Senior Backend Engineer – Quantitative Sports

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Design and develop backend services that function reliably under high data and user demand.

• Minimize system latency and enhance real-time performance throughout the pricing pipeline.

• Work in partnership with quantitative developers to incorporate models and pricing logic.

• Create and manage ingestion pipelines for various live data sources.

• Establish strong testing and monitoring practices to guarantee system resilience.

• Develop internal tools that assist trading, operations, and analytics teams.

• Contribute to the technical strategy and long-term development of the platform.

• Promote knowledge sharing and uphold engineering excellence.

• Take ownership of key architectural decisions and influence the core backend that drives the sportsbook pricing engine.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience in backend engineering.

• Extensive expertise in Python for production environments.

• Experience with low-latency, real-time, or high-throughput systems.

• Background in architectures for multi-feed ingestion.

• Solid understanding of microservices and distributed systems.

• Experience in deploying and managing systems on AWS.

• Familiarity with relational databases such as Postgres and MySQL.

• Experience with analytical data stores like Snowflake and ClickHouse.

• Strong knowledge of messaging systems including Kafka and RabbitMQ.

• Exceptional communication skills and comfort in cross-functional collaboration.

• Self-motivated and capable of owning substantial areas of the system.

• Detail-oriented approach to testing, reliability, and performance.

• Ability to effectively prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience with pricing engines, trading algorithms, or live odds generation is a plus.

• Interest in sports and sports analytics is a plus.

• Familiarity with game state feeds such as Radar & Genius is a plus.

• Prior hands-on experience with sportsbook platforms is highly preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.

• Flexible vacation policy.

• A hybrid/remote working model.

• Startup culture supported by a stable, global brand.

• A diverse and inclusive workplace.

• Equal opportunity employer.