Sportsbook - Backend Software Engineer

Betsson

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? By submitting your application, you understand that your personal data will be processed as set out in our Privacy Policy

Betsson

We are looking for a Performance Architect to join our Sportsbook Technology organization and take end‑to‑end ownership of performance as a first‑class architectural concern across our platform. This role has a strong focus on frontend performance, while also requiring solid understanding of infrastructure, networking, and distributed systems, enabling close collaboration with other Architects, DevOps, and engineering teams. The Performance Architect will work across current and future Sportsbook initiatives, ensuring that performance, scalability, and responsiveness are built in by design, not treated as an afterthought. Previous Sportsbook or high‑traffic real‑time systems experience is considered a strong advantage. THE WOW Much like a rollercoaster, life at Betsson Group is fast-paced, full of twists and turns, and always exciting. With more than 2,800 colleagues representing over 75 nationalities across a global network of offices - including 1,500 at our operational headquarters in Malta - every day brings new challenges and opportunities to grow. It may not be for the faint-hearted, but if you thrive on innovation, enjoy pushing boundaries and want to be part of a diverse, international team, then you’ll fit right in at Betsson. A TASTER OF WHAT YOU WILL BE INVOLVED WITH:  PERFORMANCE ARCHITECTURE & STRATEGY * Define and own the performance architecture for Sportsbook applications, with a primary focus on frontend performance and customer‑perceived latency. * Establish and maintain performance‑related non‑functional requirements (NFRs) across web, mobile, and platform layers. * Work with Product, Engineering, and Architecture to ensure performance goals are aligned with business objectives and customer experience. FRONTEND PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE * Drive best practices for frontend performance including (but not limited to):  * Rendering and hydration strategies * Asset loading, caching, and CDN usage * Web performance metrics (Core Web Vitals, TTFB, LCP, CLS, INP, etc.) * Collaborate closely with frontend teams to review designs, implementations, and technical decisions from a performance perspective. * Partner with Solution Architects, Platform Architects, and DevOps to identify performance bottlenecks across: Infrastructure, Networking, Cloud and Kubernetes environments, APIs and backend dependencies * Contribute to architectural decisions and roadmaps to ensure long‑term scalability and performance sustainability. ANALYSIS, MEASUREMENT & IMPROVEMENT * Define and promote performance measurement standards, tooling, and dashboards. * Lead performance analysis, load testing, and capacity planning activities together with relevant teams. * Participate in incident reviews and root cause analysis, ensuring performance learnings are fed back into architecture and design. COMMUNICATION & ENABLEMENT * Act as a performance ambassador across the organization. * Communicate complex performance topics clearly to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders. * Mentor teams and help raise the overall performance maturity of the Sportsbook organization.   WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR TECHNICAL SKILLS * Strong experience with frontend performance engineering in large‑scale, high‑traffic systems. * Solid understanding of: * Web architectures and modern frontend frameworks * HTTP, networking fundamentals, caching, and CDNs * Cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS) and containerized environments (e.g. Kubernetes) * Experience designing and reviewing systems with performance, scalability, and resilience in mind. ARCHITECTURAL & COLLABORATION SKILLS * Proven experience working in architectural or cross‑team technical roles. * Ability to influence architectural decisions without direct authority. * Comfortable collaborating with multiple teams and architectural disciplines. COMMUNICATION * Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. * Ability to explain performance trade‑offs and recommendations clearly to engineering, product, and non‑technical stakeholders. * Experience working closely with multiple departments in a complex organization. NICE TO HAVE * Previous Sportsbook, iGaming, or real‑time betting systems experience. * Experience with high‑availability, low‑latency platforms operating at scale. * Hands‑on experience with performance tooling, observability, and load‑testing frameworks.   WHAT WE OFFER * Work on a mission‑critical, real‑time Sportsbook platform operating at significant scale. * Shape how performance is designed and delivered across both current systems and future initiatives. * Collaborate with experienced architects and engineering leaders across multiple domains. * Make a measurable impact on customer experience and platform quality.   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? By submitting your application, you understand that your personal data will be processed as set out in our Privacy Policy

Betsson

Our Sportsbook AI/ML Team is looking for a Senior AI Engineer to make a difference in the design and further development of AI and Machine Learning solutions for both internal and external business needs. We have a world-class Sportsbook, 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. Having our product available in different parts of the world and offering sports all around the world requires to have support around the clock. Our Product Development organisation is truly Global with cross functional teams spanning many Tech Hubs. THE WOW From Architecture to Trading teams, our Sportsbook is an in-house platform that also hosts brand offerings for customers. From the tools traders use to the cutting-edge features available for betting on various sports, these teams are the backbone making it all possible. The goal is to deliver top performance, functionality, and user experience in the iGaming industry. As part of our Sportsbook tech team, a high performance, throughout and availability product serving many brands (20+), you will be key in ensuring that the team delivers the required business value.   A TASTER OF WHAT YOU WILL BE INVOLVED WITH:  * Maintaining and evolving our AI/ML projects using Python * Build design Agentic LLM based solutions and maintain/improve existing ones * Ensure output quality by verifying consistency and accuracy * Investigate, assess, and develop cloud based MCP solutions * Comfortable working under Agile Framework (Scrum 2-week iterations) * Have an investigative mindset to be able to troubleshoot and being creative when it comes to troubleshooting problems and incident management * Document necessary processes and procedures (creating KBs, runbooks, topology etc) * Taking full ownership of projects and tasks with being able to work within the team * Work closely with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely insights to our business partners   WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR * Solid experience with Python and OOP * Experience with tools like Langchain, Langraph, Langsmith, FastAPI, Opensearch, Redis/Valkey, Pandas, Pytorch, spacy * Confident with LLMs and their evaluation practices and knowing /having some background on AI agentic tools, skills, workflows * Demonstrated experience with RAG systems, Vector embeddings, knowledge graphs * Confident with Amazon Web Services or similar cloud environments and having some experience with MLOps * Familiar with software versioning tools like Git * Additional programming skills, Prompt Engineering will be a plus * Experience in sportsbook/betting or fintech sectors is considered a plus * Continuous learning mindset * Can effectively prioritize and handle multiple tasks and projects * Excellent verbal and written English communication skills 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? By submitting your application, you understand that your personal data will be processed as set out in our Privacy Policy