Staff Backend Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE

Join our team as a Staff Software Engineer and play a crucial role in driving our organisation's growth through the development of outstanding products.

LeoVegas Group is building something special – a world-class team dedicated to creating the best Sportsbook platform in the market through cutting-edge technology and innovative gaming experiences.

This is a dynamic team that will be working on creating new cool features and integrating them into LeoVegas platforms. 

We’re seeking a dynamic individual who can deliver state-of-the-art code while prioritising performance and scalability.

We are recruiting for the Sportsbook Team: in the sportsbook team we work in a high-volume, real-time environment, integrating data feeds with our modern trading system and transactional betting platform (UI/Backend). Your contributions will include building advanced search functionalities and developing automation for dynamic content adaptation. You'll also play a crucial role in utilising models to optimise pricing strategies and manage risk effectively.

As a key member of our team, you’ll collaborate effectively while also demonstrating initiative and a passion for sharing innovative ideas.

YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

• Work with a state-of-the-art technology stack and deliver features in our microservice ecosystem in an autonomous environment.
• Build, maintain, develop, test, deploy and enhance our products and features.
• As a Staff developer, you will have a key role in owning delivery plans and aligning the product importance of reducing technical debt and prioritising platform initiatives
• Identify obstacles to ensure quality and improve our user experience and how we build our products.
• Work with product managers, architects, QA engineers and other developers in a highly collaborative agile environment.
• Build for scale, availability, performance and security across the stack.

OUR SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING:

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• 8+ years of software development experience with Java and related frameworks such as Vert.x, Netty, Micrometer, Quarkus or Spring Boot (for the Retention team reactive stack is a must-have), preferably in an agile environment
• Hands-on experience developing highly scalable RESTful end-to-end Microservices
• Experience with automation and monitoring
• Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases, caching and messaging systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, acting as a technical representative of the team with the ability to communicate technical challenges to non-technical stakeholders

NICE TO HAVES

• Online gaming and gambling experience

WHO WE ARE

At the core of LeoVegas Group is Team Leo. Our culture is our foundation and is what enables us to innovate, build, and lead as we trailblaze our way through the igaming industry. We’re a team of over 1800 innovators, initiators, and groundbreakers working in a fast-paced and agile environment across 16 offices worldwide.

WHAT WE OFFER:

• 💸monthly salary: 32 000 - 35 000 PLN net VAT (B2B) OR 26 000 - 29 000 gross PLN (UOP)
• you can work in a hybrid model, we would like you to show up in our Warsaw office three times a week, the rest of the days of the week are up to you, we work in European office hours,
• ​​800 PLN monthly for benefits (we have a platform with sport cards and different options for private healthcare),
• welcome package,
• no dress code,
• international teams,
• 💻 Equipment: MacBook Pro 16"/14'' + smartphone (iPhone 15 or Samsung Galaxy S24 - it’s your choice).

🏢 Our current office is located in the centre of Warsaw (Koszykowa 65), in Mindspace (check it here). From July 2025, we will have a new office on Królewska 16 👑

Our recruitment process:

1. 45-minute phone/Zoom call with our recruiter
2. 1-hour technical interview with live coding
3. 30-minute technical interview
4. max. 40 minute online personality and logic test
5. 1-hour cultural fit interview

**As our company working language is English, we’d like to see your CV in English please**

More about us:

Careers site: www.leovegasgroup.com/careers

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/leovegas 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/lifeatleo/