Site Reliability Engineering Manager

📍 Remote | Europe

Playnetic is looking for a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Manager to build and lead a brand-new team. If you're an AWS expert, thrive in high-growth environments, and love automation, observability, and performance optimisation, this could be the perfect role for you.

As our SRE Manager, you'll be the first hire in this space, reporting directly to the Platform Engineering Director. You'll build and scale a team of SREs from scratch, starting with a Data Engineer as your first hire.

This is a hands-on leadership role – you'll focus on the operational health of Playnetic's AWS-based gaming platform, ensuring reliability, monitoring system performance, and eliminating repetitive tasks through automation. Your work will directly bridge the gap between DevOps, development, and service management, ensuring seamless delivery.

What will you be doing?

• Observability & Monitoring – Gather real-time data, track system performance, and identify reliability issues across Dynatrace, AWS, and high-traffic gaming infrastructure.
• Reliability Engineering – Work across teams to optimise system uptime, improve platform scalability, and reduce failure points.
• Automation & CI/CD – Champion infrastructure as code, automate deployments, and remove manual inefficiencies.
• Performance Optimisation – Improve system response times, handle traffic spikes, and ensure smooth operations as Playnetic scales.
• Security & Compliance – Implement best security practices and collaborate with security teams to mitigate risks.
• Team Building – Recruit, mentor, and grow your own high-performing SRE team.

Who are we looking for?

• AWS-first mindset – Deep expertise in AWS services and cloud-native architectures.
• Containerisation & IaC – Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Ansible.
• Monitoring & Logging – Hands-on with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack.
• Background in SRE/DevOps – Either from engineering (e.g., Backend Engineers moving into SRE) or operations (Service/Incident Managers stepping into technical SRE roles).
• Leadership skills – 2+ years of team management, mentoring, or coaching experience.
• Industry experience – Ideally from gaming, sports betting, finance, or high-traffic platforms.

The interview process

1. HR Call
2. Technical Interview (Director of Platform Engineering)
3. Final Interview (CTO & Director of Architecture)

Why join Playnetic?

• Build your own team – Shape the SRE function from the ground up.
• Tech-first culture – No corporate red tape, just cutting-edge AWS, CI/CD, and AI-driven solutions.
• Gaming industry challenge – Work with high-traffic, low-latency systems at scale.
• Remote & flexible – Work from anywhere, with autonomy and ownership.

If you're ready to take ownership of reliability, automation, and performance at scale, apply now and help shape the future of Playnetic's infrastructure.

What does Playnetic do?

Established in 2023, Playnetic is a new player in the world of gaming entertainment. We design and build slot games from scratch - from idea to release. Our games will be played in regulated markets globally through industry-leading operators.

Our innovative gaming content is centred around our core values: quality gaming, dedicated customer service, and reliable delivery to our partners.

We're currently in a phase of growth and will scale considerably over the next 12 months. As a fully remote studio, we understand the importance of staying connected and maintaining team collaboration. We are continually mindful of this as we grow and have the tools and support in place to help us all flourish.

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