Backend Engineering Team Lead (Igaming)

TL;DR

Backend Engineering Team Lead (Igaming): Leading the Core Availability team, focusing on architecture, development, and delivery of high-quality software solutions. Focus on hands-on coding and line management in a fast-paced environment.

Location: Europe Remote

Company

hirify.global is building the world's go-to platform for everyday entertainment with brands like SportyBet, SportyTV, and SportyFM.

What you will do

• Lead and mentor a talented global development team, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture.
• Provide technical leadership and ensure best practices in software development, code quality, and architecture.
• Participate in high-level architecture and design decisions for complex software systems.
• Drive the development lifecycle from requirements gathering to deployment, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality solutions.
• Conduct regular code reviews, offering constructive feedback to improve the team’s skills and output.
• Work across a Friday-Tuesday shift pattern (including the weekend).

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in software development, with a strong focus on backend technologies (e.g. Java, Node.js, Python, Go, etc.).
• 2+ years of experience in a leadership role, with experience in mentoring, performance reviews, work allocation.
• Strong experience in software architecture and designing scalable, reliable systems.
• Hands-on experience in backend development, with expertise in APIs and microservices.
• Excellent communication skills in English and the ability to manage and collaborate within a remote, diverse team.
• A passion for technology and innovation, with a drive to solve complex technical challenges.

Culture & Benefits

• Sporty is a remote first company in pursuit of sustainability.
• A competitive salary + individual performance based bonuses every quarter.
• 28 days paid annual leave.
• Our core working hours are 10am-3pm in your local time zone with flexibility outside of this.
• Referral bonuses & flash bonuses.
• Top of the line equipment.