Senior Software Engineer – Processing

TxODDS

Senior Software Engineer building scalable, high-performance systems for real-time sports data products. Join TXODDS in shaping technology for the global sports betting industry.

Posted 7/16/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing, building, and maintaining reliable and performant backend services, particularly within Scala and event-driven systems. Proven ability to mentor junior engineers and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions.

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Scala DevelopmentEvent-Driven SystemsProduction System ReliabilitySoftware ArchitectureTechnical Design

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Hard Skills

Backend ServicesData-Processing SystemsDebugging Production SystemsRequirements EngineeringCode ReviewRelease PlanningMessaging TechnologiesStreaming TechnologiesLinux EnvironmentsAI-Assisted Tools

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationMentoringCollaborationAdvocacy for SimplicityChallenging Over-Engineering

Tools & Technologies

KafkaJVM TechnologiesDatabasesEvent-Processing Platforms

Industry Keywords

Production SystemsPerformanceMaintainabilityScalabilityTechnical Judgement

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

KafkaLinuxScala

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You’ll be working on systems where reliability, performance and maintainability matter.
The role combines hands-on development, production ownership and technical judgement.
Lead the design and delivery of robust, scalable solutions using proven tools and patterns.
Design, build and operate event-driven and event-processing systems using appropriate technologies such as Kafka or similar platforms.
Help move custom or hand-rolled systems toward simpler, maintainable, industry-standard approaches where this improves the product.
Maintain and improve existing Scala-based code while advocating for simplicity and efficiency.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure solutions align with business goals.
Mentor and support junior engineers, helping them navigate complexity.
Participate in architectural decisions and requirements engineering.
Make pragmatic use of modern development practices, including AI-assisted tools where they add value.
Ensure systems are performant, reliable and easy to maintain.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong senior software engineering experience in production systems where reliability, performance and maintainability matter.
Experience designing, building, maintaining and operating backend services or data-processing systems.
Experience working with event-driven or event-processing systems, messaging and streaming technologies.
Ability to work effectively in an existing Scala codebase, or strong experience with similar backend/JVM technologies and a willingness to work with Scala.
Practical experience debugging and operating production systems, including working with databases and Linux-based environments.
Experience with software architecture, technical design, requirements engineering, estimation, release planning and code review.
Ability to communicate clearly with developers, product owners, testers, business stakeholders and operational teams.
Ability to challenge over-engineering and advocate for simple, robust, maintainable solutions.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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