Senior Backend Engineer

We are on a mission to pioneer the world’s next era of play. As we grow across Europe and Latin America, we’re building The Playstack - the technology powering the next generation of sports, gaming, and fan experiences. Join us, and help make it the most widely used platform in the world! From operations, to marketing, to product, we are looking for talented people who will shape how millions of customers play, watch, and connect every day.

We are building The Playstack - the technology powering the next generation of sports, gaming, and fan experiences across Europe and Latin America. You'll have the opportunity to bring beautiful solutions to life through clean and maintainable code, contribute to feature development from day one, and work closely with a passionate and diverse team of engineers, product managers, and designers.

We follow a Tribes and Squads model, with multiple product teams currently hiring Backend Engineers. Depending on your interests and experience, you could be building anything from Sports and Gaming features to player-focused experiences covering registration, deposits, withdrawals, player engagement, and retention. Every squad plays a key role in delivering seamless, secure, and engaging user experiences - and your work will directly impact how we stand out in a highly competitive market.

What the role involves

• Collaborate closely with geographically distributed engineering teams to design and implement scalable and robust software solutions.
• Enhance the existing platform to increase the amount of business functionality driven by end-user configuration.
• Enhance system automation across scale, resiliency, and deployment.
• Maintain, enhance, and create common platform components and libraries (AWS, Go, Python, Erlang, Kafka).
• Build on our cloud-native platform, enabling greater use of AWS technology to accelerate delivery, scale, and resiliency.
• Build on our observability tooling and infrastructure to better understand the capabilities of our systems.
• Work with technical and non-technical stakeholders across the organisation to understand and drive requirements and improvements across the platform.
• Lead initiatives and tasks, driving them to completion and championing continuous improvement to enhance team productivity and efficiency.
• Grow the engineering community by building on existing processes and practices.

What we are looking for

• A minimum of 7 years of hands-on experience in a large-scale production environment.
• Experience engineering high-quality, highly scalable software in an object-oriented or functional language.
• Willingness to learn new technologies (we work with Golang, Python, Erlang, and Elixir).
• A talent for clean coding, simple solutions, automated testing, and continuous deployment.
• Experience working with distributed systems.
• Experience building and improving upon observability.
• A passion for working in the cloud and automation.
• A passion for creating user-centric, data-driven solutions.

Nice to have

• Experience with AWS (CloudFormation, MSK, S3, Cognito, etc.).
• An interest in functional programming.
• Knowledge of Kafka.
• Front-end development experience in React or Vue.js.

What we offer

• Medical / Health Insurance
• Open Annual Leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Training & Learning Development

Additional benefits vary by country and will be shared during the hiring process.

About Super

We are a global technology group, dedicated to building the future of entertainment and fan-centric experiences. With commercial markets in Brazil, Belgium, Poland, Romania, Greece and Serbia, and a network of offices across Spain, Croatia, Malta, Gibraltar, the Netherlands and the UK, we are a truly international organization. Our purpose at Super has evolved from sports and betting into creating the platform that stretches into the wider world of technology-driven entertainment. With a growing and diverse team of more than 5,000 people, we create immersive, responsible, and personalised experiences for millions of customers worldwide.

Shaping the Future of Play

Everything we do at Super is rooted in doing what is right: for customers, for each other, and for our long-term vision. Our Culture Manifesto is our North Star. It captures our purpose, mission, and the six core beliefs that shape how we think, make decisions, and act every day. Want to explore our culture in more detail? Visit our careers page:  super.xyz/careers  

Super is committed to the highest standards of compliance, safety, and responsibility. As such, we are active members of the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) and the European Gaming & Betting Association (EGBA).

At Super, we operate as a high-performing team. We hire and grow talent based on ability and potential, regardless of background and identity because we know diverse perspectives, drive better performance.