Senior Cloud Platform Engineer - Scale-Driven DevOps & Kubernetes

Smarkets; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading betting exchange platform based in Greater London is looking for a DevOps Engineer to scale its cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will possess deep experience with AWS, Terraform, and Kubernetes, and will drive the internal developer platform and infrastructure improvements. With a focus on engineering excellence, this role offers a dynamic work environment and competitive benefits including stock options, health insurance, and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Stock options

Pension scheme matching 6%

Health insurance

Yearly education budget

25 days paid holiday

Flexible working arrangement

Lunch provided daily

Qualifications

• 6+ years in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering roles.
• Proven ability to balance long-term vision with short-term execution.
• Strong collaborative spirit to uplift others and foster technical culture.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain AWS infrastructure using Terraform and Kubernetes.
• Build internal developer platform tools for self-service infrastructure.
• Debug and optimize production systems for performance and reliability.

Skills

AWS (EKS, VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, RDS)

Kubernetes

Terraform

Python

Bash

Grafana

Prometheus

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

PostgreSQL

Redis

Kafka

Job description

A leading betting exchange platform based in Greater London is looking for a DevOps Engineer to scale its cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will possess deep experience with AWS, Terraform, and Kubernetes, and will drive the internal developer platform and infrastructure improvements. With a focus on engineering excellence, this role offers a dynamic work environment and competitive benefits including stock options, health insurance, and flexible working arrangements.