Company Overview:

Games24x7 is India’s leading and most valuable multi-gaming unicorn. We’re a full-stack gaming company, offering awesome game-playing experiences to over 100 million players through our products - Rummy Circle, India’s first and largest online rummy platform, My11Circle, the country’s fastest-growing fantasy sports platform

.
A pioneer in the online skill gaming industry in India, Games24x7 was founded in 2006 when two New York University-trained economists Bhavin Pandya, and Trivikraman Thampy met at the computer lab and discovered their shared passion for online games. We’ve always been a technology company at heart, and over the last decade and a half, we’ve built the organisation on a strong foundation of ‘the science of gaming’, leveraging behavioural science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to provide immersive and hyper-personalised gami

ngexperiences to each of our player

s.
Backed by marquee investors including Tiger Global Management, The Raine Group, and Malabar Investment Advisors, Games24x7 is leading the charge in India’s gaming revolution, constantly innovating and offering novel entertainment to playe

rs!
Our 800+ passionate teammates create their magic from our offices in Mumbai, Bengaluru, New Delhi, Mi

ami.
Job Title: Vice President – Platform

TeamLocation: Bang

alore
Why Join the Platform Team at Game

s24x7?
We are seeking a strategic and technically strong Senior Leader reporting to CTO to lead a large engineering team of 80–100 engineers. The Platform Team is at the core of our technology strategy, enabling seamless, high-performance gaming experiences that power multiple leading games with a user base exceeding 100 million. You will oversee critical backend systems that manage user identity (KYC, Customer service interfaces), wallet infrastructure including payment gateway integrations, risk and fraud detection systems, and user engagement platforms (offers, communications,

etc.).This is a senior leadership role that requires deep technical expertise in building and scaling highly available, low-latency distributed systems and proven experience managing large teams in fast-paced, product-led organiz

ations.
Key Responsib

ilities:
Leadership & People M

• anagementLead, inspire, and scale a high-performing engineering organization of 80–100 members, including engineering managers and senior technic
• al staff.Drive hiring, mentoring, and performance management to foster a culture of excellence, ownership, and continuous imp

rovement.Technical

• OwnershipOwn the architecture, reliability, scalability, and performance of platform services used by 100
• M+ users.Oversee sys
• tems for:User profile management (KYC, Customer
• support)Wallet and payments (payment gateway integrations, bank integrations, transaction and audit
• systems)Risk and fraud prevention (real-time detection and mi
• tigation)Engagement systems (offers, CRM, push notifications, in-app commu

nication)Strategic

• ExecutionPartner with Product, Design, and Data teams to deliver seamless user experiences while ensuring system integrity and per
• formance.Translate product requirements into scalable and maintainable technical s
• olutions.Establish and track engineering KPIs, SLAs, and operational metrics for platform

services.System Reliability &

• SecurityEnsure all systems are built with a security-first mindset and meet high availability (99.99%+) and low-latency s
• tandards.Define and enforce architecture and coding standards, CI/CD practices, and disaster recovery p

rotocols.Cross-functional Coll

• aborationCollaborate with Data, Finance, Compliance, and Game Product teams to ensure systems meet cross-department
• al needs.Work with external vendors, including payment gateway providers and fraud tool vendors, to ensure tight integration and per

formance.
Req

• uirements:
  15+ years of progressive software technology experience with at least 5 years in a leadership role, ideally within a high-growth startup or technology-driv
• en company.Proven experience managing engineering organizations of 50+ people in high-scale consumer internet or gaming
• companies.Deep experience building and scaling highly available distributed systems (ideally with >1
• 00M users).Strong technical background in backend engineering, cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), microservices, and real-ti
• me systems.Experience with fintech/payments systems, fraud detection, or KYC compliance is a s
• trong plus.Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives with strong stakeholder
• alignment.Excellent communication, leadership, and decision-mak
• ing skills.B.E/MS in Computer Science or

equivalent.
Prefe

• rred Skills:
  Experience in building platforms for low-latency, high-throug
• hput systems.Familiarity with machine learning infrastructure and data engineeri
• ng workflows.Exposure to real-time gaming or high-frequency trading platfor

ms is a plus.
If you are passionate about building high-performance platforms and want to shape the future of gaming technology, we’d love to

hear from you!