Senior Backend Engineer — LIVE Sports Data & Multi-Sport Platform

Travoom • Austin, TX

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About The Position

OleOle is seeking a hands-on Senior Backend Engineer to build and manage the global LIVE Scores infrastructure for football, basketball, Formula 1, cricket, golf, boxing, tennis, and other sports. The engineer will integrate Enetpulse sports-data APIs and develop a scalable, provider-independent backend capable of supporting hundreds of competitions worldwide. The architecture should allow OleOle to replace Enetpulse partially or entirely with other data providers without rebuilding the platform.

The role includes building real-time data processing and synchronization systems, flexible data models for different sporting structures, and APIs that support distinct frontend experiences for each sport. The engineer will ensure data accuracy, reliability, scalability, and efficient provider switching, while connecting sports information to OleOle’s existing microblogging platform without interfering with its 4U recommendation system. This person will own the LIVE Scores backend and collaborate with the existing frontend and design teams.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional backend engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in backend development using Node.js, Python, Go, Java, or similar technologies.
• Proven experience integrating complex third-party APIs and external data providers.
• Experience designing scalable, real-time data processing systems.
• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL, Redis, database optimization, and caching strategies.
• Experience with WebSockets, message queues, event-driven architecture, and distributed systems.
• Ability to design flexible, provider-independent data models and API architectures.
• Experience handling high-volume data synchronization, error recovery, and fault tolerance.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, data normalization, and microservices.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
• Ability to independently architect, implement, test, and maintain production backend systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to collaborate with frontend engineers and UX/UI designers.
• Ability to understand and model fundamentally different sporting structures across team and individual sports.
• Ability to adapt, work across a broad range of problems and technologies, and be comfortable with ambiguity and shifting priorities.
• Entrepreneurial judgment and ability to work independently in an early-stage technology company.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with sports-data providers such as Enetpulse, Sportradar, SportsDataIO, or similar platforms.
• Familiarity with LIVE Scores, sports statistics, rankings, standings, or sports betting data.
• Understanding of football and international sports.

Responsibilities

• Integrate sports-data APIs for live events, results, standings, rankings, fixtures, and statistics.
• Design flexible data models for team sports, motorsports, individual competitions, and combat sports.
• Build real-time data processing, synchronization, caching, and monitoring systems.
• Develop APIs that support unique frontend experiences for each sport.
• Ensure data accuracy, reliability, scalability, and efficient switching between data providers.
• Connect sports information to OleOle’s existing microblogging platform without interfering with its 4U recommendation system.
• Take ownership of the LIVE Scores backend, including architecting, implementing, testing, and maintaining production systems.
• Collaborate with frontend engineers and UX/UI designers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed