Senior Backend Engineer - Sports

LeoVegas Group; Málaga; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Wellness contribution

Health insurance

Life insurance

Short Fridays

August intensive schedule

Job summary

LeoVegas Group in Málaga is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to drive the Sportsbook backend architecture. You will collaborate with Staff Engineers, validate architectural decisions, and shape backend solutions, contributing to planning and feature development.

You will own and implement scalable microservices, ensure reliability, and work with multiple teams in a fast-paced agile setting. The role offers a hybrid work model with strong focus on performance and security.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software development in Java with Spring Boot and event-driven architectures.
• Experience designing microservices, Kubernetes, Docker and Kafka messaging systems.
• Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases and caching; proficiency in monitoring and observability.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Design and implement features from idea to production.
• Build for scale, availability, performance and security across the stack.
• Work with product managers and architects in an agile environment.
• Integrate new products and build internal services to support the ecosystem.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor teammates.
• Ensure services are production-ready with monitoring and on-call readiness.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Event-Driven

Microservices

Kubernetes

Docker

Kafka

Databases

Monitoring

RESTful

Tools

AWS

GCP

Job description

About The Role

Join our dynamic team in Málaga as a Senior Backend Engineer. In this role, you will play a crucial part in our Sportsbook domain, by working on the most impactful problems and being able to bring about change with effective momentum. You'll collaborate closely with our Staff Engineers, participating in tech meetings, validating architectural decisions, and ensuring seamless communication flow. Additionally, you'll work collaboratively with various teams, contributing to planning, tech solutions discussions, and feature development. This role offers a unique opportunity to drive solutions and actively shape our backend architecture.

About The Role

Join our dynamic team in Málaga as a Senior Backend Engineer. In this role, you will play a crucial part in our Sportsbook domain, by working on the most impactful problems and being able to bring about change with effective momentum. You'll collaborate closely with our Staff Engineers, participating in tech meetings, validating architectural decisions, and ensuring seamless communication flow. Additionally, you'll work collaboratively with various teams, contributing to planning, tech solutions discussions, and feature development. This role offers a unique opportunity to drive solutions and actively shape our backend architecture.

You Will Be Responsible For

• Taking ownership, problem-solving and collaborating with other teams.
• Designing and implementing from idea to production.
• Building for scale, availability, performance and security across the stack.
• Working with product managers, architects, QA engineers and other developers in a highly collaborative agile environment.
• Integrating new products and building internal services to support our ecosystem.
• Conducting code reviews and mentoring team members.
• Ensuring services are production-ready, observable, and maintainable through monitoring, alerting, and on-call participation.

Essential Skills

OUR SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:

• 6+ Years of software development experience with Java, Spring Boot and Event-Driven Architectures.
• Experience designing Microservices, K8s and Containerization (Docker) and Kafka messaging systems.
• Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases and caching.
• Implementing resilience patterns (e.g., retries, circuit breakers, graceful degradation).
• Designing and maintaining monitoring dashboards (e.g., metrics, logs, traces) and alerts to proactively detect issues.
• Hands-on experience developing highly scalable RESTful end-to-end Microservices.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with Reactive Programming (e.g. RxJava) and Vert.x would be a big plus.
• Experience in platforms like AWS and Google Cloud Platform.
• Online gaming and gambling experience

Who We Are

At the core of LeoVegas Group is Team Leo. Our culture is our foundation and is what enables us to innovate, build, and lead as we trailblaze our way through the igaming industry. We’re a team of over 2000 innovators, initiators, and groundbreakers working in a fast-paced and agile environment across 21 offices worldwide.

Benefits

• Hybrid work policy (2 days a week of working from home)
• 4 weeks of Workation (T&C apply)
• 300 EUR wellness contribution annually
• Health insurance
• Flexible compensation: Payment through gross salary, savings of up to 30%.
• Life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (free psychological wellbeing)
• Short Fridays - we work until 16:00
• August Intensive schedule (9:00 - 16:00)
• Complimentary snacks and drinks in our offices, Monday breakfast and Wednesday fika (Swedish break for coffee and something sweet)
• Team and office social events throughout the year
• Game room
• Career development opportunities
• Upskilling budget
• Team activities
• Cool central office in Malaga with a hybrid work model
• An autonomous work environment where you can apply your skills and experience in ways that work best for you
• Working with an international and dynamic team

JOIN US!

In our pride, we empower our teammates to find their roar and run with their wildest ideas. We don’t wait for things to happen; we pounce and make it happen! Would you be a good fit for the Leo Pride - give us a roar!