Job Description

📍 Initially remote, with the possibility of transitioning to a hybrid arrangement once our office hubs are established — Bulgaria / Hungary / Poland

About Playnetic

Playnetic is an innovative and fast-growing player in the iGaming industry. We create cutting-edge casino games and technology that entertain millions of players worldwide, combining creativity, quality, and innovation at every step. Our gaming content is built around our core values: quality gaming, dedicated customer service, and reliable delivery to our partners.

With a global mindset, we’re committed to building engaging products and an inspiring workplace where teams can thrive.

At Playnetic, we’re reimagining the future of iGaming. Our games combine cutting-edge tech, art, and storytelling to create world-class entertainment experiences.

Playnetic is a technology-led company building scalable B2B gaming platforms for a global market. Our platforms are cloud-native, highly available, and built with automation and reliability at their core. Engineering and infrastructure are central to how we operate, and we invest in doing things properly rather than working around legacy constraints.

We’re currently rebuilding our DevOps capability for our B2B platform, creating an opportunity to define tooling, practices, and standards from the ground up in close collaboration with engineering and technology leadership.

The Role

We are hiring a Lead DevOps Engineer to design, build, and own the DevOps function for our B2B platform. This is a greenfield role with full responsibility for shaping how DevOps operates across the business.

Reporting directly to the CTO, you will be a hands-on technical leader, working closely with engineering teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and automated infrastructure. The role combines deep technical ownership with leadership, offering the chance to influence architecture, tooling, and ways of working.

What You’ll Do

• Own and evolve CI/CD pipelines across all services and environments

• Lead containerisation and Kubernetes strategy and operations

• Define and maintain observability tooling, including metrics, logs, traces, and alerting

• Drive build and deployment automation for Java services, frontend applications (ReactJS, PixiJS), and backend systems

• Design, operate, and optimise cloud infrastructure on AWS, with exposure to Azure and GCP

• Own networking, VPNs, and secure connectivity across environments

• Lead cost optimisation initiatives and implement FinOps best practices

• Ensure production reliability, performance, and scalability for 24/7 platforms

• Define and monitor SLAs, SLOs, and error budgets

• Lead on-call processes, incident response, and post-incident reviews

• Mentor DevOps engineers and define technical and operational best practices

What You’ll Bring

• Strong hands-on experience in DevOps and infrastructure engineering within production environments

• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, containerised workloads, and cloud-native architectures

• Solid experience with AWS and infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform

• Proven ability to design and maintain reliable CI/CD pipelines

• Experience supporting always-on, business-critical systems

• A pragmatic, problem-solving mindset with a focus on automation and reliability

• Confidence working closely with engineers and senior technical stakeholders

• Experience mentoring or leading engineers, formally or informally

• Motivation to build DevOps capabilities from scratch and improve them over time

Bonus Points If You Have

Experience working in iGaming, fintech, e-commerce, SaaS, or other online platform-based businesses is beneficial. Experience building DevOps environments from scratch, scaling teams, or working in regulated environments is also a plus.

Why You’ll Love Working at Playnetic

💡 Work on visually rich, high-impact iGaming titles
🌍 Join an international, creative, and fast-growing studio
🧠 Learn from passionate teams that value innovation and craftsmanship
📈 Build your career in a supportive, growth-focused environment

📍 Location
As a global company, we attract and retain top talent by offering flexible working arrangements.

Depending on location, this role may be remote or hybrid. In all cases, we provide an environment that supports collaboration, autonomy, and flexibility, enabling our teams to perform at their best.

This role will be fully remote initially, with the potential to transition to a hybrid setup as our office hubs are established in Bulgaria, Hungary or Poland.

🎮 Ready to level up your development career at Playnetic?
Apply now and help us build the next generation of world-class casino games.