Locations
- Bulgaria
- Georgia
- Lithuania
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Poland
- Romania
- Ukraine
Company Background
Our client is a diverse, remote-first company in the sports tech and gaming industry, backed by top-tier investors. With a development hub in Sofia, Bulgaria, and operations in Philadelphia, USA, the company delivers innovative, social-first experiences to sports fans worldwide. Their flagship platform revolutionizes how fans engage with sports through free-to-play social gaming, sweepstakes, loyalty rewards, and gamified sports predictions. With a focus on engagement and community-building, they offer an exciting alternative to traditional real-money sports betting.
Project Description
The project centers around a high-scale, free-to-play social sportsbook platform designed for millions of users. Built on a microservices, event-driven architecture, it includes real-time user interactions, rewards systems, leaderboards, and gamified experiences. The backend team is responsible for ensuring system scalability, performance, and resilience, as well as delivering key business logic services and supporting features that power the mobile and web applications.
Technologies
- Python, Django, asyncio, TypeScript, React Native
- PostgreSQL, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis
- Microservices, Event-driven architecture
- AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform
- Prometheus, Grafana, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing
What You'll Do
- Take full ownership of backend services from design through deployment and ongoing maintenance
- Develop scalable, high-performance distributed systems using Python and Django
- Architect services to handle millions of users with low latency and high availability
- Implement and manage robust APIs, data pipelines, Kafka-based event streams, and caching layers
- Collaborate with product, frontend, and DevOps teams to meet ambitious timelines
- Conduct code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and uphold coding standards
- Ensure system observability and reliability through logging, metrics, and tracing
- Optimize for performance and scalability under heavy load
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and test automation strategies
- Participate in on-call rotations to support production stability
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of backend development experience with Python
- Solid experience with Django and asynchronous programming (asyncio)
- Experience with Apache Kafka in production
- Strong understanding of microservices and distributed systems
- Proficiency with SQL databases (especially PostgreSQL)
- Experience with Docker; Kubernetes is a plus
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and test automation
- Cloud experience with AWS (or other cloud providers)
- Knowledge of monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, or similar)
- Comfortable working in Agile development teams
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to code quality
- English proficiency at B2 level or higher
What Do We Offer
The global benefits package includes:
- Technical and non-technical training for professional and personal growth;
- Internal conferences and meetups to learn from industry experts;
- Support and mentorship from an experienced employee to help you professional grow and development;
- Internal startup incubator;
- Health insurance;
- English courses;
- Sports activities to promote a healthy lifestyle;
- Flexible work options, including remote and hybrid opportunities;
- Referral program for bringing in new talent;
- Work anniversary program and additional vacation days.
09/25/2025
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