The Opportunity

Step into a pivotal role as a DevOps/SRE Engineer with a leading U.S. sports betting platform, where your expertise will ensure seamless experiences for thousands of users. Operating within a high-traffic, AWS-native environment, you'll tackle the unique challenge of maintaining uptime and performance during European morning hours (3-7 AM ET / 8 AM-12 PM GMT) as well as some U.S. working hours overlap for a fulltime contracto position. As the first responder to incidents, you'll play a crucial role in monitoring systems, resolving issues, and optimizing our serverless architectures and event-driven workflows. Your work will directly impact the reliability and performance of our real-time betting platform.

What You'll Bring

Technical Expertise:

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services, including Lambda, SQS, RDS, CloudWatch, IAM, and other core components.
• Proven ability to manage production incidents, diagnose, and resolve critical issues under pressure.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Understanding of serverless architecture, Lambda patterns, and event-driven design.
• Practical knowledge of database operations, including RDS management and query optimization.

Communication Skills:

• Excellent written English for documentation and asynchronous collaboration.

Client Interaction:

• Strong capabilities to collaborate effectively with U.S.-based teams through detailed handoff documentation.

What Sets You Apart

Optional Technical Skills:

• Experience in gaming, sports betting, or high-transaction environments.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, including GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or CodePipeline.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools like Datadog, New Relic, or CloudWatch dashboards.
• Scripting capabilities in Python or Node.js.

Consulting Experience:

• Previous experience in a consulting role, particularly in a client-facing capacity.

Why You'll Love Working With Us

Join a dynamic team where you'll collaborate with top-tier U.S. clients and make a direct impact on user experiences during high-stakes moments. Embrace the flexibility of a remote-first work environment, with the opportunity to work within European time zones. This role offers not only competitive compensation for specialized coverage hours but also the chance to engage with a modern AWS-native stack and serverless architecture. Look forward to a variety of future projects and growth opportunities in a company that values innovation and excellence.