Playson

Playson is a leading iGaming supplier operating in multiple regulated markets, delivering engaging casino content and advanced technology. We’re a fast-growing, tech-driven company that values innovation, autonomy, and ownership. At Playson, we welcome people who are curious, proactive, and passionate about solving complex challenges at scale.

We are ISO/IEC 27001 certified and committed to maintaining a robust security and compliance posture across all our operations.

About the Role

We are looking for a Security Lead to strengthen Playson’s information security framework and drive continuous improvement of our security culture. This role combines technical expertise, investigative focus, and process leadership - ensuring that our systems, data, and people remain secure, compliant, and resilient.

What will you be doing?

Information Security & Compliance

• Maintain and continuously improve the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Information Security Management System (ISMS).
• Foster a strong Security-First mindset across the organization.
• Work closely with the CTO, Head of IT, and DevOps to enhance internal security controls.
• Conduct internal audits, risk assessments, and coordinate certification renewals.
• Update security policies and controls in line with ISO 27001, GDPR, and relevant international frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF and NIS2 principles where applicable).
  Manage integrations and alerting within Datadog SIEM, CrowdStrike, Cloudflare, and Google Workspace.
• Support DLP implementation and maintain central tracking of security events.
• Document risks, incidents, and corrective actions to ensure continuous compliance.

Incident Response & Investigation

• Lead investigations into security incidents such as phishing, data leakage, or unauthorized access.
• Collect and analyze digital evidence across systems (CrowdStrike, Cloudflare, Google, Slack).
• Maintain and enhance incident response playbooks and escalation workflows.
• Collaborate with HR, Legal, and IT teams during internal investigations.
• Produce post-incident reports and recommend remediation measures.

Endpoint & Access Security

• Manage MDM systems (Zoho MDM, Endpoint Central) and ensure full compliance for macOS endpoints.
• Maintain CrowdStrike Falcon configurations and endpoint posture enforcement.
• Oversee SSO, MFA, and 2FA enforcement across services (Google SSO, DUO Mobile, 1Password).
• Implement Just-in-Time (JIT) privilege elevation and regular admin access reviews.
• Perform Quarterly RAS Access Management Reviews.

• Maintain a consistent audit trail for access management throughout the year.

   

To succeed in the role, you will have:

• 3+ years of experience in information security, IT audit, or digital investigations.
• Solid understanding of ISO 27001, GDPR, and modern security frameworks (NIST CSF / NIS2).
• Hands-on experience with SIEM / EDR systems
• Proven ability to manage SSO, MFA, DLP, and MDM environments.
• Strong communication skills in English (B2 or higher).
• Analytical mindset, integrity, and attention to detail.

Preferred additional qualifications:

• Certifications: CISSP, CISM, CEH, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, AWS Security Specialty.
• Experience with Zero Trust, PAM, DLP/CASB, or SOAR platforms.
• Forensics experience.
• Experience in designing awareness programs or running phishing simulations.

What you get in return:

• Competitive Salary: We offer a competitive salary in EUR, subject to annual performance reviews
• Quarterly Bonuses: Benefit from a transparent and systematic quarterly bonus system
• Flexible Schedule: We offer a flexible work schedule to accommodate your needs
• Remote Work Option: Choose to work remotely, providing greater flexibility and comfort
• Medical Insurance: Receive comprehensive medical insurance for both you and a significant other
• Financial Support for Life Events: We provide financial support during special life events
• Unlimited Paid Vacation: Enjoy unlimited paid vacation leave
• Unlimited Paid Sick Leave: Take unlimited paid sick leave whenever necessary
• Professional Development: Get reimbursement for professional development courses and training

The recruitment process includes the following steps:

1. HR Interview (30-45 mins)

2. Technical interview with Service Desk & Security Lead (60 mins)

3. Final Interview with CTO and People Business Partner (60 mins)

Responsibilities

• Provide IT support to employees (remote and on-site)
• Manage user accounts, permissions, and system access
• Handle onboarding and offboarding from the IT side
• Prepare and configure employee workstations
• Manage IT equipment procurement, delivery, and inventory
• Troubleshoot hardware, software, and system issues
• Maintain IT documentation and asset records
• Support internal tools (Google Workspace, Atlassian, GitHub)
• Assist with cloud access management (AWS / GCP / Azure basics)
• Participate in IT infrastructure and security improvements

Requirements

• 3+ years in IT support / Service Desk / system administration
• Experience with access management, onboarding, equipment provisioning
• Experience supporting macOS and Windows
• Understanding of network basics (DNS, DHCP, VPN, TCP/IP)
• Experience with ticketing systems
• Basic understanding of cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP)
• Basic understanding of GitHub access management
• Experience maintaining documentation

Nice to have

• Experience with MDM solutions
• Experience with VPN or LDAP
• Administration experience in Atlassian, GitHub, AWS
• Interest or experience in security topics (Zero Trust, access control, endpoint security)

What we expect

• Ownership of operational tasks
• Ability to handle routine work and technical issues
• Structured approach to documentation and processes
• Proactive mindset and willingness to learn

We offer

• Competitive EUR salary
• Quarterly bonus system
• Flexible schedule
• Medical insurance
• Unlimited vacation and sick leave
• Budget for professional learning
• Modern hardware

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join a newly forming team that will own one of the most specialised and business-critical domains in our technology landscape — Game Engine.

This role sits at the intersection of engineering, game mathematics, platform, and compliance. You’ll work on the tools, frameworks, and services that enable our mathematicians and game teams to build, validate, run, and monitor game logic in production.

This position is about deep ownership of a very specific technical domain: game engines, mathematical packages, simulation data, RTP monitoring, round details, and integrations with games developed both internally and by external studios.

You’ll be part of a small, experienced team with a high level of responsibility. The impact of this work is direct: incorrect game logic, missing round details, or inaccurate RTP monitoring can affect game delivery timelines, business performance, and regulatory readiness.

If you enjoy working close to complex domain logic, reviewing technical implementations, understanding how games work under the hood, and owning systems where precision matters — this role will feel like home.

Key Responsibilities

• Own, maintain, and evolve Playson’s Game Engine domain
• Work on internal frameworks and libraries used by mathematicians to implement game logic and mathematical packages.
• Review and validate code written by mathematicians, ensuring quality, correctness, maintainability, and proper usage of internal frameworks.
• Contribute to the development and support of game engines used to run mathematical logic within our platform.
• Support integrations with external game studios by helping build wrappers and bridges between third-party game implementations and Playson’s platform.
• Work with data structures and protocols that connect game logic with frontend and backend systems.
• Contribute to RTP monitoring processes, including validation of production transaction data against simulation data and expected mathematical behaviour.
• Support and evolve tools used for mathematical review, simulations, data files, monitoring, and alerting.
• Implement and maintain round details logic required for regulated markets, ensuring that detailed game round information can be correctly provided to partners and regulators.
• Collaborate closely with mathematicians, backend engineers, platform teams, compliance stakeholders, and product representatives.
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions to ensure a high engineering standard across the Game Engine domain.
• Investigate issues related to game logic, mathematical validation, monitoring, and engine behaviour.
• Participate in minimal on-call responsibilities related to the systems owned by the team, mainly around monitoring, alerts, and domain-specific incidents.
• Take ownership of a highly specialised area where quality, accuracy, and attention to detail are essential.

Requirements

• Strong software engineering experience, ideally in backend, game engine, gaming, gambling, betting, or simulation-heavy environments.
• Solid experience with Node.js/TypeScript, or strong expertise in another OOP language such as C++, Java, C#, Go, or Python.
• Good understanding of software architecture, code quality, testing, debugging, and maintainability.
• Experience reviewing complex code and providing clear technical feedback.
• Ability to understand domain-specific logic and work with technical systems where business rules, mathematics, and engineering are closely connected.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work with complex, non-standard technical challenges.
• Experience working with production systems where reliability, accuracy, and correctness are critical.
• Understanding of backend systems, APIs, data flows, and service-to-service communication.
• Ability to collaborate closely with non-engineering technical experts, especially mathematicians or domain specialists.
• Strong ownership mindset and willingness to become a key expert in a narrow but highly important technical domain.
• Product-oriented thinking, with an understanding that games are the core product and engineering decisions directly affect delivery, quality, and compliance.
• English communication skills sufficient for working in an international environment.

Nice to Have

• Experience in iGaming, gambling, betting, game development, or casino games.
• Experience working with game engines, mathematical engines, simulation tools, or game logic frameworks.
• Background in C++ or experience working with legacy C++ systems.
• Experience with mathematical models, probability-based systems, simulations, random generators, or RTP-related logic.
• Understanding of regulated markets and compliance requirements in iGaming.
• Experience with ClickHouse or other analytical/columnar databases.
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, and production diagnostics.
• Experience with AI-assisted code review or automated validation tools.
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with Kafka, gRPC, Kubernetes, or AWS.
• Experience integrating third-party games, external studio products, or wrapper-based solutions.
• Ukrainian language skills would be a plus.