Blip is a leading tech company focused on software engineering solutions for sports entertainment.We operate at scale. As part of Flutter Entertainment, we play an essential role in the Group's goal of becoming the global leader in online sports betting and iGaming, developing innovative products and platforms for over 14 million monthly customers worldwide.We are serious about Tech. We are problem-solvers with big ambitions, keeping a people-first mindset at the core of our work. We prioritize flexibility as we strive to deliver the best technological products and tackle the greatest industry challenges. Recognizing that everyone brings their own strengths, backgrounds and new perspectives, we empower you to be yourself. That uniqueness shapes the culture of belonging we are so proud of.
 

Role Description
As an DevOps Engineering Manager in Platform Engineering, you will lead a team of talented engineers focused on building and maintaining the foundational infrastructure, tooling, and internal platforms that empower our product development teams. You’ll be responsible for day-to-day team management, technical direction, and delivering impactful outcomes that support the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of our engineering ecosystem.
Reporting to the Senior Platform Engineering Manager, you will work closely with peers across engineering, security and product to drive forward initiatives that improve our developer experience and operational maturity. Your ability to blend technical insight with strong leadership and collaboration will be key to your success.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading and supporting a team of engineers focused on platform capabilities, infrastructure automation, and developer tooling.

• Mentoring and developing engineers through regular feedback, coaching, and career development planning.

• Supporting the hiring and onboarding of new team members, ensuring smooth integration into the team and alignment with company culture.

• Facilitating sprint planning, setting clear priorities, and ensuring alignment with cross-functional stakeholders.

• Driving the successful delivery of projects and initiatives aligned with organizational goals and the platform engineering strategy.

• Partnering with other teams to manage technical dependencies, address blockers, and drive initiatives to completion.

• Helping define and track operational metrics (e.g., SLOs) to measure platform performance and reliability.

• Promoting engineering best practices, including code quality, testing, observability, and security-by-design.

• Advocating for continuous improvement in both engineering process and team culture.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience managing engineering teams in platform, infrastructure, or DevOps domains.

• Excellent people leadership skills with a passion for growing high-performing, inclusive teams.

• Proven ability to lead one or more workstreams, driving team execution that aligns with strategic goals and delivers measurable business value.

• A track record of delivering scalable, reliable internal platforms or services that improve developer velocity.

• Technical background with the ability to understand architectural discussions, evaluate trade-offs, and support informed decision-making.

• Experience working with modern infrastructure tools and practices, such as Kubernetes, cloud-native platforms, CI/CD systems, observability tooling, and infrastructure as code.

• Strong collaboration and communication skills, especially across functional boundaries.

• A mindset of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.

This is what you should have. What do we have, you ask? Well...you can check our   amazing perks & benefits   right   here  !
So ... are you in?

Equal opportunities
At Blip, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds,   ways of thinking, and working to apply.
We are committed to including everyone   regardless of their race, disability, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, and religion.
Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences; you don’t have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role.  If you need any adjustments to apply for the position and to ensure this role aligns with your needs, please send an email to  [email protected] .
We will only respond to inquiries related to disabilities.