Real-Time Backend Engineer - Golang Microservices (Hybrid)

bet365; Stoke-on-Trent; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work option

In-house training

Job summary

bet365 in the United Kingdom is hiring a Backend Developer to build and scale the engine behind our FollowScores service, delivering real-time football data to millions of fans. You’ll work on microservices using Golang with Redis and Google Cloud Platform, focusing on high availability and low latency across iOS/Android clients.

The role offers hybrid work while maintaining strong collaboration with product and infra teams, plus opportunities to shape the next generation of sports data delivery.

Qualifications

• Strong experience delivering robust software with best practices.
• Proven ability to build high-availability, multi-user systems.
• Experience with Golang, Redis and cloud platforms (GCP) is essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop and scale the FollowScores backend to deliver real-time data.
• Design microservices with Golang, Redis and REST/WebSocket interfaces.
• Collaborate with product and infra teams to ensure reliability and performance.

Skills

Golang

Redis

GCP

.NET experience

High availability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

REST APIs

Web sockets

Job description

bet365 in the United Kingdom is hiring a Backend Developer to build and scale the engine behind our FollowScores service, delivering real-time football data to millions of fans. You’ll work on microservices using Golang with Redis and Google Cloud Platform, focusing on high availability and low latency across iOS/Android clients.

The role offers hybrid work while maintaining strong collaboration with product and infra teams, plus opportunities to shape the next generation of sports data delivery.