Dev Ops Engineer
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Who Are We?
Smarkets is transforming the betting exchange space by delivering world-class technology and the best-priced markets in the industry. With over £29 billion in traded volume since 2010, we’ve built a product-led, transparent, and fair platform that challenges the norms of traditional betting.
As a Series B tech company, we pride ourselves on engineering excellence, lean product thinking, and scientific rigor. With a close-knit team and a passion for innovation, Smarkets is where top talent comes to make a real impact
.
Now, we’re looking for a DevOps Engineer to help scale our infrastructure and empower our developers with streamlined, self-service tooling and operational excellenc
e.
About the R
oleYou’ll join the DevOps Infrastructure Team, responsible for real-time distributed systems that power our trading engine-systems that are always-on, ultra-low latency, and demand resilience at sca
le.
You won’t just be building infrastructure-you’ll be crafting platform capabilities to streamline how engineers build, test, deploy, and run applications across our hybrid estate of self-hosted, co-located hardware and AWS cl
oud.
This is a role where infrastructure meets engineering productivity: part DevOps, part Platform, 100% mission-crit
ical.
What You
- ’ll DoPlatform Enablement: Design and maintain internal tooling and workflows that improve the developer experience across deployment pipelines, observability and testing environ
- ments.Empower Developers (DevEx): Automate workflows, streamline CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab), and ensure fast, safe, and reliable deployments across environ
- ments.Infrastructure Automation: Build, manage, and scale Kubernetes-based microservices infrastructure on AWS using Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code best prac
- tices.Developer Experience: Collaborate closely with product engineers to provide reliable, low-friction paths for development, testing, and deplo
- yment.Operational Excellence: Monitor, debug, and ensure the stability of our systems with robust alerting and logging using Prometheus, Grafana, an
- d ELK.System Reliability: Optimize performance and availability for high-throughput, low-latency services that power the betting exc
- hange.Collaborative Delivery: Participate in on-call rotations, incident reviews, and cross-functional projects with engineering and SRE
etc).
What Yo
- u Bring2–4 years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering
- roles.Strong Linux systems administration back
- ground.Proficiency in Python and Bash scr
- ipting.Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS (or other public c
- louds).Familiarity with PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, and production-scale depl
- oyment.Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI) and a passion for improving the build/deploy p
- rocess.A pragmatic mindset that balances ideal solutions with immediate business
- needs.Curiosity and initiative to explore new technologies and bring fresh thinking into th
e team.
Bonus Po
- ints ForExposure to Nix-based Build envir
- onments.Understanding of self-hosted or hybrid infrastructure
- models.Experience with ArgoCD, Backstage or internal developer
- portals.Knowledge of Rust or C++ envir
- onments.Interest in performance engineering and low-latency
systems.
- Our StackLanguages: Python, Bash, Rus
- t, NodeJSDatastores: PostgreSQL, Red
- is, KafkaInfrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Nix, Jenkins,
- GitLab CIMonitoring & Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, EL
K, Sentry
- Our ValuesP
- ush to winMake oth
- ers betterG
- ive a sh
- itBe a proBring
the energy
Our values are at the heart of everything that we do. We believe these are the fundamentals to ensure we are delivering what’s expected of us in the best way possible for ourselves and for those
around
us.
BenefitsWe offer a competitive salary package and benefits, along with a dynamic and collaborative work environment. Your work with us will make an impact and your voice wi
ll be heard.We are a diverse team with a strong work ethic and plenty of hunger to win. We have designed our benefits offering around Health, Wealth, Lifestyle and
Development.
T
- hese include:Stock options which vests
- over 4 yearsPension scheme - an impressive pension scheme via Aviva. We will match 6% if you ch
se chef Alex!
What
happens next We aim to have a simple and speedy hiring process and we want to make sure that we are right for you as much as the oth
- er way around.
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