About the Role
We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer with a DevOps mindset and deep software engineering experience, especially in .NET. This is a hands-on, leadership role where you'll help shape the technical vision and engineering practices across the organisation. Leading through example and building Proof-of-Concept solutions to demonstrate improved practices will be key. You’ll work at the intersection of software architecture, DevOps strategy, and high-performance infrastructure, driving forward our modernization efforts and improving how we build, deploy, monitor, and scale our systems.
What You’ll Do
1. Define and shape our DevOps vision, working closely with senior engineering, infrastructure and existing DevOps teams.
2. Lead our migration efforts from legacy .NET Framework apps to .NET 8/9, containerised and orchestrated with Kubernetes.
3. Champion best practices in software delivery, CI/CD, observability, and infrastructure-as-code.
4. Drive improvements in telemetry and observability, helping us move from log-centric metrics to first-class telemetry using OpenTelemetry and modern observability stacks.
5. Optimise for performance, helping the platform scale for low-latency, high-throughput demands in real-time sports data delivery.
6. Mentor and guide engineers, promoting a strong DevOps culture and fostering collaboration across teams.
7. Architect and implement solutions that span software and infrastructure, balancing resilience, scalability, and maintainability
What We’re Looking For
Essential:
8. Proven experience as a Senior or Principal Engineer in both software and DevOps contexts.
9. Strong .NET software engineering background.
10. Deep expertise in Kubernetes (on-prem and cloud) and Terraform.
11. Experience with real-time, event-driven systems and message brokers
12. Strong grasp of telemetry, observability, and performance monitoring in distributed systems.
13. Track record of technical leadership and setting engineering standards.
Nice to Have:
14. Experience with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar observability tooling.
15. Exposure to hybrid-cloud or cloud migration strategies.
16. Familiarity with performance optimisation in low-latency data pipelines.
17. Contributions to DevOps-related communities, blogs, open source, or talks.
What You’ll Get
18. The opportunity to shape the future of DevOps and Developer Experience within an innovative, high volume-growth, data-centric company.
19. Freedom to influence architecture and tooling decisions.
20. A collaborative, pragmatic engineering culture focused on excellence.
21. A domain which offers continual learning opportunities and a plethora of engaging technical challenges.
What we offer
22. Competitive annual leave package that increases with length of service + day off for your birthday!
23. Hybrid working – 2 days a week in the office
24. Company contribution to discounted gym scheme
25. Vitality health care for you and your household
26. Competitive yearly performance bonus
27. Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
28. Access to discounts for online shopping
29. Cycle to work scheme