale, with a strong customer-first approach.

Founded by

Sachin Bansal & Ankit Agarwal

in 2018, we are one of India’s fastest-growing financial services organisations. But we’re just getting started!

About the Engineering Team

Navi’s Engineering team builds the backbone of our financial products. We operate as cross-functional teams that work closely with Product, Data, and Business functions to deliver reliable, high-performance systems at scale. Our engineers focus on solving real-world challenges through scalable architecture, automation, and long-term thinking, along with providing quality feedback - ensuring every Navi product is built to serve millions efficiently and seamlessly.

About the DevOps & Infra Team

The DevOps and Infrastructure team at Navi designs, operates, and scales a

hybrid cloud architecture

spanning AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and specialized self-hosted environments.

As Navi partners closely with banks and regulated financial institutions, our infrastructure must be

resilient, compliant, and secure by design . The team is responsible for ensuring that all systems run seamlessly while safeguarding sensitive customer data (including PII) and preventing any disruptions in financial transactions.

We are passionate about building next-generation infrastructure that balances security, performance, and developer velocity. This includes :

Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure :

Scaling services across AWS, OCI, and on-prem components.

Platform Engineering :

Creating internal platforms and tooling that empower developers to ship quickly and safely.

Observability & Reliability :

Implementing world-class monitoring, alerting, and incident management practices.

Security & Compliance :

Embedding guardrails and automation to meet stringent financial-grade security requirements.

Cost Optimization :

Ensuring our infra is not just reliable, but also cost-efficient at scale.

Why Join us?

Impact at Scale :

Shape the infrastructure for financial services used by millions of customers.

Ownership :

Own large parts of Navi’s infra roadmap and drive high-quality delivery with operational excellence

Technical Depth :

Solve hard distributed systems and infra challenges in a regulated environment.

Leadership & Growth :

Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing team of DevOps and Infra engineers.

Come join us to learn, innovate, and build state-of-the-art infrastructure for the future of financial services in India.

What We Expect From You

Lead and mentor a team of ~10 engineers , creating a collaborative, growth-oriented, and high-performance environment.

Manage all aspects of your

team’s employee lifecycle

• including performance reviews, providing feedback, compensation discussions, and leave approvals.

Set clear goals and expectations

for individuals and the team; continuously track performance and coach for improvement.

Drive execution of technical deliverables

with a focus on quality, timely delivery, and long-term impact.

Collaborate with business, product, compliance and HR stakeholders

to align engineering initiatives with company goals.

Provide strong technical direction

and hands-on support to ensure delivery of scalable and robust solutions.

Identify potential project risks , remove blockers, and ensure consistent project momentum.

Champion production excellence

Support hiring efforts

through workforce planning, interviewing, and evaluation - with a strong focus on building a diverse and skilled team.

Must Haves

Technical Skills

5-7+ years of experience as

Devops / SRE / Platform Engineer.

2+ years of experience managing high-performance, sustainable teams.

Expertise in managing

large-scale cloud

(preferably AWS and Oracle).

Expertise in managing production-grade

Kubernetes

clusters.

Strong skills in

network services and protocols

such as DNS, TLS / SSL, etc

Solid understanding of

security

Deep knowledge & experience with

Unix / Linux

operating systems internals (Eg. filesystems, user management, etc).

Expertise in skill sets for

centralized

logging

systems , metrics, and tooling frameworks such as ELK, Prometheus / VictoriaMetrics, and Grafana, etc.

Skilled in managing and building high-scale API gateways, service meshes, and related infrastructure components.

Proficiency in system monitoring, incident management, and driving

operational

excellence

through metrics.

Solid understanding of

SDLC best practices

(code reviews, testing, CI / CD, on-call processes).

Good understanding of

infrastructure cost drivers

and ways to keep costs low

Soft Skills

Demonstrated

ownership

and accountability for team outcomes and delivery.

Strong

people management

skills and

stakeholder communication .

Ability to

navigate ambiguity ,

prioritize competing demands , and

make trade-offs

pragmatically.

Experience driving

end-to-end project delivery

continuous improvement mindset , always looking to elevate team efficiency and engineering quality.