About the job
Join Us at Smarkets!
Leading the Future of Betting
At Smarkets, we operate one of the most advanced prediction markets in the world, with over £29 billion in transaction volume since our inception in 2010. Our platform attracts over 200,000 traders from around the globe, transforming the betting landscape across sports and political events by offering the most competitive prices and fair odds.
Our technology stack is tailored for scalability, reliability, and performance, utilizing Linux, Kafka, Postgres, and Kubernetes, powered by Python 3, C++17, and React. We build infrastructure that businesses rely on while ensuring trading remains accessible to everyone. We've demonstrated resilience through every market phase, competition, and industry upheaval.
The key to our success lies in our people. We foster a high-performance environment where top talent flourishes, merging extensive business acumen with a commercial approach to propel strategic growth.
If you are ready to contribute to the evolution of prediction markets with innovative technology and a client-centric mindset, Smarkets is the perfect place for you.
We are currently seeking a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to enhance our infrastructure and equip our developers with efficient, self-service tools and operational excellence.
Your Role
As a member of the Cloud Infrastructure Team, you will engage with real-time distributed systems that fuel our trading engine. Your primary responsibility will be to design and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud-based systems while developing platforms that enable our developers to operate quickly, deploy reliably, and scale seamlessly.
This role is not just about creating cloud infrastructure; it's about fostering a highly autonomous environment where ownership is encouraged, experimentation is welcomed, and innovation is integral to our operations. You will define the foundation of our cloud-native architecture, harmonizing visionary infrastructure design with the practical demands of a rapidly growing, large-scale environment.
This position is where infrastructure intersects with engineering productivity: part DevOps, part Platform Engineering, and 100% essential to our mission.
Your Responsibilities
Design and Own Infrastructure: Architect and maintain robust, cost-effective, and secure infrastructure on AWS using Terraform, Kubernetes, and cloud-native best practices.
Champion Platform Engineering: Develop and enhance the internal developer platform (IDP) that empowers engineers to self-serve infrastructure, CI/CD, observability, and security tooling.
