Senior Backend Engineer - Quantitative Sports
Hard Rock Digital•United Kingdom, ENG
•Hybrid
About The Position
Hard Rock Digital is building the next generation of its in-house pricing engine, a low-latency, high-throughput system that powers live odds for millions of users. This is a high-impact role with significant autonomy, ideal for someone who thrives in fast-moving environments and enjoys solving complex real-time engineering challenges. The Senior Backend Engineer will own major architectural decisions, partner directly with quantitative analysts, and shape the core backend that drives the sportsbook.
Requirements
- 8+ years of backend engineering experience
- Deep proficiency in Python for production systems
- Experience with low-latency, real-time, or high-throughput systems
- Background in multi-feed ingestion architectures
- Strong understanding of microservices and distributed systems
- Experience deploying and operating systems in AWS
- Familiarity with relational databases (Postgres, MySQL)
- Experience with analytical stores (Snowflake, ClickHouse)
- Strong knowledge of messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Excellent communication skills and comfort working cross-functionally
- Self-driven and comfortable owning large areas of the system
- Meticulous in your approach to testing, reliability, and performance
- Able to prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment
- Excited by complex technical challenges and real-time systems
Nice To Haves
- Experience with pricing engines, trading algorithms, or live odds generation
- Interest in sports and sport analytics
- Familiarity with game state feeds such-as Radar & Genius
- Prior hands-on experience in sportsbook platforms is highly desirable
Responsibilities
- Architect and build backend services that operate reliably under intense data and user load
- Reduce system latency and optimize real-time performance across the pricing pipeline
- Collaborate closely with quantitative developers to integrate models and pricing logic
- Design and maintain ingestion pipelines for multiple live data feeds
- Implement robust testing and monitoring to ensure system resilience
- Build internal tools that support trading, operations, and analytics teams
- Contribute to technical strategy and long-term platform evolution
- Foster a culture of knowledge sharing and engineering excellence
Benefits
- Competitive pay and benefits
- Flexible vacation allowance
- A hybrid / remote working environment
- Startup culture backed by a secure, global brand
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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