Senior Back-End Engineer, Sports Platform

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

At bet365, we're one of the world's leading online gambling companies, revolutionising the industry since 2000. Founded by Denise Coates CBE, we now employ over 9,000 people and serve over 100 million customers in 27 languages. Our focus on In-Play betting has solidified our market-leading position, offering an unmatched experience across 96 sports and 700,000 streaming events. With over 750 concurrent sporting fixtures at peak and more live sports streamed than anyone else in Europe, we handle over 6 billion HTTP requests daily and process more than 2 million bets per hour at peak.

We empower our employees to push boundaries and explore new ideas, cultivating a culture that celebrates and rewards creativity. This offers employees a wealth of opportunities for growth, giving them the opportunity to make a real impact in the world of online gambling. As a forward-thinking company, we’re breaking new ground in software innovation too, redefining what’s possible for our customers worldwide.

Job Description

As a Senior Back-End Engineer, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining and evolving our US Sports platform.

We are building a team and trading platform to help us become a leader in the US sports gambling industry, replicating our strong foundation in Europe.

As part of our team, you will play a pivotal role in driving our growth and success. Our N-Tier distributed systems process large volumes of data, especially during high-profile sporting events, where resilience and stability are crucial to delivering an exceptional customer experience.

You will play an important role in shaping the success of our team. Beyond technical excellence, you will use your expertise to coach and onboard junior engineers, ensuring their smooth integration into our team through mentorship. Working with technical and non-technical stakeholders will help the team implement the architectural vision.

The listed salary for this position is $125,000 - $155,000 annually.

This role is eligible for inclusion in the Company’s hybrid working from home policy.

Qualifications

• Previously worked on high throughput and low latency systems.
• Experience in coaching and mentoring in technical subject areas.
• Ability to prioritize people and conversations over process.
• Previously thrived in a fast-paced agile environment.
• An aptitude and enjoyment in learning new technologies.
• Commercial experience using GCP with Kubernetes.
• Experience Microservice development, ideally with Golang, Rust, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of React and Typescript.
• Exposure to C#, .net, MSSQL and / or WPF.
• Experience in a delivery focused culture.

Additional Information

bet365 provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.