Real-Time Data Platform Engineer (Golang/Kafka)

Bet365 Company; Stoke-on-Trent; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

bet365 is seeking a Software Developer to build and enhance the core infrastructure powering a global data ecosystem. You will work within Platform Engineering on the Data Platform team, focusing on real-time streaming, cloud infrastructure and release automation.

You'll develop high-performance, scalable services using Golang and Kafka, with exposure to GCP, Spanner and BigQuery. The role supports the company's hybrid work-from-home policy and requires collaborative, multidisciplinary delivery.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Golang and/or Python.
• Experience with Apache Kafka.
• Familiarity with high-volume transactional environments.
• Ability to develop low-latency, scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain real-time streaming platforms.
• Build cloud infrastructure and release automation.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver scalable services.
• Contribute to monitoring and testing of deployments.

Skills

Golang

Python

Kafka

Linux

Monitoring stack

Cloud basics

Tools

Flink

GCP

BigQuery

Spanner

SQL

Job description

bet365 is seeking a Software Developer to build and enhance the core infrastructure powering a global data ecosystem. You will work within Platform Engineering on the Data Platform team, focusing on real-time streaming, cloud infrastructure and release automation.

You'll develop high-performance, scalable services using Golang and Kafka, with exposure to GCP, Spanner and BigQuery. The role supports the company's hybrid work-from-home policy and requires collaborative, multidisciplinary delivery.