Backend Engineering Tech Lead

The Sportsbook Area is now hiring! Our world-class Sportsbook is fully developed in-house by our dedicated Sportsbook tech team and growing at a very rapid rate, expanding not only in new markets but also as a B2B product serving and offering a sports betting platform in different regions of the world. Our Product Development organisation is a cross functional one with teams spanning across 5 different Tech Hubs - in Malta, Budapest, Stockholm, Tallinn and Athens. The Wow Much like a rollercoaster, life at Betsson Group is fast-paced, full of twists and turns, and always exciting. With more than 2,800 colleagues representing over 75 nationalities across a global network of offices - including 1,500 at our operational headquarters in Malta - every day brings new challenges and opportunities to grow. It may not be for the faint-hearted, but if you thrive on innovation, enjoy pushing boundaries and want to be part of a diverse, international team, then you’ll fit right in at Betsson. Our sportsbook platform is fully developed and operated in-house – from architecture and engineering to the trading operations. It powers more than 20 brands, delivering a comprehensive sports betting experience to our customers. From the internal tools used by our trading teams to the cutting-edge features that enhance the customer betting journey, our platform is built and maintained by dedicated, high-performing teams. Our mission is to deliver industry-leading performance, functionality, and user experience within the iGaming space. As part of our Sportsbook Technology team, you will contribute to a high-performance, high-throughput, and highly available product ecosystem. You will play a key role in ensuring that the team consistently delivers measurable business value while maintaining technical excellence. A taster of what you will be doing: - As a Tech Lead you will be part of the Sportsbook B2B & Integrations Value stream, participating in design, POCs and development of complex tasks and also a key person in the team who ensures a high-quality delivery by the developers. - Work closely with architects within the area to ensure that the architecture direction set is being communicated, aligned & implemented within the teams. - You will also be aligning with the other tech leads across the product development department to ensure the technical consistency, take ownership of and drive technical excellence initiatives within Sportsbook. - Identify technical improvements in the applications you are responsible for. - Validate technical improvements and help Product Managers prioritise such improvements - Be able to explain the benefits of technical improvements to both technical and non-technical audience. - You will also participate in development, testing, code reviews, bug fixing, implementing new features as well as maintaining and improving the existing functionality. - Help build our world class team, thus participating in technical interviews as well as coaching & mentoring engineers. - Stay up to date with technology, understand the benefits and use cases of a variety of technologies and be strategic in their implementation. What we are looking for: - Someone who is passionate about building things, with a strong technical background and an understanding of non-functional requirements. - Expertise with designing and implementing distributed microservices - Deep understanding of the latest C# and .NET framework/core. - Experience deploying scalable back-end solutions using AWS/Azure/GCP. - Expertise with distributed systems and high-speed database technologies, including SQL (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, Redis). - Familiarity with messaging systems, message queues, and event-driven architecture. - Knowledge of containerization (e.g., Docker) and orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes). - Deep understanding of coding best practices. - You are a team player who readily offers help and shares knowledge with your colleagues. - You are someone who is pro-active and love to not only to suggest improvements but also drive them. Reporting The employee reports to the Engineering Manager. What we offer - Fitness-wellness allowance  🧗‍♂️ - Company mobile phone for private use with 100 GB  📱 - Annual HUF devaluation compensation  💡 - Hybrid model: 3 days in the office 🏢  & 2 days from home  🏠 - Private Health Insurance  🩺 - Career development  📈 - Technical and soft-skill training opportunities 🎓 - Breakfast, fruits & lunch 🍎 - Team building events  🥳 Challenge accepted? By submitting your application, you understand that your personal data will be processed as set out in our Privacy Policy