Senior Backend Engineer - Quantitative Sports

Hard Rock Digital; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading online gaming company is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for their Quantitative Sports team. This role will involve developing backend solutions for a pricing system while collaborating with quantitative analysts. Candidates should have over 8 years of engineering experience and a strong proficiency in Python. The company offers a startup culture with flexible working arrangements and benefits, appealing to tech-savvy individuals committed to innovation.

Benefits

Competitive pay and benefits

Flexible vacation allowance

Flexible work from home or office hours

Startup culture backed by a secure brand

Opportunity to build products for millions

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years of engineering experience.
• Deep proficiency in Python, especially in backend development.
• Experience in deploying and managing cloud-based systems.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to a scalable platform for high user and data loads.
• Participate in architecture discussions regarding the pricing platform.
• Work closely with quantitative developers to ensure best practices.

Skills

Proficiency in Python

Experience in low-latency platforms

Knowledge of Micro-Service architecture

Experience with AWS

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Postgres

MySQL

Snowflake

Clickhouse

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Job description

What are we building?

Hard Rock Digital is a team focused on becoming the best online sportsbook, casino, and social gaming company in the world. We’re building a team that resonates passion for learning, operating, and building new products and technologies for millions of consumers. We care about each customer’s interaction, experience, behavior, and insight and strive to ensure we’re always acting authentically.

Rooted in the kindred spirits of Hard Rock and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the new Hard Rock Digital taps a brand known the world over as the leader in gaming, entertainment, and hospitality. We’re taking that foundation of success and bringing it to the digital space — ready to join us?

What's the position?

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our new Quantitative Sports team. As a Senior Engineer you will play a critical role in the development and maintenance of the backend aspects of the pricing system for our sportsbook and work alongside our quantitative analysts to deliver our in-house pricing solution. This position will be able to come in and have a lot of ownership of the shape of the backend implementation.

Because we operate with a startup mindset, we will be reliant on your technical skill, but also your passion and ownership over all aspects of your work.

Key Responsibilities

• Significantly contribute to efforts on a scalable platform designed to perform reliably under intense user and data load

• Be a contributor in architecture discussions regarding the pricing platform

• Be a contributor to the drive to reduce the latency within the system

• Ensure a full testing structure is in place to create confidence and resilience in the system

• Foster team collaboration and knowledge sharing

• Work closely with the quantitative developers to ensure best practices and alignment within the wider department

• Build operational tools and applications to support teams as required

What are we looking for?

• Minimum 8+ years of engineering experience

• Deep proficiency in Python, especially around backend development

• Experience working in a low-latency platform

• Experience of working in a multi-feed ingestion architecture

• Experience with Micro-Service and Service oriented architectures

• Experience in deploying and managing cloud-based systems and infrastructure (AWS)

• Experience with different databases:

  Relational (Postgres, MySQL, etc)

  Analytical (Snowflake, Clickhouse)

• Strong knowledge of messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ) and pipeline architecture

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Self-driven, meticulous, and ability to prioritize in a complex and fast-paced environment

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in Engineering, Computer Science or other related scientific, technical or business discipline

• Minimum of 8 years job related experience

Preferred

• Experience within the sports betting industry

• Understanding of pricing engines, trading algorithms, or live odds generation.

• Strong interest in sports and sport analytics

• Knowledge with game state feeds such-as Radar & Genius

What's in it for you?

We offer our employees more than just competitive compensation. Our team benefits include:

• Competitive pay and benefits

• Flexible vacation allowance

• Flexible work from home or office hours

• Startup culture backed by a secure, global brand

• Opportunity to build products enjoyed by millions as part of a passionate team

Roster of Uniques

We care deeply about every interaction our customers have with us and trust and empower our staff to own and drive their experience. Our vision for our business and customers is built on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where regardless of background or beliefs you feel able to be authentic and bring all your talent into play. We want to celebrate you being you (we are an equal opportunities employer)