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Midnite

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2015

🎲 Gambling

👥 B2C

Gambling • B2C

Midnite is a consumer-focused digital betting company that operates a modern sports betting and online casino app. Positioning itself against legacy bookmakers, Midnite emphasizes a fresh, user-friendly mobile experience for sportsbook and casino players, aiming to modernize and improve how fans engage with betting products. The company markets directly to consumers and highlights team-driven product and experience design to attract and retain players.

📋 Description

• Design and build scalable backend systems for Midnite’s internal back office platform. • Lead and mentor a small team of engineers while remaining hands-on in delivery. • Write production code and use AI-assisted development approaches to accelerate execution. • Productionise and deploy AI-powered tools for engineering and business use cases. • Explore and apply technologies such as LLM APIs, agents, MCP servers, and RAG-style patterns where they create real value. • Collaborate closely with Product to shape requirements, technical solutions, and delivery plans. • Work with internal stakeholders to understand operational pain points and turn them into effective tooling. • Define architecture, engineering standards, and best practices for a new team and platform.

🎯 Requirements

• Brings 7+ years of backend engineering experience, including time operating at a senior or lead level. • Has experience leading or mentoring engineers in a hands-on technical leadership capacity. • Has built internal platforms, back office systems, or operational tooling. • Has professional experience integrating LLMs or AI APIs into production environments. • Has a solid understanding of databases (PostgreSQL or similar). • Has strong system design instincts across scalable, reliable backend services. • Has a strong proficiency in Python (or another backend language with willingness to learn Python). • Has cloud, deployment, and production engineering fundamentals, including CI/CD, observability, and infrastructure in modern environments. • Brings strong ownership, product thinking, and a bias toward delivery. • Communicates clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

🏖️ Benefits

• Private health insurance with zero excess, including optical cover and optional dental. • Income protection to protect your earnings and give you peace of mind. • Tenure holiday policy. After three years you receive an extra two days leave, increasing to 30 days annually after five years. • Flexible working and a fully supported home office setup so you can do your best work from home. • Nursery salary sacrifice scheme helping parents save thousands each year on nursery fees. • Salary sacrifice schemes for tech and holidays so you can spread the cost of the things you want. • Retail discounts and subscription perks across a wide range of brands. • Quarterly team socials to connect, celebrate and have fun together.