Backend engineer

Backend Engineer Node.js | TypeScript | AWS | Sports Betting Location: West London (Hybrid) Salary: Up to £80,000 + Bonus + Benefits Working Pattern: Office attendance approximately twice per month About the Company We're partnering with a fast-growing technology business operating within the sports betting and gaming sector.

The engineering team is responsible for building and scaling high-volume systems that process live sporting events, customer activity and Real Time data. This is an opportunity to join a highly collaborative Back End engineering team working on a core product that directly impacts customers every day.

Sports Knowledge & Interest - Essential A genuine interest in sport is a core requirement for this position. We are specifically looking for candidates who: Follow sports regularly and can comfortably discuss sporting events, teams, leagues and competitions.

Have an active interest in sports betting, gaming, fantasy sports or sports-related products. Understand the customer experience behind betting and gaming platforms. Enjoy working on products driven by live sporting data and Real Time events.

Can demonstrate enthusiasm for sports and the wider industry. Highly Desirable Previous experience within sports betting, gaming, sportsbook, fantasy sports or sports-data businesses. Experience building products used by sports fans, bettors or Real Time data consumers.

Key Responsibilities Design, build and maintain scalable Back End services using Node.js and TypeScript. Develop and support APIs and microservices powering core platform functionality. Work on high-volume, Real Time systems handling large amounts of live data.

Collaborate with product, engineering and wider business teams. Improve system performance, resilience, observability and scalability. Contribute to architectural decisions and technical direction. Support cloud-native development and deployment practices.

Technical Requirements Essential Commercial experience with Node.js and TypeScript . Experience designing and building REST APIs and microservices. AWS experience. Strong understanding of scalable Back End architecture. Experience working with SQL and/or NoSQL databases.

Genuine interest and knowledge of sport. Desirable Redis and caching technologies. Event-driven architectures. Experience with AWS services such as ECS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, RDS or EventBridge. Exper...

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