Release Platform Engineer

bet365; Burslem; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

bet365, a world-leading online gambling company, is seeking a Release Platform Engineer to build automated guardrails for global development pipelines, ensuring safe, fast, and auditable deployments across our platforms.

You will work on source-code-management estates (GitLab, Sourcegraph), use Python, Go, React, and TypeScript, create in-house apps, dashboards, and automated release engines, and contribute to AI-driven tooling; on-call and hybrid work eligibility.

Qualifications

• Experience in software engineering, DevOps, or platform roles.
• Proficiency with Python/Go/Bash
• Knowledge of GitLab, Artifactory, and CI/CD
• Linux and Windows admin skills
• Hands-on with AI-native engineering and prompt engineering
• Terraform for IaC
• Databases like PostgreSQL/AlloyDB
• Frontend work with React/TypeScript
• Observability tools like Prometheus/Grafana/Splunk
• Security and compliance in SCM

Responsibilities

• Operate and improve release and compliance platforms built in Python and Go.
• Support automated release approvals and software-change auditing.
• Administer the source-code-management tooling estate and supporting services.
• Develop and maintain UIs using React and TypeScript.
• Ensure application availability and resolve platform issues.
• Write automation and integrations to reduce manual toil.
• Manage infrastructure as code with Terraform; containerize with Docker on Kubernetes (GKE) on GCP.
• Participate in on-call as escalation point.
• Build dashboards and alerts for pipeline reliability.
• Coach and mentor across the engineering function

Skills

Commercial software engineering

DevOps mindset

On-call readiness

Tools

Python

Go

Bash

GitLab

Sourcegraph

Artifactory

Terraform

React

TypeScript

Docker

Kubernetes (GKE)

PostgreSQL

AlloyDB

Linux/Windows

AI tooling

Job description

We’re one of the world’s leading online gambling companies, revolutionising the industry since 2000. Founded by Denise Coates CBE, we now employ over 10,000 people and serve over 120 million customers in 26 languages.

We empower our employees to push boundaries and explore new ideas, cultivating a culture that celebrates and rewards creativity. This offers employees a wealth of growth opportunities, giving them the opportunity to make a real impact in the world of online gambling. As a forward-thinking company, we’re breaking new ground in software innovation too, redefining what’s possible for our global worldwide.

Our focus on In-Play betting has solidified our market-leading position, featuring more than 1.38 million In-Play sporting events a year. With over 750 concurrent sporting fixtures at peak and more live sports streamed than anyone else in Europe (750,000), we handle over 6 million HTTP requests daily and process more than 1.5 million bets per hour at peak.

Job Description

As a Release Platform Engineer, you will build the automated guardrails that keep our global development pipelines moving safely, transparently, and at speed.

The Regulatory Support team provides the critical infrastructure that allows development teams to ship software with confidence. This team builds and maintains the platforms that automate release approvals and software-change auditing, ensuring every deployment is traceable and compliant.

You will manage our source-code-management estate, including GitLab, Sourcegraph, and supporting services like token rotation. By leveraging Python, Go, React, and TypeScript, you will create in-house applications—from compliance dashboards to automated release engines that solve complex engineering challenges.

Automation is central to this role. You will identify repetitive tasks and use AI tools to reduce toil, allowing you to focus on strategic improvements. This is a high-impact role where your work directly influences how we deliver software at scale.

This role includes an on-call requirement.

This role is eligible for inclusion in the Company’s hybrid work from home policy.

Qualifications

• Commercial experience in software engineering, DevOps, or platform roles
• Proficiency in scripting and programming languages such as Python, Go or Bash
• Strong understanding of version control systems like GitLab and Artifactory
• Practical knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems
• Hands-on experience with AI-native engineering, including LLM platforms and prompt engineering
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code using Terraform
• Experience with relational databases like PostgreSQL and AlloyDB
• Frontend development skills using React and TypeScript
• Understanding of observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk
• Knowledge of security and compliance standards within source-code management

Additional Information

• Operate and improve release and compliance platforms built in Python and Go
• Support automated release approvals and software-change auditing
• Administer the source-code-management tooling estate and supporting services
• Develop and maintain user interfaces using React and TypeScript
• Ensure application availability and resolve issues across the platform estate
• Write automation and integrations to reduce manual toil
• Manage infrastructure as code with Terraform; containerise services with Docker on Kubernetes (GKE) hosted on GCP
• Participate in on-call services as a technical escalation point
• Build dashboards and alerts to monitor pipeline reliability
• Coach and mentor colleagues across the wider engineering function

At bet365, we're committed to creating an environment where everyone feels welcome, respected and valued. Where all individuals can grow and develop, regardless of their background. We're Never Ordinary, and we're always striving to be better. If you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please don’t hesitate to reach out.