Engineering Manager - Infrastructure / SRE
Summary
Engineering Manager for Infrastructure/SRE placed via Gramian Consultancy with a major European online poker and sports betting client in Paris. Leads engineers while driving cloud architecture, SRE/reliability initiatives, automation, observability, and long-term infrastructure planning for high-scale distributed systems (on-site, permanent CDI, 4-day week).
Gramian Consultancy is a boutique consultancy specializing in IT professional services and engineering talent solutions. With a strong background in software engineering and leadership, we help companies build high-performing teams by matching them with professionals who truly fit their needs.
About the client
Our client is a leading player in the online gaming and betting industry, operating one of the largest poker and sports betting platforms in Europe. Their platform serves hundreds of thousands of active users monthly and relies on highly scalable, real-time distributed systems designed to handle massive traffic volumes with high availability and low latency.
The company combines strong technical excellence with a fast-moving product environment and offers engineers the opportunity to work on complex distributed architecture challenges at scale.
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager – Infrastructure / SRE to lead technical teams while shaping the evolution of cloud infrastructure, reliability, automation, and platform architecture. The role combines people management, technical leadership, cloud strategy, SRE practices, and long-term infrastructure planning.
Contract: PERMANENT - CDI
Model: Onsite, 4 days week!
Location: Paris, France (75007)
Hiring Process: 4 interviews - HR screening, 2 Technical Interviews, Final Meeting and Offer Discussion
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and support engineers, ensuring delivery aligns with technical and business priorities.
- Participate in recruitment, onboarding, and development of infrastructure talent.
- Drive the evolution of cloud and infrastructure architecture.
- Define technical priorities across reliability, scalability, security, and cost efficiency.
- Promote automation, resilience, observability, and operational excellence.
- Contribute to the medium- and long-term technology roadmap.
- Guide decisions around software platforms, security protocols, and scaling strategies.
- Coordinate SRE and reliability initiatives across the organization.
- Improve engineering practices, technical standards, and knowledge sharing.
Requirements
- More than 5 years of relevant infrastructure / platform / SRE experience.
- At least 4 years of experience managing or operationally leading technical teams.
- Strong experience designing and optimizing complex cloud architectures for high-volume or business-critical systems.
- Advanced knowledge of Infrastructure as Code and automation.
- Strong hands-on knowledge of Unix/Linux environments.
- Experience with virtualization, containerization, and serverless infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD, observability, monitoring, and production reliability.
Benefits
- Permanent full-time contract (CDI)
- 4-day work week
- Profit-sharing and participation programs
- Company restaurant
- On-site gym facilities
- Long-term growth opportunities
- Modern engineering culture focused on scalability and innovation
Skills
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