Staff Backend Engineer - CloudNative Solutions

About the Role

It’s an exciting time to join us as a Staff Backend Engineer remote! We’re entering new markets, developing new technologies, and moving step by step towards our goal of exciting the world. As our business grows, the number of exciting people initiatives grows with it, and we’re looking for a new colleague to partner with our team to bring these to life. We are one of the largest sports betting operators in the region, making 1000+ location networks work across multiple geographies. If you ever wanted to see how software can handle 22 million bets per month - why not join us?

What You'll Do

• Collaborate closely with engineering leadership and teams to design and implement scalable and robust software solutions.
• Analyze complex system challenges and create strategies for improving architecture, scalability, and platform efficiency.
• Drive large cross-team initiatives from concept to execution, influencing decisions and aligning multiple teams.
• Enhance system automation (scale, resiliency, deployment).
• Build and enhance core platform components and shared libraries (AWS, Go, Erlang, Kafka) used across the organization.
• Work with technical and non-technical stakeholders from the wider organization to understand and drive improvements across the platform.
• Build on our CloudNative platform, enabling more use of AWS technology to aid in speeding up delivery, scale, and resiliency.
• Grow the engineering community, building on the existing process and practices.
• Elevate engineering standards, helping teams grow and operate more efficiently.

Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of hands-on experience in a large-scale production environment.
• Experience in designing and implementing solutions on an organizational level, impacting multiple teams/tribes.
• Experience engineering high-quality, highly scalable software.
• A willingness to learn new technologies (we are working with Golang, Erlang).
• Strong system design fundamentals, particularly in distributed systems.
• Ability to analyze complex technical problems and develop clear strategies.
• Comfort working in ambiguous, high-impact problem spaces.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence technical direction across teams.

Nice to Have

• Experience in Fintech.
• Interest in Functional Programming.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary with performance bonuses.
• Flexible remote work options.
• Comprehensive health benefits.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Collaborative and inclusive company culture.
• Access to cutting-edge technologies.
• Work in a rapidly growing industry with global reach.