Staff Platform Engineer
IGT
Serbia, Belgrade
About the Company
Part of IGT's PlayDigital studio, our Belgrade team builds digital casino games and platforms used by operators worldwide, spanning game math, art, engineering, and production.
About the Role
IGT is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to help shape the future of software delivery and platform engineering within its Casino Systems business. The role focuses on designing, building and evolving platforms, infrastructure and automation that enable engineering teams to deliver software faster, more reliably and at scale.
Vacancy Details
CityBelgrade
Working ModelHybrid
SeniorityPrincipal
Employment TypeFull Time
Role TypeIndividual contributor
Contract TypeEmployment Contract
Role DepartmentEngineering & Development
Responsibilities
- Design and evolve platform architectures that improve developer productivity, reliability, security and operational efficiency
- Build and maintain Internal Developer Platform capabilities, reusable platform services, golden paths and self service engineering workflows
- Architect and implement cloud native solutions using Kubernetes, GitOps and Infrastructure as Code
- Own the design, governance and evolution of SDLC platforms and tooling, including source control, CI/CD pipelines, artifact management and deployment automation
- Establish scalable deployment patterns using Argo CD, Helm and automated release processes
- Drive infrastructure automation using Terraform, Ansible and AWS cloud services
- Define and implement platform standards for observability, security and operational excellence
- Evaluate architectural trade offs involving scalability, reliability, performance, maintainability and cost
- Produce reference implementations and reusable tooling that accelerate adoption across engineering teams
- Troubleshoot, document and communicate complex platform and infrastructure challenges
- Mentor engineers and influence technical direction through collaboration and hands on execution
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience designing, building and operating distributed systems, cloud platforms, DevOps or Platform Engineering
- Deep expertise with Kubernetes, AWS, Infrastructure as Code and modern software delivery platforms
- Strong experience with Terraform, Ansible, Argo CD, Helm, GitHub, Jenkins and GitOps based deployment models
- Experience designing and operating large scale distributed systems and cloud native platforms
- Strong networking fundamentals including DNS, TLS, ingress and load balancing
- Experience building reusable automation, platform services and developer enablement solutions
- Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash or PowerShell
- Demonstrated ability to make architecture decisions and balance technical trade offs
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for different audiences
Nice-to-have
- Experience building and operating Internal Developer Platforms
- Experience with Backstage or developer portal technologies
- Experience with service mesh technologies such as Istio
- Experience with observability platforms including Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry and OpenSearch
- Experience with security automation and DevSecOps practices
- Experience supporting highly available, regulated or enterprise scale environments
Tools & Technologies
Benefits
- Permanent employment contract and a competitive salary
- Private health insurance for you and your family
- Flexible working hours, including a hybrid work model, along with various initiatives that support wellbeing and work-life balance
- A vibrant and stimulating work environment within Class-A office space
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