Hybrid Head of Platform Engineering – Flutter

at Betfair Romania Development

• Job title: Head of Platform Engineering – Flutter
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Cluj Napoca, Romania

About the role

• Head of Platform Engineering at Flutter leading core infrastructure services and cloud platforms. Focused on modernizing systems and improving reliability for critical operations.

Responsibilities

• Own and modernise private cloud, data centre and core infrastructure platforms (capacity, lifecycle, DR, and service performance).
• Drive simplification through decommissioning, consolidation and automation — reducing KTLO and operational toil.
• Raise reliability: availability/SLO performance, incident reduction, repeat-issue elimination, and strong operational hygiene.
• Lead security and resilience execution: patching, vulnerability remediation, backup/restore assurance and DR testing with evidence.
• Set the strategy and translate it into delivery: clear OKRs, measurable plans, and consistent execution across BAU + change.
• Build a high-performing leadership team: coaching, development, engagement, and sustainable on-call health.
• Establish standards that stick: documentation, golden configurations, guardrails and governance that teams trust.
• Run the commercials: vendor management, cost control, utilisation improvements, and accountable performance outcomes.
• Partner across the organisation to align delivery across Reliability Services, Cloud Platform Engineering, Architecture, Security and key suppliers.
• Lead with a platform-as-product mindset: clear ownership, roadmap thinking, and relentless focus on user experience for engineers.
• Use data to drive decisions: incident trends, change lead time, automation coverage, config drift, utilisation, SLOs and compliance SLAs.
• Balance “right now” outcomes with long-term foundations — simplifying the estate without creating tomorrow’s problems.
• Communicate with impact at every level: engineers, senior leaders, and non-technical stakeholders.
• Build a culture of ownership, transparency, and continuous improvement — not heroics.

Requirements

• Proven senior leadership experience running critical infrastructure/platform services at scale (availability, resilience, compliance).
• Track record of simplification (decommissioning, consolidation, automation) that measurably reduces toil and improves stability.
• Strong operational governance: incident management, RCA discipline, change controls, DR/backup assurance.
• Ability to set strategy, define OKRs, and deliver through multiple teams with pace and accountability.
• Excellent stakeholder and vendor management — confident at C-level and credible deep in the engineering detail.
• A people-first leadership style that builds capability, engagement and sustainable performance.

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