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.
Super is one of the largest sports betting operators in the region, running a network of over 1,000 locations across multiple geographies and processing more than 22 million bets per month. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will join one of our cross-functional product squads operating under a Tribes and Squads model, contributing to areas such as Sports and Gaming features, player registration, payments, engagement, and retention. Your work will directly shape the reliability, scalability, and competitiveness of our platform in a fast-moving market.
What the role involves
- Collaborate with geographically distributed engineering teams to design and implement scalable, robust software solutions
- Enhance the existing platform to increase the amount of business functionality driven by end-user configuration
- Improve system automation across scale, resiliency, and deployment
- Maintain, enhance, and create common platform components and libraries across AWS, Go, Python, Erlang, and Kafka
- Build on the CloudNative platform, enabling greater use of AWS technology to accelerate delivery, scale, and resiliency
- Develop observability tooling and infrastructure to better understand system capabilities
- Lead initiatives and drive them to completion, contributing to continuous improvement in team productivity and efficiency
- Work with technical and non-technical stakeholders across the wider business to understand and drive requirements and improvements across the platform
- Grow the engineering community by building on existing processes and practices
What we are looking for
- Minimum 5 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
- Experience working with distributed systems
- Experience building and improving observability
- A passion for clean coding, simple solutions, automated testing, and continuous deployment
- A passion for working in the cloud and automation
- Experience with any of the following technologies: Golang, Python, Erlang, or Elixir
- A user-centric, data-driven approach to building solutions
- Willingness to learn new technologies
Nice to have
- Experience with AWS services (CloudFormation, MSK, S3, Cognito, etc.)
- Knowledge of Kafka
- Interest in functional programming
- 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.