About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Mid-to-Senior Backend Engineer to spearhead the growth of our 24/7 high-throughput infrastructure, with a particular focus on expanding our core domains into the sports and prediction ecosystem. This role demands an engineer who thrives within a fast-paced, startup-minded ecosystem, possessing deep domain understanding of sports platforms and prediction environments, and capable of keeping critical transactional networks running flawlessly around the clock.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize robust, highly scalable backend services and distributed systems in Golang to power 24/7 global trading and sports-domain applications
• Develop backend services and operations, including proposing architectural decisions, participating in design reviews, coding, code review, and implementing features
• Act as the technical subject matter expert to increase and embed deep sports domain knowledge into core backend, building features tailored to prediction markets, real-time sports data feeds, and interactive mechanics
• Identify, diagnose, and resolve architectural bottlenecks within large-scale, high-concurrency infrastructure
• Provide high-tier technical operational support to address complex, real-time client issues and maintain flawless systemic availability

Requirements

Must-Haves:

• Solid mid-to-senior level professional experience specializing in backend system development, with absolute proficiency and production-level mastery
• Proven experience working closely with Sports systems, Sportsbooks, Prediction markets, or high-velocity sports-data infrastructure
• Proficiency in Golang, Postgres, Redis, and Kafka preferred
• Elite interpersonal skills with strong capacity for stakeholder management; comfortable navigating cross-functional, global matrix teams and managing competing project priorities

Nice-to-Haves:

• Deep familiarity with transaction-heavy, money-related modules, or payment ledgers
• Advanced expertise in designing complex concurrent systems, race-condition mitigation, and distributed state machines
• Previous professional experience operating smoothly within rapid, ambiguous, or highly entrepreneurial startup environment

Benefits

• Competitive salary: $130,000–$160,000 USD per year
• Attractive annual leave entitlement including birthday and work anniversary
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Eligible for company-sponsored group health, dental, vision, and life/disability insurance
• Flexi-work hours and hybrid or remote setup
• Internal mobility program offering diverse career scope
• Benefits packages vary depending on region requirements

Location

US (Remote)