Veikkaus creates joy through games and protects it. We want to make sure that gambling in Finland is kept on the joyful side. All our actions are guided by sustainability. We want to be a trailblazer in the gaming industry, and a trendsetter of responsible player experience. Wellbeing is our passion. It is important that our employees enjoy coming to work every day. We offer versatile and extensive employee benefits. With us, you get to do work that makes a difference, in a spirited work community that is constantly developing. Let us work together - to keep gambling on the joyful side.
Lead developer, DevOps Platforms
Are you looking for new challenges and experiences? How about new wonderful colleagues and ruling the world with them? We are now offering an excellent opportunity to join our crew, as we are looking for a lead developer, DevOps Platforms, to join our gaming systems development. The position is permanent and full-time.
We already have an established team of developers to serve our world class games to our international business to business (B2B) clients as Games as a Service (GaaS). Our games are already available in multiple countries, and we are expanding very rapidly. Our team is responsible for creating in-house tooling for configuration and deploy management for GaaS deployments. This growth and pull from the global market make this an interesting position to contribute and oversee the technical roadmap of our core assets. You will be working in close collaboration with our development teams.
Ideal profile:
- Previous developer team lead experience (2-> years)
- Previous developer role (5-8 years ->)
- Previous product owner (PO) role, or at least knowhow what this means
- Hands-on experience with GCP, NextJS, NestJS, OpenApi, Terraform, GitLab CICD. Golang and previous experience from designing a multi-tenant architecture is seen as a definite plus.
- As this is a crucial senior role, you are expected to act as the go-to person for all technical issues the team is facing. You are not to solve them all but help them to get on the right track. You will be also participating in different steering groups, especially in our virtual collaboration of teams where we are developing our Gaming as a Service -domain.
- English as a working language is required and Finnish strongly preferred.
With us, you'll have the opportunity to grow professionally. We genuinely strive to be a responsible employer, offering meaningful tasks, competitive employee benefits, and ensuring a healthy work-life balance. Your workplace will be at Veikkaus' head office in Pohjois-Haaga, Helsinki. Our head office provides an engaging workspace, with flexible remote work options to support a balanced working life. You can read more about us and our benefits here.
Please note that the job requires a valid residence permit from all non-EU citizens.
Are you interested? Awesome! Please send your application with CV and salary request included. We are waiting to hear from you as soon as possible but no later than 26.1.2025. The position will be filled as soon as the suitable candidate is found.
If you have any questions about the position, please contact Mikko Kivipelto, Development Team Manager, at [email protected].
Veikkaus as a company will reserve the right to perform a drug test, credit information check, and security clearance check (According to the Act on Security Clearance (726/2014)) to the person selected for the position.