Software Backend Node.js Engineer (Sports Betting)

TL;DR

Software Backend Node.js Engineer (Sports Betting): Building and optimizing real-time sports trading infrastructure with an accent on scalable API development, database design, and high-frequency data flows. Focus on developing robust backend systems and ensuring real-time execution in a unified platform.

Location: Hybrid (3 days in office in Lisboa, Portugal, 2 days remote). This role cannot sponsor.

Salary: €50,000–€80,000 per annum

Company

hirify.global is a leading provider of sports betting brokerage software worldwide, specializing in brokerage software for sports betting.

What you will do

• Join a small, tight-knit team to build and support systematic trading models.
• Develop a real-time sports trading infrastructure aggregating odds and liquidity from multiple sportsbooks.
• Play a key role in developing and deploying scalable API infrastructure.
• Be involved in database design, optimization, and management.
• Build robust, high-performance backend systems capable of handling high-frequency data flows and real-time execution.

Requirements

• 2+ years of backend development experience.
• Proficiency in SQL, Node.js (and API frameworks), and Typescript.
• Experience with Git, GitHub/GitLab or equivalent.
• Communicate clearly and effectively.
• Work authorization for Portugal required (sponsorship is not available).

Nice to have

• Experience in Rust and Python.
• Trading experience.
• Finance knowledge.
• Sports knowledge.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to progress your software programming career.
• Work alongside extremely talented and driven engineers.
• Hybrid work setup: 3 days in the office, 2 days from home.