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Since our launch in 2018, we’ve created platforms that connect millions of fans to the excitement they love through our leading brands, BetKing and SuperSportBet.\nFrom Nigeria to South Africa, we’ve rapidly grown into a powerhouse, recognized for raising standards, pushing boundaries, and shaping what’s next in our industry. Our vision is bold: to be the home where Africa plays.\nCollaboration, innovation, and fearless execution define our culture. Every decision is purposeful, every interaction impactful, and every product designed to serve our players and partners with excellence.\nWe move fast, stay curious, and constantly raise the bar. Our mission is to deliver entertainment with integrity, innovation, and impact - because great products can change how entire communities experience play.\nAbout The Role \nWe’re looking for a Principal Backend Engineer to take a key role in shaping the architecture and technical direction of our platform.\nYou’ll design systems that handle millions of transactions, improve performance across services, and ensure our technology can scale safely and efficiently as the business grows.\nYou’ll act as a technical leader and hands-on architect, guiding teams, raising the quality bar, and helping us make smart, sustainable engineering decisions.\nWhat You’ll Be Doing\n\nArchitect the future: design, implement, and evolve distributed systems that handle high throughput and millions of concurrent transactions.\nProvide technical leadership: act as a go-to expert for backend and infrastructure topics, mentoring teams and raising the overall engineering bar.\nOptimize performance: identify bottlenecks and design scalable solutions that improve availability, latency, and cost efficiency.\nDrive reliability: establish solid standards for monitoring, alerting, and incident management, ensuring our systems are observable and resilient.\nCollaborate across teams: partner with product and business leaders to translate ideas into clear technical strategies and execution plans.\nImprove continuously: challenge existing solutions, propose better patterns, and keep us aligned with modern practices in distributed systems and DevOps.\nLead by example: write clean, maintainable code; review peers’ work; and ensure consistent engineering quality across services.\nBe part of on-call rotations for critical systems, focusing on root-cause prevention, not firefighting.\nTech Stack \nYou’ll work with a modern, cloud-native environment including:\nLanguages & Frameworks: C#, .NET 8, .NET Core \nMessaging & Streaming: Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus \nDatabases: SQL Server, MongoDB, CosmosDB, Redis \n Infrastructure & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (AKS), Azure Cloud \nMonitoring & Observability: Grafana, Kibana, Application Insights \nExperience with this exact stack is not mandatory, but deep technical curiosity, sound design principles, and adaptability are.\nRequirements\nWe’re looking for someone who thrives in complexity and is driven by the pursuit of excellence. To succeed in this role, you’ll need:\n10+ years of engineering leadership, with a proven track record of delivering large-scale, distributed systems.\nExpertise in some cloud architectures (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), DevOps practices (CI/CD), Microservices (AKS), Kafka/RabbitMQ streams and programming languages (C#, or others).\nDemonstrated ability to quickly address production incidents and implement preventive measures to avoid recurrence.\nProven capability to maintain product quality through unit testing and end-to-end testing processes.\nThe ability to foresee future challenges, craft innovative solutions, and implement strategies that drive meaningful impact.\nExceptional communication skills to work effectively across teams and influence stakeholders at all levels.\nWhile iGaming experience is a plus, what matters most is your ability to solve real-world problems with creativity and precision.\nBenefits\nBenefits vary by location, but here's what you can expect as part of the KingMakers package:\n Flexible Work - Hybrid model and flexible hours, giving you the freedom to collaborate in the office or focus remotely.\n Health & Wellness - Private health insurance and wellness benefits to keep you feeling your best.\n Retirement & Group Risk - Joint contributions to your Retirement Annuity (RA) and Group Risk Fund to secure your future (South Africa hub).\n Stress-Free Parking - Safe, convenient parking so your day starts smooth.\n Top-Notch Tech - A high-performance laptop and tools to make your work seamless and productive.\n Team Activities - Regular events to connect, collaborate, and have fun with your colleagues.\n Office Perks - Free snacks, coffee, and a welcoming environment to keep you energized.\n Performance Bonuses - Discretionary rewards recognizing your contributions and impact.\nEligibility for the discretionary bonus depends on the onboarding cycle and start date; 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