Senior Backend Engineer – Quantitative Sports

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🌐 United Kingdom, United States – Remote

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⏰ Full Time

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🔙 Backend Engineer

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Hard Rock Digital

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2020

🎲 Gambling

🎮 Gaming

💰 $85M GROWTH EQUITY NON VC on 2023-03

Gambling • Gaming

Hard Rock Digital is the interactive gaming and sports-betting arm of Hard Rock International and the Seminole Tribe of Florida. It builds and operates the Hard Rock Bet sportsbook and online casino (available on mobile app and desktop) and Hard Rock Games social gaming apps, delivering sports betting, online casino (slots, table games, live casino) and casual/social gaming experiences tied to the Hard Rock entertainment brand. Hard Rock Digital serves as the exclusive vehicle for Hard Rock International and Seminole Gaming for interactive gaming and sports betting on a global basis.

📋 Description

• 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 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 supporting trading, operations, and analytics teams • Contribute to technical strategy and long-term platform evolution • Foster knowledge sharing and engineering excellence • Own major architectural decisions and shape the core backend powering the sportsbook pricing engine

🎯 Requirements

• 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) • Excellent communication skills and comfort working cross-functionally • Self-driven and comfortable owning large areas of the system • Meticulous approach to testing, reliability, and performance • Ability to prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment • Experience with pricing engines, trading algorithms, or live odds generation (bonus) • Interest in sports and sport analytics (bonus) • Familiarity with game state feeds such as Radar & Genius (bonus) • Prior hands-on experience in sportsbook platforms (highly desirable)

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits • Flexible vacation allowance • A hybrid / remote working environment • Startup culture backed by a secure, global brand • Diverse and inclusive work environment • Equal opportunity employer

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