Senior DevOps Engineer (6 month contract)

Senior DevOps Engineer (6 month contract) ⚽️ We’re on a mission to change the football transfer market TransferRoom is a hyper-growth B2B SaaS SportsTech company and the only digital marketplace in the world focusing on the global football industry. We do this by empowering football clubs, agents and players to be successful in the transfer market by giving them real-time market intelligence and direct access to a global network of decision-makers. TransferRoom has become a must-have for key stakeholders in football’s transfer market. It’s used by 800+ clubs, including Man City , Liverpool and PSG , 550 agencies and 8000 professional players . It has empowered clubs and agents to facilitate over 6000 transfers since its launch in 2017. 💻 How We Work We work in cross-functional squads , made up of full-stack engineers, product managers, designers, analysts, and automated QAs. Together, these squads own a key area of our platform — from club tools and agent products to core infrastructure and data services. We believe the best work happens when teams are empowered to make decisions, collaborate openly, and ship fast. Our squads are lean and can develop and deploy their products end-to-end autonomously. Our engineers pair program, do code reviews, and iterate quickly to keep learning and improving. We practice Scrumban and deploy new features to our customers every two weeks or sooner. 🏟️ Locations & Flexible Working Our main office is at Bankside, London with additional tech teams in Poland and Ukraine. Our office is naturally social, especially Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays, when we have regular team drinks, celebrations and five-a-side football. 🎯 What You'll Be Working On As a Senior DevOps engineer, you'll play a critical part in designing, implementing, and maintaining our DataOps and Test infrastructure on Microsoft Azure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance for our applications. This is a 6-month contract with the potential to extend. Other things you can expect to do include: Collaborate with the Quality Engineering Development team to design, deploy, and manage secure, reliable, and scalable test infrastructure and tooling. Own and maintain Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Diagnose and troubleshoot system issues, identifying root causes and deploying effective solutions. Stay current with the latest advancements in cloud technologies and best practices. Write and maintain comprehensive system documentation Lead and participate in the ongoing transformation of SRE processes, driving improvements in infrastructure stability, reliability, and overcoming existing process challenges. We hire for potential and mindset, not just a checklist of skills — so you don’t need to have used all these before. If you’re excited about solving problems at scale, we’ll support you with onboarding and learning opportunities to get up to speed. ✅ You Should Apply If 3+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer or in a similar role. Excellent spoken and written English. Startup/Scale-Up experience with the ability to thrive in dynamic, fast-paced environments. Proven expertise in DataOps including tools such as Azure Data Factory, Liquibase or RedGate Flyway Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure and cloud computing concepts. Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform). Proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, C# or Bash. Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills. Ability to work independently and collaboratively within cross-functional teams. Passion for automation and continuous improvement. Familiarity with YAML, HCL, and JSON. Experience using tools like Jira, Git, and CI/CD pipelines. Administration experience with Microsoft SQL Server. Bonus: Experience with Redis and Cosmos DB administration. Not ticking every box? That’s okay! Research shows that underrepresented groups often self-select out of applying unless they meet every single requirement. If this role excites you, we’d love to hear from you — even if you’re still growing into some of these skills. 🏁The Interview Process We keep things simple and respectful of your time: 1. Screening Call – meet our talent team and learn more about TransferRoom 2. Hiring Manager Call - to meet our leadership team3 3. Technical Task – show us how you solve problems 4. Final Stage Interview – including system design, technical deep dive, and a values-based conversation We move quickly and work around your availability — our goal is to give you clarity at every step. 🤩 What’s in it for you: Collaborative and supportive team environment; Opportunity to contribute to decision-making processes; Opportunity to engage with a diverse range of tasks and challenges, fostering professional growth and development as a developer; Dynamic and engaging work environment We are a unique combination of a scale-up with security We are a fast scaling, category creating company with smart teammates who love what they do. With a unique combination as a scale up with security, we have an 86% Employee Satisfaction Score, a Likelihood to Recommend score of 8.3 and a score of 8.8 for how our colleagues rate their relationships with their coworkers. Department Engineering Locations Poland (Contractor), Ukraine (Contractor), Romania (Contractor) Place of work Fully remote