Our Sportsbook technology department are now hiring! Our world-class Sportsbook is fully developed in-house by our dedicated Sportsbook tech team and growing at a very rapid rate, expanding not only in new markets but also as a B2B product serving and offering a sports betting platform in different regions of the world. Our Product Development organisation is a cross functional one with teams spanning across 5 different Tech Hubs – in Malta, Budapest, Stockholm, Tallinn and Athens.

The Wow

Our sportsbook platform is fully developed and operated in-house – from architecture and engineering to the trading operations. It powers more than 20 brands, delivering a comprehensive sports betting experience to our customers. From the internal tools used by our trading teams to the cutting-edge features that enhance the customer betting journey, our platform is built and maintained by dedicated, high-performing teams.

Our mission is to deliver industry-leading performance, functionality, and user experience within the iGaming space.

As part of our Sportsbook Technology team, you will contribute to a high-performance, high-throughput, and highly available product ecosystem. You will play a key role in ensuring that the team consistently delivers measurable business value while maintaining technical excellence.

A taster of what you will be doing:

As a Tech Lead you will be part of the Sportsbook B2B & Integrations Value stream, participating in design, POCs and development of complex tasks and also a key person in the team who ensures a high-quality delivery by the developers.
Work closely with architects within the area to ensure that the architecture direction set is being communicated, aligned & implemented within the teams.
You will also be aligning with the other tech leads across the product development department to ensure the technical consistency, take ownership of and drive technical excellence initiatives within Sportsbook.
Identify technical improvements in the applications you are responsible for.
Validate technical improvements and help Product Managers prioritise such improvements
Be able to explain the benefits of technical improvements to both technical and non-technical audience.
You will also participate in development, testing, code reviews, bug fixing, implementing new features as well as maintaining and improving the existing functionality.
Help build our world class team, thus participating in technical interviews as well as coaching & mentoring engineers.
Stay up to date with technology, understand the benefits and use cases of a variety of technologies and be strategic in their implementation.

What we are looking for

Someone who is passionate about building things, with a strong technical background and an understanding of non-functional requirements.
Expertise with designing and implementing distributed microservices
Deep understanding of the latest C# and .NET framework/core.
Experience deploying scalable back-end solutions using AWS/Azure/GCP.
Expertise with distributed systems and high-speed database technologies, including SQL (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, Redis).
Familiarity with messaging systems, message queues, and event-driven architecture.
Knowledge of containerization (e.g., Docker) and orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes).
Deep understanding of coding best practices.
You are a team player who readily offers help and shares knowledge with your colleagues.
You are someone who is pro-active and love to not only to suggest improvements but also drive them.

What we offer

Much like riding a rollercoaster, sometimes life at Betsson can be lightning fast with twists and turns but always FUN! Then again, what else would you expect from a business 75% millennial and 1700 strong, spread across 7 offices with 900 based out of our Malta HQ alone! We recognise it may not be for the faint-hearted, but if you're a go-getter, initiator and adrenaline junkie, always striving to push the boundaries and challenge yourself, then you'll fit right in.

At Betsson Group we work with a Hybrid Work from Home (WFH) model, giving you the flexibility of working 3 days in the office (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) and 2 days from home.

We offer numerous challenges where your skills will be put to good use! We encourage innovation, independence and celebrate success where you will be part of multi-cultural and diverse company, with people from all over the world.

Challenge accepted?

Backend Engineering Tech Lead – Sportsbook

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