Senior Cloud Engineer Porto

Senior Cloud Engineer
Porto
Porto, Porto District, Portugal

Blip is a leading tech company focused on software engineering solutions for sports entertainment.

We operate at scale. As part of Flutter Entertainment, we play an essential role in the Group's goal of becoming the global leader in online sports betting and i
Gaming, developing innovative products and platforms for over 14 million monthly customers worldwide.

We are serious about Tech. We are
- solvers with big ambitions, keeping a
- first mindset at the core of our work. We prioritize flexibility as we strive to deliver the best technological products and tackle the greatest industry challenges.

Recognizing that everyone brings their own strengths, backgrounds and new perspectives, we empower you to be yourself. That uniqueness shapes the culture of belonging we are so proud of.

The role

We are recruiting a Senior Cloud Engineer to take a leading role in driving the implementation, automation, and operation of our evolving AWS-based Internal Developer Platform. This platform is foundational to the global services consumed by Flutter's
- known betting brands, enabling faster delivery, improved reliability, and enhanced developer experience across the group.

In this senior capacity, you won't just engineer; you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing the technological trajectory for Flutter’s cloud infrastructure. You will collaborate with brands across the group to migrate and modernise their services, deliver
- edge platform capabilities, set technical standards, and promote
- sharing and best practices across the engineering community. Your experience will be crucial in the evaluation, selection and implementation of AWS services, platform tooling (including Ia
C, CI/CD, Kubernetes, and observability), and the variety of components required to achieve our group strategic objectives.

Drawing on experience from
- scale cloud transformations, your deep technical expertise, passion for cloud, and collaborative approach provide confidence and articulate business value. You're will offer technical leadership (potentially shaping our API strategy), mentor others, contribute strategically, and navigate complex interdependencies.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Build and operate a secure, performant, and
  - effective AWS Cloud Platform.
• Own and evolve our Kubernetes platform, ensuring its scalability, security, and operational excellence.
• Spearhead the automation strategy using advanced Infrastructure as Code (Ia
  C) methodologies (Crossplane, Terraform, CDK) and configuration management tooling, driving towards a
  - service developer experience.
• Own and enforce best practices for source code management (Git/Git
  Hub) and artifact repositories (e. g. , container registries, Helm repositories), ensuring security and consistency.
• Drive technical design reviews, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and setting high standards for code quality. Enable and support engineering teams with the adoption of cloud services.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers within the team, fostering their technical growth, reviewing their work, and ensuring their success.
• Actively contribute to the platform’s technical roadmap and strategy, collaborating with architects, product managers, and leadership to define future direction.
• Lead the troubleshooting of complex incidents, problems, and risks impacting the platforms services, driving sustainable incident response and blameless
  - mortems.
• Author, oversee, and ensure the quality of technical documentation, LLDs, runbooks, and architectural diagrams.
• Lead the evaluation and integration of new tools and technologies (e. g. , within the Kubernetes, Git
  Ops, CI/CD, and observability ecosystems).
• Ensure the platform meets stringent security and compliance requirements, embedding security throughout the design and operational lifecycle.
• Liaise with Third Party vendors and partners.
• On-call is likely to be introduced in the future.

We'd Like You To Master In:

• Significant, demonstrable experience building, operating, and scaling cloud platforms within highly available AWS environments.
• Expertise in Kubernetes (EKS preferred) architecture, operations, and ecosystem tooling.
• Advanced proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Ia
  C) tools (e. g. , Crossplane, Terraform, AWS CDK, Cloud
  Formation) at scale.
• Proven experience implementing and managing Git
  Ops workflows and tooling (e. g. , Argo
  CD).
• Strong, practical experience designing and managing complex CI/CD pipelines (e. g. , AWS Code
  Pipeline, Argo Workflows, Git
  Hub Actions, Jenkins).
• Strong programming and scripting skills (e. g. , Python, Go, Bash) applied to automation, platform development, and tooling. • Mastery of Git and collaborative development workflows (Git
  Hub).
• Extensive experience working with Linux operating systems in cloud environments.
• In-depth understanding of cloud security principles and proven experience delivering systems in
  - compliant environments.
• Proven ability to design, document (LLDs), and implement complex technical solutions independently.
• Experience leading technical initiatives or feature development within a platform or cloud team.
• Experience managing deployment assets like container images, Helm charts, and operators.
• Demonstrable experience with incident, change, problem, and risk management processes in a production environment.
• Proven leadership and mentoring capabilities.
• Collaborative: Exceptional ability to work effectively, build strong relationships, and influence stakeholders in
  - functional, global teams. Outstanding communication skills.
• Objective & Analytical: Impartial,
  - driven approach to
  - making. Excellent complex troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Adaptable & Strategic: Ability to grasp the big picture, navigate ambiguity, adapt approaches, and translate strategic goalsinto technical solutions.
• Proactive & Considered Communicator: Actively listens, provides constructive feedback, clearly articulates complex ideas, and influences effectively. Passion for sharing knowledge.

This is what you should have. What do we have, you ask? Well. . . you can check our amazing perks & benefits right here !

So. . . are you in?

Equal opportunities

At Blip, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds, ways of thinking, and working to apply.

We are committed to including everyone regardless of their race, disability, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, and religion.
Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences; you don’t have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role.

If you need any adjustments to apply for the position and to ensure this role aligns with your needs, please send an email to accommodations@blip. pt .

We will only respond to inquiries related to disabilities.