Senior Backend Engineer - Quantitative Sports
Hard Rock Digital, LLC2 months ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
Responsibilities
- Architect and build backend services for a low-latency, high-throughput pricing engine.
- Reduce system latency and optimize real-time performance across the pricing pipeline.
- Collaborate with quantitative developers to integrate models and pricing logic.
- Design and maintain ingestion pipelines for multiple live data feeds.
- Implement testing and monitoring to improve system resilience.
- Build internal tools for trading, operations, and analytics teams.
- Contribute to technical strategy and long-term platform evolution.
- Promote knowledge sharing and engineering excellence.
Requirements
- 8+ years of backend engineering experience.
- Deep proficiency in Python for production systems.
- Experience with low-latency, real-time, or high-throughput systems.
- Background in multi-feed ingestion architectures.
- Strong understanding of microservices and distributed systems.
- Experience deploying and operating systems in AWS.
- Familiarity with relational databases including Postgres and MySQL.
- Experience with analytical stores including Snowflake and ClickHouse.
- Strong knowledge of messaging systems including Kafka and RabbitMQ.
- Excellent communication skills and comfort working cross-functionally.
- Preferred experience with pricing engines, trading algorithms, live odds generation, sportsbook platforms, or sports analytics.
- Familiarity with Radar and Genius game-state feeds.
Benefits
- Competitive pay and benefits.
- Flexible vacation allowance.
- Hybrid or remote working environment.
- Startup culture backed by a secure, global brand.
- Diverse and inclusive equal-opportunity workplace.
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About Hard Rock Digital, LLC
Hard Rock Digital builds and operates the Hard Rock brand’s online sportsbook, real-money casino, and social casino products for U.S. customers, including the Hard Rock Bet app. The company develops an in-house odds and pricing platform and other backend systems that power live wagering. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Hollywood, Florida, it serves regulated U.S. markets and is aligned with Hard Rock International and the Seminole Tribe of Florida.