Senior Back-End Engineer Sports Platform

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 9000 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 700000 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.

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 $125000 - $155000 annually.

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

• 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 in Microservices development with Golang or Rust
• Knowledge of React and Typescript.
• Experience in a delivery focused culture.

• Building systems that guarantee quality and reliability.
• Using pipelines and infrastructure as a service. 
• Providing technical guidance and mentorship to support team members professional development.
• Utilizing scalable solutions to meet global demand. 
• Utilizing concurrency through debugging and reserve engineering systems.
• Adopting innovative technologies like our various in-house AI offerings.
• Collaborating proactively with stakeholders and the team.
• Working on and solving complex problems.

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.

What We Do

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 9000 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 70000 streaming events. With over 750 concurrent sporting fixtures at peak and more live sports streamed than anyone else in Europe we handle over 6 million 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.

Why Work With Us

Our employees have worked hard to achieve our industry status so we encourage them to continue growing with us. We offer career paths in Technology Trading Operations and Media providing our teams with the tools skills and support they need to succeed. Together we can push the boundaries to improve our products and services worldwide.

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