Senior Platform Engineer

Job title: Senior Platform Engineer

Location: Sofia. Bulgaria
 

About Flutter UKI:

Flutter UK & Ireland are the UKI region of Flutter Entertainment. They unite a dozen brands including powerhouses Paddy Power, Betfair, Tombola and Sky Betting & Gaming, bringing together hundreds of teams and thousands of colleagues, who create trusted entertainment for millions of customers every week. 

Overview of the role:
The UKI Infrastructure and Platform team provide core services to our product and technology teams to enable them to have delivery and execution independence.  As a Platform Engineer in the Flutter UKI Infrastructure and Platform team, your role is crucial for maintaining and evolving the organisation's technology infrastructure too enhance our customers enablement. Responsibilities include platform development and maintenance, system monitoring and optimisation, capacity planning, infrastructure automation, security and compliance, and incident management and support.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates Good Knowledge of Infrastructure & Platforms Systems: Applies comprehensive understanding of group engineering systems management  as key responsibility involves contributing to designs, implementing, and maintaining the Flutter UKI platform infrastructure. This includes both the development of new platforms and the enhancement of existing ones to meet evolving business needs.

• Driving Improvements: actively seek out opportunities to improve processes, adopt new technologies, and enhance the reliability, performance, and security of the platform

• Automation Contributor: Actively seeks and implements automation solutions and practices to reduce reliance on manual processes, and promotes self service

• Ownership :  Exhibit ownership of squad deliverables, demonstrating a sense of responsibility and accountability. Lead and take charge of a work stream or incident.

• Mentorship: Act as a mentor to peers in the squad, actively sharing knowledge and teaching skills.

• Role Modelling: Serve as a role model both behaviourally and in terms of capabilities, inspiring Associate/Graduate Engineers through their actions.

• Consistency: Demonstrate a consistent delivery approach, providing a reliable and solid pair of hands in all tasks.

• Stakeholder Management: Exhibit comfort in engaging with non-technical stakeholders, showcasing effective communication and high-level engagement.

• Collaboration: Developing effective communication and collaboration with other teams, such as development and operations. You'll work closely with these teams on initiatives, embracing feedback with a positive attitude.

Skills, Capabilities & Experience Required:

• Experience with managing  the following technologies: Splunk, Vault, Sensu

• Experience coding with: Python, Ruby, Golang

• Working knowledge of using the supported products in a production environment: CDK, Kubernetes/Docker, Networking, AWS, Git, Jenkins (or similar CI system), Configuration Management (Chef, Ansible), General Linux operations., Infrastructure Specific Products (Virtualization, Storage technologies, Hardware appliances)

• Aptitude for evaluating and embracing new technologies and tooling. 

• Experience with managing high-load, high-performance applications.

• AWS experience supporting cloud native infrastructure through tooling and automation. 

• Able to input into the ways of working and structure of the squad

• Develop engineers

• Identify and fill skills gaps.

Strong People and communication skills.

Why choose us:

Aside from a generous base salary, we have a fantastic benefits & rewards program that is designed to encourage personal and career development.
 

• 30 days paid leave

• Health and Dental Insurance for you, your partner and your children (if you all live at the same address)

• Personal life insurance and disability coverage

• Wellbeing fund

• A sports’ card membership valid across the country

• Discounts as a compliment form us among different services

• Monthly food vouchers

• Free snacks, fruit and drinks in the office

Equal opportunities:

At Flutter we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where our people can be their authentic selves and thrive. We embrace and celebrate diversity, respecting all our uniqueness and differences.

We welcome you to let us know whether you have any accessibility needs. All you need to do is email us at   talent@flutterint.com   .   Your journey with us is focused on ensuring you have what you need to be your best self.

Learn more about the works we are doing on Inclusion and Belonging here:   https://careers.flutterinternational.com/working-at-flutter-international/diversity-equity-inclusion/

The group:

Flutter UKI is a proud member of the Flutter Entertainment family, a global leader in sports betting, iGaming, and entertainment. We're not just another company; we're listed on both the prestigious FTSE 100 index on the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). What sets us apart is our world class brands, cutting-edge products, and our International division includes our operations in over 100 global markets and offers sports betting, casino, poker, rummy and lottery, mainly online. What truly defines us is our commitment to ensuring that the excitement of gaming and entertainment is experienced in a responsible and sustainable way. Our remarkable team of over 8,000 colleagues drives this vision, spread across 28 offices worldwide

By submitting your application online, you agree that your details will be used to progress your application for employment. If your application is successful, your details will be used to administer your personnel record. If your application is unsuccessful, we will retain your details for a period no longer than three years, to consider you for prospective roles within the company.