Senior Software Engineer, Sportsbook Platform — United States

About Our Client:

The organization operates in the integrated entertainment, sports content, and casino gaming industry in North America. It addresses the challenge of delivering seamless gaming and sports media experiences across multiple platforms including casinos, racetracks, online gaming, and sports betting. The company utilizes proprietary in-house technology to power its platforms, supporting an omnichannel gaming and entertainment strategy with a broad reach.

About the Opportunity:

The SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, SPORTSBOOK PLATFORM is responsible for designing, scaling, and maintaining backend services and real-time APIs that power various digital gaming and betting platforms. This role is critical to ensuring fast, reliable, and synchronized user experiences across iOS, Android, and web applications. The position contributes by owning features end to end, collaborating closely with mobile teams, and driving platform scalability and performance.

Responsibilities:

• Design, scale, and optimize APIs and real-time data delivery

• Manage API schema versioning and coordinate migrations with mobile leads

• Build and operate high-throughput, low-latency services

• Identify and resolve production bottlenecks and risks

• Implement monitoring, alerting, and tracing using Datadog

• Develop native iOS and Android features when required

• Write comprehensive tests for features and fixes

• Collaborate with iOS, Android, and web engineers on feature development

• Debug issues crossing client and server boundaries

• Shape APIs based on client needs and network conditions

• Utilize AI coding agents to assist in development while reviewing output critically

• Draft technical proposals, specifications, and runbooks

• Mentor team members through code reviews and knowledge sharing

• Perform other assigned duties as needed

Requirements:

• Hands-on experience using AI coding agents for software development

• Minimum 5 years in software engineering, primarily backend or API systems

• At least 2 years designing and managing multi-client APIs with versioning

• Willingness to learn native iOS and Android development using Swift or Kotlin

• Experience with real-time features such as subscriptions and streaming

• Strong understanding of data structures, distributed systems, algorithms, and software design

• Proven ability to diagnose and fix production performance issues

• Experience participating in on-call rotations and managing release cycles

• Familiarity with server frameworks like Phoenix, Ruby on Rails, FastAPI, Laravel, or Node

• Clear technical writing skills for documentation and cross-team communication

• Commitment to clean architecture and maintainable code

• Proficiency with terminal usage, Git/GitHub, and preferred code editors

Nice to have:

• Native mobile development experience and app shipping

• Knowledge of GraphQL and federated graphs

• Experience with Elixir and Absinthe

• Strong relational database skills

• Experience with Kubernetes and containerized service operations

• Background job processing and event infrastructure knowledge

Pay Range and Compensation Package:

• Salary range: $145,000 to $193,000 USD

Benefits & Perks:

• Medical insurance

• Tuition assistance

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.

Note:

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