Method Resourcing
Senior Software Engineer
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Senior Software Engineer (Sports betting)
Up to £120,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Location: London
Technologies: Python, Java, GCP, Real-Time Distributed Systems
Build systems where performance really matters.
If you're a Senior Software Engineer who gets excited by high-performance systems, distributed architecture and real-time data, this could be a seriously interesting opportunity.
We're partnering with an innovative technology business investing heavily in its engineering function and building highly available, cloud-native platforms that operate at significant scale. This isn't a role where you'll simply be maintaining an existing codebase.
You'll be solving complex engineering problems, shaping architecture and working on systems where performance, scalability and reliability genuinely matter.
You'll have significant technical ownership, influence over engineering decisions and the opportunity to work alongside a highly capable team tackling some genuinely challenging backend problems.
The Role
You'll be a key part of the engineering team, building and evolving backend platforms that process large volumes of real-time data and integrate with external systems.
Please note: We are only considering candidates who have previous betting/gaming/casino/gambling (or similar) industry experience at this time.
You'll be involved in:
- Designing and building highly scalable backend services
- Python and/or Java as one of your core programming languages
- Developing cloud-native, event-driven applications
- Building integrations with third-party platforms and APIs
- Designing and optimising real-time data processing pipelines
- Working with distributed systems where availability and performance are critical
- Identifying and solving complex performance and scalability challenges
- Contributing to architectural and technical decisions
- Improving resilience, observability and overall system reliability
- Working closely with engineers and technical stakeholders to deliver high-quality software
- Supporting infrastructure, deployment and continuous improvement
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The Technology
You'll be working across a modern, cloud-native engineering environment including:
- Python
- Java
- GCP
- Docker
- REST APIs
- Event-Driven Architecture
- Streaming
- Distributed Systems
- Real-Time Data Processing
The team is focused on building robust, scalable systems rather than simply following a prescribed technical playbook so your engineering judgement will genuinely matter.
What We're Looking For
We're looking for a Senior Engineer who enjoys getting into the difficult technical problems.
Please note: We are only considering candidates who have come from the betting/gaming/casino/gambling (or similar) industries at this time.
You'll ideally have:
- Strong commercial Python experience
- Professional Java experience
- Experience building backend or distributed systems
- Cloud experience: GCP preferred, although AWS or Azure is also valuable
- Experience with Docker and containerised applications
- Strong REST API development experience
- Experience with event-driven architectures or messaging
- Experience working with real-time data or high-throughput systems
- An understanding of designing scalable data processing pipelines
- A strong interest in performance, reliability and system architecture
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Your background could come from a range of high-performance environments, including:
- Sports betting, iGaming or wagering technology
- Trading or market-data platforms
- Low-latency or high-throughput applications
- Streaming and event-driven architectures
- FIX Protocol or electronic trading integrations
- Financial services or electronic trading
You don't necessarily need experience in every area, what's important is that you've worked on technically demanding systems where speed, scale and reliability are critical.
What's In It For You?
- Up to £120,000 depending on experience
- Annual performance bonus
- Private healthcare & dental
- Pension
- 25 days' holiday + bank holidays
- Wellness and gym membership
- Complimentary breakfasts
- Regular team lunches
- Excellent office facilities
- A genuinely collaborative, engineering-led environment
- Significant technical ownership and influence
Why this role?
If you're looking for your next Senior Engineering role and want to move beyond simply delivering tickets, this is an opportunity to work on complex systems, influence architecture and solve problems that actually require serious engineering thinking.
You'll be working with modern technology, talented engineers and a business that is continuing to invest in its technology platform.
If Python, distributed systems, real-time data and high-performance engineering sound like your kind of challenge, get in touch for a confidential conversation.
Apply now or contact us directly to find out more.
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