Senior Backend Engineer - Real-Time Pricing (Hybrid)

Openkrill; United States; Hybride; USD 140 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid/Remote work

Résumé du poste

Hard Rock Digital is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Quantitative Sports team. We’re building the next generation of our in‑house pricing engine—a low‑latency, high‑throughput system that powers live odds for millions of users.

You’ll own major architectural decisions, partner with quantitative analysts, and shape the core backend that drives our sportsbook. This is a high‑impact role with significant autonomy and real‑time engineering challenges.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Deep proficiency in Python for production systems.
• Experience with low-latency, real-time, or high-throughput systems.
• Background in multi-feed ingestion architectures.
• Strong understanding of microservices and distributed systems.
• Experience deploying and operating systems in AWS.
• Familiarity with relational databases (Postgres, MySQL).
• Experience with analytical stores (Snowflake, ClickHouse).
• Strong knowledge of messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ).

Responsabilités

• Architect and build backend services that operate reliably under intense data and user load.
• Reduce system latency and optimize real-time performance across the pricing pipeline.
• Collaborate closely with quantitative developers to integrate models and pricing logic.
• Design and maintain ingestion pipelines for multiple live data feeds.
• Implement robust testing and monitoring to ensure system resilience.
• Build internal tools that support trading, operations, and analytics teams.
• Contribute to technical strategy and long-term platform evolution.
• Foster a culture of knowledge sharing and engineering excellence.

Connaissances

Backend engineering

Python production systems

Low-latency systems

Multi-feed ingestion

Microservices & distributed systems

AWS deployment/ops

Postgres/MySQL

Snowflake/ClickHouse

Kafka/RabbitMQ

Cross-functional communication

Description du poste

Hard Rock Digital is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Quantitative Sports team. We’re building the next generation of our in‑house pricing engine—a low‑latency, high‑throughput system that powers live odds for millions of users.

You’ll own major architectural decisions, partner with quantitative analysts, and shape the core backend that drives our sportsbook. This is a high‑impact role with significant autonomy and real‑time engineering challenges.