Senior Performance Platform Engineer

About Betfair Romania Development

Betfair Romania Development is the largest technology hub of Flutter Entertainment, with over 2,000 people powering the world’s leading sports betting and iGaming brands. Exciting, immersive and safe experiences are delivered to over 18 million customers worldwide, from our office in Cluj-Napoca. Driven by relentless innovation and commitment to excellence, we operate our own unbeatable portfolio of diverse proprietary brands such as FanDuel, PokerStars, SportsBet, Betfair, Paddy Power, or Sky Betting & Gaming.

Our Values

The values we share at Betfair Romania Development define what makes us unique as a team. They empower us by giving meaning to our contributions, and they ensure that we consistently strive for excellence in everything we do. We are looking for passionate individuals who align with our values and are committed to making a difference.

• Win together
• Raise the bar
• Got your back
• Own it
• Positive impact

About Flutter UKI

Flutter UK & Ireland are the UKI region of Flutter Entertainment. They unite a dozen brands, including powerhouses Paddy Power, Betfair, Tombola and Sky Betting & Gaming, bringing together hundreds of teams and thousands of colleagues, who create trusted entertainment for millions of customers every week.

Role Overview

The goal of the Performance Services team is to ensure that all our sites can support yearly peaks in load through key sporting events & provide performance test services to our engineering community.

In this role, you will partner with engineering teams to develop and sustain realistic load tests that replicate usage by hundreds of thousands of customers. You will interpret test results, engage with service owners to diagnose issues, and formulate action plans.

You will acquire in-depth knowledge of our microservice architecture and infrastructure by working closely with subject matter experts and senior stakeholders from all domains.

You will gain expert-level knowledge of our load generation tools, test framework, and monitoring systems across the estate, proactively exploring opportunities for enhanced application performance insights. You will also have the chance to shape the future direction of the load test platform.

The development teams that you’ll be supporting and advising are based in Dublin, London, Leeds, Porto and Cluj, travel will be required from time to time.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Demonstrates Excellent Knowledge of Infrastructure & Platforms System Load Testing: Applies comprehensive understanding of group engineering systems management as key responsibilities involves creating and maintaining realistic load tests simulating hundreds of thousands of customers using our sites, executing performance testing against web-based apps, and back-end components.
• Driving Improvements: Continually drive performance testing forward and keep abreast of best practice / new ways of working within the field, and guiding development teams on performance testing and engineering practices.
• Automation Contributor: Actively seeks opportunities to implement automated solutions to reduce manual overhead and error. You are helping drive the self-service principle across the business.
• Ownership: Exhibit ownership of squad deliverables, demonstrating a sense of responsibility and accountability. Feeding performance testing results into key capacity planning decisions.
• Mentorship: Act as a mentor to peers in the squad, actively sharing knowledge and teaching skills.
• Role Modelling: Serve as a role model both behaviorally and in terms of capabilities, inspiring Associate/Performance Engineers through their actions.
• Consistency: Demonstrate a consistent delivery approach, providing a reliable and solid pair of hands in all tasks.
• Stakeholder Management: Exhibit comfort in engaging with technical & non-technical stakeholders, showcasing effective communication and high-level engagement presenting the outcomes of load tests.
• Collaboration: Developing effective communication and collaboration with other teams, such as development and operations. You'll work closely with these teams on initiatives, embracing feedback with a positive attitude.
• Perception: Ability to build a comprehensive understanding of our Microservice architecture and infrastructure and how issues can manifest through a combination of service and infrastructure.

Skills, Capabilities & Experience Required

• Excellent knowledge of using the supported products in a production environment
• LoadRunner Cloud
• JMeter
• Splunk & Grafana
• Groovy
• Network, database, and server operations as they relate to load testing
• Aptitude for evaluating and embracing new technologies and tooling.
• Configuration Management (Chef, Ansible)
• Excellent knowledge of application and infrastructure performance metrics.
• Experience of working with technical experts from other groups, ability to understand different application architectures and performance constraints.
• Ability to articulate issues to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Contribute to the load test framework extending capabilities and implementing automation by default.
• Able to input into the ways of working and structure of the squad
• Develop engineers
• Identify and fill skills gaps.
• Strong People and communication skills.
• Flexibility and adaptability in their approach to customer/business needs

Benefits

• Hybrid & remote working options
• €1,000 per year for self-development
• Company share scheme
• 25 days of annual leave per year
• 20 days per year to work abroad
• 5 personal days/year
• Flexible benefits: travel, sports, hobbies
• Extended health, dental and travel insurances
• Customized well-being programmes
• Career growth sessions
• Thousands of online courses through Udemy
• A variety of engaging office events

Disclaimer

We are an inclusive employer. By embracing diverse experiences and perspectives, we create a lasting, positive impact for our employees, customers, and the communities we’re part of. You don't have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role. If you need any adjustments to make this role work for you, let us know, and we’ll see how we can accommodate them.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only the candidates who best meet the job requirements will be contacted for an interview.

By submitting your application online, you agree that your details will be used to progress your application for employment. If your application is successful, your details will be used to administer your personnel record. If your application is unsuccessful, we will retain your details for a period no longer than three years, to consider you for prospective roles within the company.

Key skills/competency

• Performance Testing
• Load Testing
• Microservice Architecture
• JMeter
• LoadRunner Cloud
• Splunk
• Grafana
• Automation
• Stakeholder Management
• Capacity Planning