Seniror Platform Engineer - GCP​/AWS Hybrid

The Job

We are hiring a Principal / Platform Engineer to help build the future infrastructure platform for a brand-new international iGaming operator as they launch across Europe and beyond. This is a genuinely rare opportunity to join an early‑stage, heavily backed startup where infrastructure, automation and scalability are at the heart of the business strategy.

As Principal / Senior Platform Engineer, you will take ownership of the company’s cloud infrastructure, Dev Ops tooling and automation capability as the business scales internationally across multiple regulated markets. You will work closely with the CTO and co‑founders to evolve a scalable, secure and cloud‑agnostic infrastructure platform capable of supporting significant transaction volume and rapid international growth. You will influence cloud architecture decisions, improve automation, optimise infrastructure costs and help shape long‑term engineering standards across the platform.

The infrastructure environment is modern, cloud‑native and heavily automated, with a strong focus on scalability, observability, security and infrastructure‑as‑code. You will work with technologies including:

• Terraform
• Git Hub Actions
• ArgoCD
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Bash & Python Scripting
• Observability & Monitoring Tooling
• Security & Automation Guardrails

• You are a Senior or Principal Dev Ops / Platform Engineer with strong cloud infrastructure experience.
• You have deep experience building and managing Infrastructure as Code environments using Terraform.
• You are comfortable operating within cloud‑native, highly automated production environments.
• You understand scalable cloud architecture and how to build infrastructure capable of supporting high transaction volume and rapid international growth.
• You have strong scripting capability using Bash, Python or similar technologies.
• You are comfortable working across CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes environments and deployment automation tooling.
• You understand cloud cost optimisation and operational scalability.
• You are someone who enjoys ownership and wants to help shape engineering standards and platform direction.
• You are proactive, collaborative and comfortable working closely with engineers, founders and non‑technical stakeholders in a small team environment.
• Exposure to multi‑cloud or cloud‑agnostic architecture would be highly beneficial.
• Experience with in iGaming, fintech, realtime platforms or high‑availability environments would be advantageous but is not essential.

This business is a brand‑new online iGaming operator founded by an experienced leadership team with ambitious international growth plans. They currently operate from London and Malta, with London becoming the long‑term technology and marketing hub. Malta houses customer operations, fraud and payment functions. The company is still intentionally small and highly collaborative, with around 10–11 employees in the UK and a further team in Malta.

Engineering currently consists of a Principal Engineer, Data Engineer and specialist outsourced partners. Their vision is to build world‑class internal technology capability as they scale globally across multiple regulated markets.

• Early‑stage opportunity with genuine ownership and influence.
• Direct access to founders and strategic technical decision‑making.
• Chance to help build a scalable cloud platform from the ground up.
• International product scaling across multiple regulated markets.
• Modern cloud‑native infrastructure and engineering practices.
• Strong engineering culture focused on collaboration and continuous learning.
• Opportunity to work on large‑scale distributed systems and high‑volume transaction platforms.
• Fast‑moving startup environment without excessive bureaucracy.
• Significant technical ownership from day one.

The company is happy to wait for the right person and is focused on finding exceptional engineering talent who wants to help build something meaningful long term.

London based, Hybrid – 3 Days a week. Hybrid working with flexibility expected. The long‑term technology hub will be based in London.