Senior Software Engineer (+SRE)

About Kambi Kambi Group plc is a leading B2B provider of premium sports betting services to licensed gaming operators. Our services provide an end-to-end solution for operators wanting to launch a standalone Sportsbook or bolster their existing offering with an innovative sports betting product. From front-end user interface to customer intelligence, risk management and odds compiling, all built on our in-house developed software, we strive to deliver the ultimate service and solution to our partners. Our vision is to create the world’s leading sports betting experiences, together with our partners. About the Role We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join Kambi. This is not a standard backend role. You will work on business-critical systems where: Performance matters. Reliability is essential. Correctness is critical. We’re looking for someone who takes ownership, makes sound technical decisions, and contributes effectively in a complex, high-impact environment. What You’ll Do Design, build, and maintain high-throughput backend services in Java Work with low-latency, distributed systems Solve real production challenges related to performance, failures, and scaling Take ownership of systems and features end-to-end Collaborate closely with engineers, product, and stakeholders Contribute to architectural decisions and technical direction Continuously improve system reliability, observability, and maintainability What You Bring Strong Java & Backend Expertise Solid understanding of: Concurrency and multithreading JVM behavior (memory, garbage collection, performance) Core Java fundamentals Experience building backend services using frameworks such as Spring Boot Experience Working with Production Systems Hands-on experience debugging and resolving issues in live systems Familiarity with observability practices (logging, metrics, tracing) Experience identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks Understanding how systems behave under real-world load Distributed Systems & System Design Experience working with microservices and/or event-driven architectures Understanding of: Scalability and fault tolerance Backpressure and system resilience Trade-offs such as consistency vs availability Experience with messaging systems (e.g. Kafka) is highly valued Ownership & Engineering Judgment Take responsibility beyond individual tasks and drive work forward Operate effectively in environments with some ambiguity Proactively identify issues and drive improvements Make sound technical decisions and clearly communicate trade-offs Balance simplicity, performance, and long-term maintainability Understand the operational and maintenance impact of technical choices This Role May Not Be the Right Fit If Your experience is primarily limited to simple CRUD-based applications You have limited exposure to debugging or operating production systems You are most comfortable working in environments where requirements are fully defined upfront and change is limited You are not comfortable taking ownership of systems end-to-end Tech Context Java (primary) Spring Boot Distributed systems and messaging (e.g. Kafka) Cloud-based infrastructure Containerized environments Application Please share your CV in English. Along with your CV, to help us better understand your experience, kindly include a brief description of a complex production issue you personally debugged, how you approached it, and the outcome. #wearekambi

MEET YUBICO Yubico is a global leader in identity security and creator of the YubiKey, the original hardware-backed passkey. We are publicly traded on Nasdaq Stockholm; our global footprint includes headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, Silicon Valley, California; and Singapore. Why Join Our Mission? At Yubico, we are guided by a shared belief that your work matters. We operate under a cultural philosophy of Speed with Integrity, pushing the boundaries of technology to secure the AI frontier—protecting both human and agentic AI interactions—and leading the transition to post-quantum cryptography. In everything we do, we live by our core values: * Battle Friction: We constantly look for new ways to simplify our products, our work, and the user experience. * Inspire Higher: We think big, champion the open internet, and strive to do the right thing even when it is difficult. * One Team: We are open, responsive, and collaborative, overcoming challenges and celebrating our successes together. Aligned with our commitment to open standards, we foster a thriving builder ecosystem through the Yubico Developer Program, offering free open-source repositories, libraries, and SDKs to help developers rapidly integrate strong hardware authentication into any application. Through close collaborations with technical partners like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, as well as newer frontiers like OpenAI, we continue to shape a safer digital world while donating security keys to protect vulnerable communities, journalists, and humanitarian groups worldwide through our Secure it Forward program. At Yubico, We Offer Yubico Values: We work to ensure that our employees have an open space to have their voices amplified to create a workplace where everyone feels like they belong. In support of this, our employees have created some pretty cool Employee Resource Groups that foster inclusion, help build community and connection across Yubico which all employees are welcome to join. Additionally, Yubico donates YubiKeys to organizations in need all over the world (you can read more about our work here). Social Connection: Relationships and connectedness matter, and we love spending time with our team! Our virtual workspace keeps us connected day-to-day whether it's through Yubico celebrating wins or our buzzing Slack communities. Check out our Life at Yubico Page on LinkedIn and our awards here. THE ROLE Yubico is looking for a Software Engineer to join the Platform team working on Yubikey as a Service. It is an Enterprise solution that customers use to manage the lifecycle of their credentials and YubiKey deployment at scale. You should have a passion for building the platform for Enterprise-grade applications. We are looking for a teammate who is proactive, works well within and across teams, and has a desire to do things right and learn. You will develop the platform to support products used by many top Enterprise companies and will get to see your work in use right away. Tasks and Responsibilities:  * Understand, enhance, maintain, and grow the platform that powers our services * Develop your skills in designing and developing a testable, scalable and globally-distributed set of services used by a variety of Enterprise customers * Work collaboratively across functions - Product Managers, Security, Infrastructure, UX designers, Support * Work with a variety of technologies and increase your experience in many areas, ranging from cloud platform services and REST design to data compliance and web security * Work collaboratively with a tight-knit, multi-national development team to create well-architected software * Participate in an on-call rotation and gain experience supporting business-critical Enterprise services BASIC QUALIFICATIONS * 6+ years of software development experience (or equivalent) * Experience building commercial software * Experience with back-end software development * Experience working with relational databases * Experience with one or more common web-backend languages such as (but not limited to) Java, Kotlin, Go, Python, JavaScript (Node.js), C#, Rust BONUS QUALIFICATIONS * Hands-on experience with Go and/or Java/Kotlin * Hands-on experience in one or more of the following technologies: Kubernetes, Docker, Redis * Experience with one of the three major cloud platforms * Authentication and authorization technologies, modern security practices   #LI-IR1 We are an equal opportunity employer, we value diversity and uphold an inclusive environment where all people feel that they are equally respected and valued. 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