Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems in England

Smarkets is a betting exchange for sports and political events that has handled £37 billion in traded volume since 2010. Our goal is to fix the sports betting industry by creating a transparent platform that offers the best value for users, with not only the best odds but also the latest technology, alongside an amazing customer experience.

As a Tech Lead in our Engineering organization, you are leading a team of software engineers who build, manage, and maintain the services for Smarkets' core exchange functionalities that power our main products Exchange and SBK. You will be responsible for leveraging your team to ensure that our services are responsive, scalable, and performant.

You will be joining the team in a pivotal moment as we are transitioning from a monolithic architecture of our core exchange infrastructure to horizontally scalable architecture which can handle 5 times more throughput.

In details, you will:

• Engineer and optimize exchange solutions, focusing on but not limited to scalability, low latency, reliability, monitoring, security and automation
• Drive sprint planning, including proper scoping of tasks, and execution of the roadmap delivery goals, working alongside our Product Management function
• Set the standard for quality engineering, including improving our engineering processes, to keep our level of excellence high
• Collaborate with other leads and engineering managers, and other stakeholders in the implementation and future development of product roadmap
• Be proactive during incident management with hands-on troubleshooting
• Be the champion of the stack by demonstrating first hand how to implement functionalities in the right way, with an eye to the horizon and your mind on the present
• Ensure the career growth of the engineers in your team as they advance in seniority
• Represent the team in cross-functional meetings and internal events
• Articulate the company vision and strategy to the team; the “why”, the business case, context, benefits any constraints etc
• Eventually directly manage a team of engineers, from junior to seniors as well as hire great people and keep them happy, motivated, and challenged

We’d love to talk if you have:

• Previous experience leading and mentoring exchange-focused engineering teams
• Proven leadership skills, and interest in building and managing technical teams
• 6-8 plus years’ experience in designing, developing, and implementing distributed systems
• Can demonstrate deep knowledge in running services in cloud microservice environments and hands-on experience with Kubernetes
• Familiarity with AWS cloud
• Familiarity with observability principles and tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Sentry Elasticsearch, Jaeger)
• Excellent planning and communications skills and able to lead conversations with development and product teams

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• 6-8+ years of experience building services for low-latency and high-scale products
• 5+ years of experience working with a compiled language - Rust is preferable, but experience with C++ or Go and interest to learn Rust is also acceptable
• Previous experience leading a team technically or directly
• Proven track record working in agile environments
• Demonstrable experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform and Gitlab CI

Our Values:

• Push to win
• Make others better
• Give a shit
• Be a pro
• Bring the energy

We offer a competitive salary package and benefits, along with a dynamic and collaborative work environment. Your work with us will make an impact and your voice will be heard. We are a diverse team with a strong work ethic and plenty of hunger to win. We have designed our benefits offering around Health, Wealth, Lifestyle and Development.

These include:

• Stock options which vests over 4 years
• Pension scheme - An impressive pension scheme via Aviva. We will match 6% if you choose the same
• Health insurance
• Fresh fruit and snacks provided in the office everyday! (tea, coffee, soft drinks also included)
• We’re a member of a cycle-to-work scheme
• £1000 yearly education budget that can be used on courses, conferences, books or training
• 25 days paid holiday + bank holidays to enjoy - you have the choice to carry over 5 days to the next year!
• Flexible working - we want to provide a hybrid model approach to working and provide you with 2 days a week working from home
• 20 days a year of global working - we provide the ability to work from anywhere in the world for up to 20 days a year
• Lunch provided every day in the office

What happens next:

• CV application review - We will review it as quickly as possible
• Let’s chat - Quick chat with our team about your experience and the role
• Technical Interview - Algorithm Screening + Live Coding Pair Programming + System Design Interview
• In Office Interview - “Experience and Mindset” Chat with the Hiring Manager + Lunch with other colleagues in the team

Total compensation for the role up to £150k

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Engineering and Information Technology

Industries: Financial Services, Software Development, and Internet Marketplace Platforms