Senior Software Engineer – Client Service

1. About Our Client:

The organization operates a global digital sports platform that connects sports fans with a broad network of sports partners worldwide. It addresses the challenge of uniting fans with licensed merchandise, collectibles, and sports betting through a comprehensive platform that offers commerce, collectibles, and betting services. The platform supports millions of fans by providing access to fan gear, trading cards, memorabilia, and an expanding sportsbook and iGaming service. The organization maintains a large global database of sports fans and partners with hundreds of sports properties, athletes, and retail locations, underpinned by a workforce of over 22,000 employees focused on enhancing the fan experience.

2. About the Opportunity:

The Senior Software Engineer – Client Service will play a key technical role in developing and maintaining backend services that power client-facing Sportsbook and Casino platforms. This position is responsible for designing scalable and reliable backend-for-frontend (BFF) services that link live sports data, internal systems, and consumer applications to deliver fast and personalized experiences to millions of users. The role involves leading architectural decisions, driving technical direction, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to support real-time user engagement and retention. This position requires strong ownership and leadership in engineering quality and operational excellence in a high-traffic, real-time environment.

3. Responsibilities:

• Lead design and development of backend services for mobile Sportsbook and Casino experiences

• Architect and manage backend-for-frontend services optimizing data for mobile clients

• Collaborate on API design and service contracts with mobile engineers and product managers

• Translate complex product requirements into scalable and maintainable technical solutions

• Lead backend initiatives from design to production readiness, including testing and operational planning

• Make architectural decisions on data flow, service boundaries, resiliency, and performance

• Enhance system reliability, scalability, and latency for real-time betting and gameplay

• Participate in on-call practices and lead root cause analysis and reliability improvements

• Establish best practices for observability, logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting

• Provide technical mentorship through code and design reviews

• Contribute to technical roadmaps, quarterly planning, and cross-team architecture discussions

• Deepen understanding of sports event hierarchies, betting workflows, and data quality

• Foster an inclusive and high-performing engineering culture

• Be open to occasional travel for collaboration and team-building

4. Requirements:

• 7+ years of professional backend or service-oriented software development experience

• Strong programming skills with significant experience in Kotlin OR Java

• Proven ability to design, build, and operate scalable backend services and RESTful APIs (preferably with Spring Boot or similar)

• Deep knowledge of microservices architecture, distributed systems, and API design principles

• Experience leading technical design discussions and architectural decision-making

• Strong background with databases (SQL and/or NoSQL), data modeling, caching, and performance tuning

• Demonstrated ownership of services through design to long-term production support

• Experience improving system reliability, scalability, and operational maturity in production

• Familiarity with monitoring, alerting, CI/CD pipelines, and incident response

• Ability to lead complex technical initiatives with minimal oversight

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to navigate ambiguous, high-impact challenges

• Excellent communication skills for influencing cross-functional teams in a remote-first environment

5. Pay Range and Compensation Package:

• The pay range and compensation package for this role will be determined based on the candidate’s experience, skills, and other relevant factors.

Equal Opportunity Statement: Our client is an equal opportunity employer. They celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or national origin.

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