Lead DevOps Engineer

At ExWo we’re building a global digital platform focused on fairness, simplicity, and radical transparency. We’re not here to reinvent the wheel – we’re here to make it turn better. Our mission is simple: put users first, cut the nonsense, and build a product that earns trust every step of the way. We’re looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer to take ownership of our infrastructure and help shape the way we build, deploy, and operate our technology. This is a hands-on senior role combining technical leadership, infrastructure architecture, automation, and operational excellence. What You’ll Do: Own and continuously improve our infrastructure, focusing on scalability, reliability, performance, and security.Design and implement new cloud infrastructure and architectural solutions.Lead the development and improvement of CI/CD pipelines in close collaboration with Engineering.Manage and optimize PostgreSQL, caching, and messaging infrastructure.Work with AWS services including VPC, ECS, EC2, RDS, MSK, CloudWatch, CloudFront, WAF, IAM, Lambda, and Route53.Build and maintain Docker-based environments and automate infrastructure and operational processes.Troubleshoot complex production and infrastructure issues and drive their resolution.Establish DevOps best practices and provide technical guidance.Stay current with DevOps, cloud infrastructure, automation, and distributed systems technologies. What We’re Looking For: 7+ years of experience in DevOps, Infrastructure, SRE, or System Administration.Strong hands-on experience with AWS and cloud infrastructure.Solid understanding of infrastructure architecture, networking, security, and cloud best practices.Strong experience with CI/CD, Docker, and GitHub.Experience with PostgreSQL and caching technologies, preferably Redis.Experience with messaging systems, preferably Kafka / Amazon MSK.Ability to take end-to-end ownership of infrastructure and make sound technical decisions.Experience mentoring or acting as a technical lead is a strong plus.Excellent written and spoken English. Nice to Have: Previous experience in iGaming, fintech, online entertainment, or another high-volume digital product environment.Experience with Infrastructure as Code, such as Terraform.Experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration technologies.Experience working in a high-growth, fast-paced technology environment.Experience with observability, monitoring, and incident management.Experience designing systems for high availability, resilience, and disaster recovery. What We Offer: Competitive salary and discretionary performance bonus.Premium private health insurance, including dental care.€50 monthly flexible benefits allowance.Up to 25 days of paid annual leave.Hybrid working, including 1 work-from-home day per week.Opportunity to grow and have a real impact in a fast-moving international company.A collaborative environment where ownership, ideas and new ways of doing things are encouraged.