Hybrid DevOps Engineer, Flutter Functions

at Betfair Romania Development

• Job title: DevOps Engineer, Flutter Functions
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Apache, AWS, Cassandra, Flutter, Grafana, Jenkins, Kafka, Kubernetes, Linux, Prometheus, Pulsar, Python, Terraform, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Cluj Napoca, Romania

About the role

• DevOps Engineer for Flutter's data streaming platforms at Betfair Romania Development. Collaborating to enhance data streaming technologies and improve developer experience in a global team.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate core components of our secure, performant, and cost-effective data steaming platforms.
• Develop and maintain platform capabilities and interfaces to enhance developer experience and self-service.
• Drive automation across the platform using Infrastructure as Code (IaC – e.g., Helm, Crossplane, Terraform) and configuration management tooling.
• Implement and manage robust CI/CD pipelines (e.g., ArgoCD, GitHub Actions) promoting GitOps practices for managing the platform.
• Manage and enhance our data streaming platforms
• Maintain source code and artifact repositories.
• Write and review platform code, offering constructive feedback to ensure code quality.
• Enable and support engineering teams with the adoption of data streaming services.
• Write and maintain appropriate technical documentation.
• Define, document, support, and approve Low-Level-Designs (LLDs) for Flutter data-streaming services.
• Support architecture and function-leads with an evolving technology roadmap and strategy.
• Act as a trusted SME offering advice and knowledge sharing to the broader technology team and internal customers.
• Create and drive adoption of standard operating procedures, policies, and runbooks.
• Liaise with other group functions, building and maintaining relationships, and recognising opportunities for strategic collaboration.
• Liaise with Third Party vendors and partners.
• Practice sustainable incident response and blameless postmortems.
• On-call is likely to be introduced in the future.

Requirements

• Proven experience building and operating data streaming platforms, with focus on our core technologies: Apache Kafka, Cassandra & Apache Pulsar.
• Proven experience building and operating data streaming platforms on AWS, with focus on Kafka, Keyspaces, EMR, Athena, Glue, Quicksight, S3
• An understanding of and hands-on experience with Kubernetes (concepts, architecture, operations).
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Helm, Crossplane, Terraform).
• Experience implementing and managing GitOps workflows and tooling (e.g., ArgoCD).
• Solid understanding and practical experience with CI/CD principles and tooling (e.g., Argo Workflows, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Experience with observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, OpenTelemetry, ELK, Datadog, CloudWatch).
• Strong scripting/programming skills (e.g., Python, Go, Bash) for automation and platform development.
• Proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows (GitHub).
• Solid experience working with Linux operating systems.
• Good understanding of platform security principles and experience delivering systems in security-compliant environments.
• Experience managing deployment assets such as container images and Helm charts.
• Experience with incident, change, problem, and risk management processes.
• Collaborative: Proven ability to work effectively and build strong relationships with stakeholders in cross-functional, global teams.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Objective & Analytical: Impartial approach, ensuring decisions are based on objective criteria and data.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Adaptable & Strategic: Ability to understand diverse perspectives, adapt approaches, and contribute to the strategic direction of the platform.
• Proactive Communicator: Actively listens, provides constructive feedback, and helps others consider new perspectives.
• Passion for sharing knowledge.
• Experience in agile working environments.
• Broader software engineering background (coding, testing, systems design).

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