Company Background

Our client is a global technology company transforming the way brands and agencies make marketing decisions. Its platform enables marketers to plan and activate cross-channel, programmatic media campaigns using real-time research, proprietary audience data, advanced analytics, and more than 150 integrated partners including Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, and Twitter. The company operates across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia.

Project Description

As a member of the DevOps team, you will be responsible for delivering solutions to your assigned team and scalable, reusable solutions across the entire engineering organization. You will operate infrastructure and ensure services are monitored, reliable, automated, and scalable, supporting tasks from server provisioning and application deployments to troubleshooting. You will also help bridge the gap between development and operations, collaborating across engineering and business teams.

Technologies

• AWS
• Kubernetes
• Linux admin
• OpenTelemetry/Grafana/Prometheus/Elasticsearch
• CI/CD
• ArgoCD
• Bash/Python
• Ansible/Chef
• GitLab
• Airflow
• Spark

What You'll Do

• Contribute to the implementation and design of systems and networks used to operate production infrastructure with a focus on automation;
• Collaborate with developers on operations-related issues, providing support and guidance;
• Develop tools to monitor infrastructure and custom applications;
• Troubleshoot issues across the entire stack;
• Document system design and application operation procedures;
• Build, monitor and tune production systems;

Job Requirements

• Experience with or knowledge of AWS and physical infrastructure (other cloud is a plus);
• Experience with or knowledge of automation tools (Terraform or Ansible);
• Troubleshooting skills and experience with Linux;
• Understanding of Linux, networking, and internet fundamentals;
• Understanding of monitoring infrastructure and applications (e.g. Grafana, Prometheus, InfluxDB);
• Scripting skills in one or more of the following: Bash, Python;
• Experience with containers and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes (or similar);
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g. GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins);
• Confident use of Git, including branching, pull requests, and code review;
• Basic understanding of security concepts, including secrets management, IAM, and HTTPS/TLS;
• Ability to work with logs and identify the root cause of failures;
• Ability to work independently and deliver tasks with minimal supervision;
• Readiness to participate in on-call / shift duties on a rotating schedule;
• English: B1+ level;

Nice To Have

• Experience with highly loaded production systems;
• Experience with support services such as Consul, Zookeeper & ELK;
• Experience with noSQL solutions (Couchbase a plus);
• Experience with big data systems (EMR, Spark & Hive a plus);

What Do We Offer

The global benefits package includes:

• Technical and non-technical training for professional and personal growth;
• Internal conferences and meetups to learn from industry experts;
• Support and mentorship from an experienced employee to help you professional grow and development;
• Health insurance;
• English courses;
• Sports activities to promote a healthy lifestyle;
• Flexible work options, including remote and hybrid opportunities;
• Referral program for bringing in new talent;
• Work anniversary program and additional vacation days.

Why this role exists:

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead engineering teams within the Sports Business Unit, responsible for delivering all sports betting content and functionality for our B2B platform. The Sports BU owns end-to-end development of sports-related capabilities, including trading, feeds, risk management, mathematical models, odds services, and sportsbook content. This role combines people leadership, technical delivery ownership, and cross-functional collaboration with Product, Trading, and Platform teams to ensure scalable, reliable, and high-performance sportsbook solutions.

What you’ll drive:

Team management & people development

• Conduct regular performance evaluations, provide constructive feedback, and create development plans for team members.
• Address and resolve any conflicts or issues within the team promptly.
• Foster a collaborative environment where team members feel comfortable voicing their concerns.
• Provide training and development opportunities for team members to enhance their skills.
• Organize workshops, seminars, and other learning activities to keep the team updated with the latest technologies and best practices.

Project planning & delivery management

• Define project scope, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Create detailed project plans, including timelines and resource allocation.
• Efficiently allocate resources to meet project demands and balance team workloads.
• Manage team schedules, including handling time-off requests and ensuring adequate coverage.

Quality assurance & technical governance

• Implement and enforce quality assurance processes and standards within the team.
• Ensure thorough testing and validation of deliverables before release.
• Review and approve technical designs, architecture, and code to maintain high-quality standards and ensure consistency.
• Ensure proper documentation of technical designs, system architecture, and code.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation for future reference and knowledge sharing.

Process improvement & best practices

• Continuously seek ways to improve quality and efficiency in development processes.
• Promote agile methodologies and other best practices for software development.
• Identify areas for improvement in team processes and workflows. Implement changes to enhance efficiency, productivity, and quality.
• Promote the adoption of best practices in software development, including agile methodologies and lean processes.
• Track and analyze key performance metrics to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.

Communication & stakeholder management

• Act as the primary point of contact between the team and upper management, as well as other departments.
• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration within the team and across the organization.
• Report on team progress, challenges, and successes to stakeholders and management.
• Ensure transparency and alignment between team efforts and business goals.

What makes you a GR8 fit:

Must-have

• Experience in the betting / trading domain.
• Strong experience with C# / .NET in building scalable, high-load backend systems.
• Experience designing distributed systems and microservices architectures.
• Solid knowledge of event-driven architecture and messaging systems (Kafka or similar).
• Strong expertise in databases (SQL + NoSQL), including performance tuning and scaling.
• Experience with CI/CD, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Ability to make architectural decisions and take ownership end-to-end.
• Experience operating high-availability, low-latency systems.

Nice-to-have

• Experience with Orleans, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, Aerospike.
• Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with observability tools (APM, logging, tracing).
• Understanding of FinOps / cloud cost optimization.
• Previous experience mentoring or leading engineers.