System Engineer/DevOps – Senior
SOFTSWISS is looking for a Senior System Engineer/DevOps to focus on designing, scaling, and securing distributed environments while treating infrastructure as an internal product. This position serves as a critical bridge between software development and the core infrastructure.
This role focuses on building abstract internal tooling, setting engineering guardrails, and serving as a high-level technical advisor to software development teams. The position requires deep expertise in optimising distributed systems, designing scalable cloud architectures, and mentoring engineering teams on cloud-native best practices.
The successful candidate will design, build, and optimise scalable infrastructure and deployment pipelines to ensure high system reliability, performance, and security across SOFTSWISS platforms. Their work will impact service uptime and delivery speed by enabling efficient CI/CD processes, improving observability, and supporting development teams in releasing high-quality features faster.
- Design and maintain scalable, multi-tenant Kubernetes platforms using reusable Helm templates to enable developer self-service.
- Own pipeline reliability, cost, and speed.
- Embed automated release gates, secure secret architectures, and software vulnerability scanning (SCA).
- Build custom tools to extend platform capabilities and standardise shared environments.
- Maintain distributed tracing, logging, and metrics systems.
- Guide development teams on service instrumentation and establishing SLIs/SLOs/SLAs.
- Consult development teams on system architecture, resource optimisation, and modern traffic routing patterns.
- 5+ years in a DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering role supporting high-load distributed systems (required).
- Strong grasp of multi-cloud patterns, multi-region architectures, and cloud cost optimisation (required).
- Production-grade Kubernetes administration, including advanced scheduling policies, network isolation, and complex Helm templating (required).
- Deep Linux administration and cross-stack troubleshooting (required).
- Experience configuring L4/L7 traffic layers (Load Balancers, Ingress, API Gateways, Service Meshes) (required).
- Mastery of declarative IaC and proficiency in Python, Go, or Bash (required).
- Ability to independently gather requirements, set delivery goals, and build maintainable solutions (required).
- Intermediate or higher English and Russian (B1+) proficiency (required).
- Practical experience scaling and maintaining infrastructure for AI-powered applications, LLM frameworks, or MLOps pipelines (nice-to-have).
- Private health insurance
- Sports benefits
- Comprehensive Mental Health Program
- Free English lessons (online)
- Local language courses
- Paid time off
- Maternity leave support
- Referral program rewards
- Upskilling, internal workshops, and participation in professional conferences and corporate events
SOFTSWISS is a global tech expert with over 15 years of experience in providing innovative iGaming solutions. The company offers comprehensive software for online casinos, sports betting, and affiliate management. To expand its global presence, in 2024, SOFTSWISS acquired Turfsport, a leading South African betting software provider, and a significant stake in Ously Games GmbH, the company behind the fastest-growing European social casino, SpinArena.net. Additionally, the company appointed Formula 1 legend Rubens Barrichello as Non-Executive Director in Latin America, focusing on Brazil's growing market. SOFTSWISS is committed to transforming the iGaming and entertainment industry for the better through tech innovations. The Team helps operators and providers establish enduring partnerships by building profitable and scalable businesses.
