Senior Software Engineer

The Sports Super Tribe is comprised of 5 self-sufficient tribes, encompassing over 60 squads of Engineers, QA, and associated roles across Porto, Dublin and Leeds. Together, we are dedicated to delivering fast, distinctive, dynamic, and trusted sports betting experiences, each tribe driven by a clear vision to develop best-in-class customer experiences.
Providing operational support for the SBG Free to Play apps (web, mobile, and native) and the Sports Generosity systems for all UKI region brands: Sky Betting and Gaming, Paddy Power, Betfair, and Betfair International / Brazil.
As a Senior Software Engineer for front-end , you will work in empowered, multidisciplinary teams, autonomously tackling complex challenges that provide the very best experiences and products for a growing community of millions of players. Your work focuses on complex, ambiguous problem areas in existing or new software initiatives. You take the long-term view. You're passionate about code quality, security, and scalability to ensure our systems meet end-user needs and business objectives, balancing technical ideals with commercial realities. You'll champion non-functional requirements (monitoring, alerting, logging) for optimal system performance and user experience and drive continuous integration and delivery. You can take the lead on large projects that require the work of your team. You know how to divide a software project into parallel work that can be performed by you and other software engineers and then reassembled successfully into a cohesive launch.
You enjoy coaching and developing other Software Engineers' technical skills.
Solid experience building and designing highly scalable, fault-tolerant and always-available systems
Building Web apps using React (JavaScript/ReactJS/Typescript)
Building mobile apps using Swift, Kotlin, and React Native.
Good grasp on relational, and non-relational databases, messaging queues and concurrency.
Architectural & Engineering Leadership: Owning system architecture, providing design guidance, and driving best practices across security, quality, and operational excellence.
Exemplary Code & Quality: Delivering simple, high-quality code that sets standards and motivates the team.
Resolving root causes of endemic problems, removing bottlenecks, and building consensus across discordant views.
Providing excellent customer support and ensuring system performance meets user needs.
Our product’s frontend is developed using React, PHP, Node.js, and JavaScript. As a senior engineer, you’ll be expected to contribute to architectural decisions, mentor others, and lead by example — while also working with Java in parts of the stack where integration is required.
You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams and engage with a broader technology ecosystem that includes Java, TypeScript, AWS, Kafka, Spring, MySQL, and Kubernetes, so familiarity with backend and infrastructure concepts is a plus.
We also develop and maintain mobile applications (iOS and Android) using technologies like Swift, Kotlin, and React Native. Any experience or interest in mobile development would be highly valuable, as it helps us collaborate more effectively across teams and deliver a consistent product experience.
Twice-yearly bonus (with part of it guaranteed)
~ Unlimited Holiday
~ Pension contribution scheme
~ Private healthcare
~ Hybrid Working -
~ Invest via the Company Sharesave Scheme

Our division operates four of the most popular and trusted brands in the market: Sky Betting and Gaming, Tombola, Betfair and Paddy Power.
Together the Flutter UK&I brands offer market leading entertainment to millions of customers every single week Over the last couple of decades, they have all ridden the wave of digital betting with industry firsts like ‘cash-out’, ‘Request a Bet’, betting exchanges and free to play games like Soccer Saturday Super 6.
From the people you spend your days with, to the ground-breaking projects, no two days will be the same.
With a philosophy of ‘Together We Are More’ our 7,000+ colleagues come together to form an expert community across technology, product, commercial, data, infrastructure, marketing, and a myriad of subject areas.
We listen without judgement, encourage & support, and help build others up.