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Backend Engineering Team Lead at Betsson Group · Málaga
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Job Description
The Wow
As a Team Lead – Wallet at Betsson Group, you will lead a team of talented engineers responsible for one of the most critical platforms in our ecosystem – the system that securely handles player balances and financial transactions across our global gaming operations.
Wallet platform is one of Betsson’s most critical systems, responsible for maintaining player balances and processing high volumes of real-time financial transactions across multiple regulated markets with strict requirements on correctness, reliability, and consistency.
As a Team Lead, you will play a key role in both technical leadership and people leadership, working hands-on with your team to design, build and evolve one of Betsson’s core platforms.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role, where you will remain closely involved in architecture and engineering decisions while helping your team grow and succeed.
You will join our growing engineering hub in Málaga, collaborating with international teams across Betsson’s global technology organization.
ABOUT THE JOB
Wallet platform is responsible for the secure and reliable handling of player funds across Betsson’s global operations, supporting deposits, withdrawals, bets, winnings, bonuses and adjustments across multiple products and markets. Because the platform handles player balances and financial transactions, correctness, consistency, and auditability are critical design considerations.
As part of this team, you will work on systems that must meet very high standards of:
Reliability and consistency
Performance and scalability under high transaction load
Operational stability
Cost-efficient cloud operation
Wallet is a transaction-heavy system with a strong relational database core, and engineers are expected to have strong understanding of backend architecture, data consistency, and performance considerations.
You will collaborate closely with Product Managers, Architects, DBAs, and DevOps teams to ensure the platform evolves to meet both business and regulatory needs across multiple jurisdictions.
YOUR DAY-TO-DAY
As a Team Lead and Backend Engineer, you will:
Lead and mentor a team of engineers, supporting their growth and development
Take part in recruiting, onboarding and performance reviews
Work closely with Product Managers and stakeholders to deliver business and regulatory requirements
Design and develop backend systems that are scalable, reliable and maintainable
Contribute to architectural decisions and technology evolution of the Wallet platform
Collaborate with DBAs and DevOps to ensure optimal system performance and operational stability
Drive improvements in system performance, reliability and cost efficiency
Help maintain high engineering standards through code reviews and technical discussions
Help drive adoption of AI-assisted development tools and workflows to improve productivity, code quality, and engineering practices
Our teams are cross-functional, and engineers collaborate closely across disciplines to deliver high-quality systems.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
5+ years of experience in software development
Experience leading or mentoring teams of software engineers
Strong leadership and communication skills
Experience working in Agile development environments
Excellent knowledge of C# and .NET
Experience designing scalable backend systems
Strong understanding of distributed systems and data consistency
Solid understanding of relational databases, transaction processing, and query performance
Nice to have
Experience working with high-throughput transactional systems
Experience with cloud-native architectures
Experience in financial, payments, or high-reliability platforms
Interest in modern developer tooling, including AI-assisted software development.
WHAT DOES OUR TECH STACK LOOK LIKE?
At Betsson we continuously evolve our technology stack. Our current backend ecosystem includes:
C# / .NET
Microservice architectures
AWS, Kubernetes, Docker
MS SQL / PostgreSQL
Apache Kafka
Observability tooling (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Coralogix)
GitHub and modern CI/CD pipelines
What we offer
Much like riding a rollercoaster, life at Betsson can be lightning fast with twists and turns but always exciting.
With more than 2,800 colleagues representing over 75 nationalities across a global network of offices, every day brings new opportunities to learn, innovate and grow.
We encourage innovation, independence and collaboration, and you will be part of a diverse international company where your ideas and technical expertise make a real impact.
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