Description
Betfair Romania Development is the largest technology hub of Flutter Entertainment Plc. with over 2000 people powering the world’s leading betting and gaming brands. Exciting, immersive and safe experiences are delivered to over 18 million customers worldwide, from our office in Cluj-Napoca. Driven by relentless innovation and commitment to excellence, we operate our own unbeatable portfolio of diverse proprietary brands such as Betfair, Paddy Power, Sky Betting & Gaming, FanDuel, Sportsbet, or PokerStars.
Our Values:
The values we share at Betfair Romania Development define what makes us unique as a team. They empower us by giving meaning to our contributions, and they ensure that we consistently strive for excellence in everything we do. We are looking for passionate individuals who align with our values and are committed to making a difference.
Win together | Raise the bar | Got your back | Own it | Positive impact
About 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.
Role Overview
The UKI Infrastructure and Platform team provides core services to our product and technology teams to enable them to have delivery and execution independence.
Join the Flutter UKI Infrastructure and Platform team as an Engineering Platform Engineer, where you'll play a pivotal role in supporting and contributing to the organization's technology infrastructure.
This position offers a valuable opportunity to kickstart your career in infrastructure management and gain hands-on experience in a dynamic environment. The team functions as a 24/7 operational support unit with on-call availability.
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:
• Demonstrates Knowledge of Infrastructure & Platforms Systems: Applies an understanding of primary engineering systems, successfully leveraging this knowledge to independently complete tasks with occasional guidance on the Flutter UKI platform infrastructure. This includes both the development of new platforms and the enhancement of existing ones to meet evolving business needs.
• Ensures that high performers are challenged and champion their development. Equally ensures that poor performers are managed accordingly.
• Take responsibility for ensuring every team member has 121s, clear objectives, performance reviews and career development plans.
• Responsible for measuring and achieving high levels of employee engagement, maximising retention of team members.
• Driving Improvement: Shows a keen ability to identify areas to improve processes, adopt new technologies, and enhance the reliability, performance, and security of the platform during task execution
• Automation Contributor: Recognizes and appreciates the advantages of automation solutions for minimizing dependence on manual processes and promotes self-service
• Enthusiasm and learning: Demonstrates a proactive and enthusiastic approach with a genuine willingness to learn. Actively seeks out new opportunities for skill development and consistently engages in activities that contribute to growth
• Ownership: Displays excellent levels of focus and owns specific tasks assigned from within the team, including updating project documentation and administrative tasks
• Active Involvement: Actively engages with the team, contributing and collaborating on technical solutions, executing routine tasks and projects under supervision, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in completion.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with stakeholders to define project goals, scope, and deliverables. Develops and maintains project plans, timelines, and resource allocation. Communicates status externally
• 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.
• Works with product owners, project managers, engineering managers, scrum teams to determine the business value of proposed projects and features
• Creates and maintains the team's Backlog (Prioritizes and sequences the Backlog according to business value or ROI)
• Ensures the team understands the wider context of their initiatives
• Trusted to drive the successful delivery of complex initiatives through effective planning, risk management and communication with the relevant stakeholders
• Works with key business customers, stakeholders, external technology partners and other groups within Flutter UK&I business to lead complex initiatives from concept to customers.
Skills, Capabilities & Experience Required
• General knowledge of Platform Engineering Principals
• General knowledge of working with at least 3 of the following technologies
- Kubernetes/Docker
- Networking
- Cloud platforms
- Git
- CI/CD Systems
- Config/Infrastructure as Code
- Configuration Management (Chef, Ansible)
- General Linux operations.
- Infrastructure-specific Specific Products (Virtualization, Storage technologies, Hardware appliances)
- Interest in the evaluation of new technologies and tooling.
- Enthusiasm and keen to learn attitude
- People and communication skills.
Benefits:
- Hybrid & remote working options
- €1,000 per year for self-development
- Company share scheme
- 25 days of annual leave per year
- 20 days per year to work abroad
- 5 personal days/year
- Flexible benefits: travel, sports, hobbies
- Extended health, dental and travel insurances
- Customized well-being programmes
- Career growth sessions
- Thousands of online courses through Udemy
- A variety of engaging office events
Disclaimer:
We are an inclusive employer. By embracing diverse experiences and perspectives, we create a lasting, positive impact for our employees, customers, and the communities we’re part of. You don't have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role. If you need any adjustments to make this role work for you, let us know, and we’ll see how we can accommodate them.
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only the candidates who best meet the job requirements will be contacted for an interview.
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.
