Senior Backend Engineer Quantitative Sports

What are we building

Hard Rock Digital is a team focused on becoming the best online sportsbook casino and social casino company in the world. Were building a team that resonates passion for learning operating and building new products and technologies for millions of consumers. We care about each customers interaction experience behavior and insight and strive to ensure were always acting authentically.

Rooted in the kindred spirits of Hard Rock and the Seminole Tribe of Florida the new Hard Rock Digital taps a brand known the world over as the leader in gaming entertainment and hospitality. Were taking that foundation of success and bringing it to the digital space ready to join us

Whats the position

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Quantitative Sports team. Were building the next generation of our inhouse pricing engine a lowlatency highthroughput system that powers live odds for millions of users. As a Senior Backend Engineer youll own major architectural decisions partner directly with quantitative analysts and shape the core backend that drives our sportsbook.

This is a highimpact role with significant autonomy. If you thrive in fastmoving environments and love solving complex realtime engineering challenges youll feel at home here.

What Youll Do

• Architect and build backend services that operate reliably under intense data and user load

• Reduce system latency and optimize realtime performance across the pricing pipeline

• Collaborate closely with quantitative developers to integrate models and pricing logic

• Design and maintain ingestion pipelines for multiple live data feeds

• Implement robust testing and monitoring to ensure system resilience

• Build internal tools that support trading operations and analytics teams

• Contribute to technical strategy and longterm platform evolution

• Foster a culture of knowledge sharing and engineering excellence

Core Requirements

• 8 years of backend engineering experience

• Deep proficiency in Python for production systems

• Experience with lowlatency realtime or highthroughput systems

• Background in multifeed ingestion architectures

• Strong understanding of microservices and distributed systems

• Experience deploying and operating systems in AWS

• Familiarity with relational databases (Postgres MySQL)

• Experience with analytical stores (Snowflake ClickHouse)

• Strong knowledge of messaging systems (Kafka RabbitMQ)

• Excellent communication skills and comfort working crossfunctionally

Bonus Points

• Experience with pricing engines trading algorithms or live odds generation

• Interest in sports and sport analytics

• Familiarity with game state feeds such-as Radar & Genius

• Prior hands-on experience in sportsbook platforms is highly desirable

Who you are

• Self-driven and comfortable owning large areas of the system

• Meticulous in your approach to testing reliability and performance

• Able to prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment

• Excited by complex technical challenges and real-time systems

Whats In It for You

We offer our employees more than just competitive compensation. Our team benefits include:

• Competitive pay and benefits.

• Flexible vacation allowance.

• A hybrid / remote working environment.

• Startup culture backed by a secure global brand.

Roster of Uniques

We care deeply about every interaction our customers have with us and trust and empower our staff to own and drive their experience. Our vision for our business and customers is built on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where regardless of background or beliefs you feel able to be authentic and bring all your talent into play. We want to celebrate you being you (we are an equal opportunity employer).