Backend Engineering Tech Lead

We are looking for a Performance Architect to join our Sportsbook Technology organization and take end‑to‑end ownership of performance as a first‑class architectural concern across our platform. This role has a strong focus on frontend performance, while also requiring solid understanding of infrastructure, networking, and distributed systems, enabling close collaboration with other Architects, DevOps, and engineering teams. The Performance Architect will work across current and future Sportsbook initiatives, ensuring that performance, scalability, and responsiveness are built in by design, not treated as an afterthought. Previous Sportsbook or high‑traffic real‑time systems experience is considered a strong advantage. THE WOW Much like a rollercoaster, life at Betsson Group is fast-paced, full of twists and turns, and always exciting. With more than 2,800 colleagues representing over 75 nationalities across a global network of offices - including 1,500 at our operational headquarters in Malta - every day brings new challenges and opportunities to grow. It may not be for the faint-hearted, but if you thrive on innovation, enjoy pushing boundaries and want to be part of a diverse, international team, then you’ll fit right in at Betsson. A TASTER OF WHAT YOU WILL BE INVOLVED WITH:  PERFORMANCE ARCHITECTURE & STRATEGY * Define and own the performance architecture for Sportsbook applications, with a primary focus on frontend performance and customer‑perceived latency. * Establish and maintain performance‑related non‑functional requirements (NFRs) across web, mobile, and platform layers. * Work with Product, Engineering, and Architecture to ensure performance goals are aligned with business objectives and customer experience. FRONTEND PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE * Drive best practices for frontend performance including (but not limited to):  * Rendering and hydration strategies * Asset loading, caching, and CDN usage * Web performance metrics (Core Web Vitals, TTFB, LCP, CLS, INP, etc.) * Collaborate closely with frontend teams to review designs, implementations, and technical decisions from a performance perspective. * Partner with Solution Architects, Platform Architects, and DevOps to identify performance bottlenecks across: Infrastructure, Networking, Cloud and Kubernetes environments, APIs and backend dependencies * Contribute to architectural decisions and roadmaps to ensure long‑term scalability and performance sustainability. ANALYSIS, MEASUREMENT & IMPROVEMENT * Define and promote performance measurement standards, tooling, and dashboards. * Lead performance analysis, load testing, and capacity planning activities together with relevant teams. * Participate in incident reviews and root cause analysis, ensuring performance learnings are fed back into architecture and design. COMMUNICATION & ENABLEMENT * Act as a performance ambassador across the organization. * Communicate complex performance topics clearly to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders. * Mentor teams and help raise the overall performance maturity of the Sportsbook organization.   WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR TECHNICAL SKILLS * Strong experience with frontend performance engineering in large‑scale, high‑traffic systems. * Solid understanding of: * Web architectures and modern frontend frameworks * HTTP, networking fundamentals, caching, and CDNs * Cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS) and containerized environments (e.g. Kubernetes) * Experience designing and reviewing systems with performance, scalability, and resilience in mind. ARCHITECTURAL & COLLABORATION SKILLS * Proven experience working in architectural or cross‑team technical roles. * Ability to influence architectural decisions without direct authority. * Comfortable collaborating with multiple teams and architectural disciplines. COMMUNICATION * Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. * Ability to explain performance trade‑offs and recommendations clearly to engineering, product, and non‑technical stakeholders. * Experience working closely with multiple departments in a complex organization. NICE TO HAVE * Previous Sportsbook, iGaming, or real‑time betting systems experience. * Experience with high‑availability, low‑latency platforms operating at scale. * Hands‑on experience with performance tooling, observability, and load‑testing frameworks.   WHAT WE OFFER * Work on a mission‑critical, real‑time Sportsbook platform operating at significant scale. * Shape how performance is designed and delivered across both current systems and future initiatives. * Collaborate with experienced architects and engineering leaders across multiple domains. * Make a measurable impact on customer experience and platform quality. * Monthly Allowance for Lunch * Private & Life Plan Insurance for you and your family * Team Building Budget * Annual Wellness Allowance * Corporate Travel Insurance * Events and initiatives both Local (Quarterly Meetings) and Global * Professional Development Programs & Internal Career Opportunities * Milestone Birthday Much like riding a rollercoaster, sometimes life at Betsson can be lightning fast with twists and turns but always FUN! Then again, what else would you expect from a business 75% millennial and 1700 strong, spread across 7 offices with 900 based out of our Malta HQ alone! We recognise it may not be for the faint-hearted, but if you’re a go-getter, initiator and adrenaline junkie, always striving to push the boundaries and challenge yourself, then you’ll fit right in. At Betsson Group we work with a Hybrid Work From Home (WFH) model, giving you the flexibility of working 3 days in the office (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) and 2 days from home. We offer numerous challenges where your skills will be put to good use! We encourage innovation, independence and celebrate success where you will be part of multi-cultural and diverse company, with people from all over the world.     CHALLENGE ACCEPTED? By submitting your application, you understand that your personal data will be processed as set out in our Privacy Policy

At Betsson Group, we strive to deliver the best customer experience in the industry. We are one of the market leaders in iGaming, offering online gaming products in a number of markets, both through our own gaming sites as well as several partner brands. THE WOW Our Product Development organisation spans across 5 locations, with the most creative teams in the industry! If you are passionate about the latest technologies and can handle mission-critical responsibilities, then this is the role for you! We are operating in a very competitive market therefore we MUST use latest technologies. Our aim is to create the best performance, functionality, and user experience in the iGaming industry! You will be part of a passionate team, which is building an industry leading, scalable, multi-brand platform to support 40+ online brands! Our brands are used by hundreds of thousands of users and growing. WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU? Player Account Management (PAM) Area covers everything related to the management of the player accounts, such as: * Account creation, verification, updates, and closure * Account authentication, controls, and security * User session management * Responsible Gaming  At Betsson, we pride ourselves on adaptability and keeping up with the latest technologies. Our current tech stack is below, but by the time you join we may have adopted an even better stack: * .NET C#, .NET Core, xUnit * .NET Web API, WCF * MSSQL, Couchbase * GitHub, TeamCity We are also moving towards microservices and containerization with Docker. YOU ARE GOOD AT * .NET C# with knowledge of the ASP.NET Web API * Implementing distributed and multi-tier/microservices systems * Collaborating with teams to create awesome features * Communicating in English EXTRA AWESOME * Experience with coaching and mentoring junior colleagues * .NET Core * Docker * NServiceBus / Kafka / RabbitMQ * DevOps experience   WHAT WE OFFER * Monthly Allowance for Lunch * Private & Life Plan Insurance for you and your family * Team Building Budget * Annual Wellness Allowance * Corporate Travel Insurance * Events and initiatives both Local (Quarterly Meetings) and Global * Professional Development Programs & Internal Career Opportunities * Milestone Birthday At Betsson Group we work with a Hybrid Work From Home (WFH) model, giving you the flexibility of working 3 days in the office and 2 days at home. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED?  Check out the Betsson Group Blog to find out what our employees are talking about. By submitting your application, you understand that your personal data will be processed as set out in our Privacy Policy