Senior Backend Engineer – Quantitative Sports

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November 19

🐊 Florida – Remote

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⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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The Leaflet is an open-source JavaScript library for building mobile-friendly interactive maps. It is lightweight (around 42 KB), designed for simplicity, performance and usability, and provides core mapping features such as tile layers, markers, vector layers, popups, and interaction handlers. Leaflet is highly extensible via a large plugin ecosystem, well-documented, and maintained by a broad community of contributors and organizations.

11 - 50 employees

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📋 Description

• 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

🎯 Requirements

• 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 • 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.

🏖️ Benefits

• 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