Platform Engineer

The Team

OpenBet is a global leader in betting and gaming entertainment, trusted by over 200 partners to create memorable winning moments for millions of players worldwide. From processing bets during iconic events like the FIFA World Cup and Super Bowl to pioneering next-gen products like BetBuilder, we continuously redefine the player experience with high-quality content, cutting-edge technology, and advanced player protection tools.

For over 25 years, our unbeatable platform has powered the most recognizable betting brands, ensuring peak performance with 100% uptime, unmatched scale, and speed. With 85 licenses, 20 World Lottery Association operators on our customer roster, and a team of 1,200+ experts across 14 countries, we remain at the heart of the industry.

The Goal

As a Platform Engineer at OpenBet, you will play a pivotal role in designing, building and maintaining the cloud infrastructure that powers our industry-leading sports betting platform. Leveraging your expertise in Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps and Terraform, you will ensure our systems are scalable, secure and resilient to meet the demands of global users.

This role requires a strategic thinker who thrives in a collaborative environment, drives automation and champions best practices in cloud engineering. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to innovate and optimize our platform, enabling seamless delivery of real-time betting experiences.

What you’ll be doing

Cloud Infrastructure Design & Management:

• Architect, deploy, and manage scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure.
• Optimize infrastructure for high availability, disaster recovery, and performance across global regions.

CI/CD Pipelines & DevOps Practices:

• Develop robust CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps to enable rapid, reliable software delivery
• Automate deployment, monitoring, and operational processes to reduce manual intervention

Infrastructure as Code (IaC):

• Implement and manage infrastructure using Terraform to ensure consistency, version control, and reproducibility.
• Collaborate with developers to embed IaC practices into the SDL

Security & Compliance:

• Enforce security best practices, including identity management, network policies, and data encryption.
• Conduct regular audits to ensure compliance with industry standards (e.g., GDPR, ISO 27001)

Monitoring & Troubleshooting:

• Design monitoring solutions (e.g., Azure Monitor, Application Insights) to proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Drive incident response and root cause analysis for critical platform incidents. •

Collaboration:

• Mentor junior engineers and promote a culture of knowledge sharing.
• Partner with software engineering, QA, and product teams to align platform capabilities with business goals

Innovation & Continuous Improvement:

• Stay ahead of cloud technology trends and evaluate tools to enhance platform efficiency.
• Drive cost optimization initiatives without compromising performance or reliability.

The Player

What You’ll Bring

Technical Expertise:

• 3+ years of experience in cloud/platform engineering, with deep proficiency in Microsoft Azure (e.g., Container Apps, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, Azure Functions, Service Bus, PostgreSQL, Networking).
• Advanced knowledge of Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipeline design, including YAML, release management, and artifact repositories
• Hands-on experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and modular code practices.
• Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, Python, or Bash) for automation and tooling.
• Familiarity with monitoring/observability tools (Azure Monitor and Datadog).
• Experience in high-traffic, low-latency environments (e.g., gaming, betting, fintech).

Soft Skills & Mindset:

• Problem-solving agility to troubleshoot complex distributed systems.
• Excellent communication skills to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborative spirit with a track record of thriving in Agile/Scrum environments
• Passion for innovation, automation, and continuous learning

Nice to Have:

• Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, DevOps Engineer Expert).
• HashiCorp Terraform Associate certification
• Knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architecture
• Background in the sports betting/gaming industry.

What we offer

Alongside our market leading benefits, dynamic & vibrant working culture and talented team members - we can offer you:

• Competitive benefits, an open and supportive environment as well as a modern and exciting workplace.
• The opportunity to interact with global teams, and where appropriate switch teams and projects as you and our business continue to develop and grow.
• Tangible and genuine career development - at OpenBet, where you can take your career where you want it to go!
• Exposure to real-world and business-critical projects & the chance to develop some of the world’s leading e-commerce sportsbooks whilst working with various clients and seeing lots of code!
• New skills and a completely different, fresh approach to development.