The Role
Own backend features and production support for scalable Python and Django services. Build and maintain integrations with KYC, geolocation, payment, and other third-party systems. Implement observability, monitoring, logging, alerting, automated tests, and reliable failure handling. Collaborate with product and engineering teams on integration delivery, support production issues, and participate in on-call rotations.
Summary Generated by Built In
Fliff is the arena for high-upside play. We are dismantling the paywalls of legacy sportsbooks and reimagining the economics of social games to pioneer the next generation of rewards-driven entertainment spanning sports, casino, predictions, collectibles, and beyond.
Powered by a frictionless freemium architecture, Fliff democratizes access and gives millions of players nationwide a real stake, real thrill, and real upside. By combining authentic competitive drive with instant rewards and interactive games, we are turning passive sports fans and casual gamers into active, empowered participants – unlocking the player in everyone.
Powered by a frictionless freemium architecture, Fliff democratizes access and gives millions of players nationwide a real stake, real thrill, and real upside. By combining authentic competitive drive with instant rewards and interactive games, we are turning passive sports fans and casual gamers into active, empowered participants – unlocking the player in everyone.
About The Role
We’re looking for a Senior Python Engineer to join our Integration team, which owns a broad set of critical integrations across the product. The team is responsible for integrations with KYC providers, geolocation services, payment methods, and other external systems that are essential to product operation and user experience.
What You’ll Do
- Take full ownership of backend features and improvements, from design through implementation, deployment, and production support
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend services using Python and Django
- Build and maintain integrations with external systems, including KYC, geolocation, and payment partners, and other third-party services
- Work closely with product and engineering teams to scope and deliver new integrations
- Implement observability across integration flows, including monitoring, logging, and alerting
- Write unit and integration tests to ensure system reliability, prevent regressions, and improve overall test coverage and testing practices
- Support production issues and participate in on-call rotations
What We're Looking For
- At least 5+ years of development experience, with Python as the primary language and strong experience in API and system integrations
- Proven experience integrating third-party APIs, with deep understanding of webhooks, callbacks, idempotency, and failure handling. Payments and KYC integrations are strong plus
- Experience with observability tools to monitor and troubleshoot production integrations
- Strong fundamentals in algorithms, data structures and concurrency
- Experience in architecture design of highly loaded and scalable solutions
- Strong understanding of the full software development lifecycle, from requirements analysis to deployment and production monitoring
Nice To Have
- Experience in early-stage startups and fast-paced engineering environments
- Experience in writing automated tests, measuring test coverage, and defining test automation strategies
- Experience with observability tools such as Datadog, CloudWatch, Grafana
- Experience in sports/betting industries
Skills Required
- At least 5 years of development experience
- Python as the primary programming language
- Strong experience with APIs and system integrations
- Experience integrating third-party APIs
- Understanding of webhooks, callbacks, idempotency, and failure handling
- Experience with observability tools for monitoring and troubleshooting production integrations
- Strong fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, and concurrency
- Experience designing highly loaded and scalable architectures
- Understanding of the full software development lifecycle through deployment and production monitoring
- Payments and KYC integration experience
- Early-stage startup experience
- Experience writing automated tests, measuring test coverage, and defining test automation strategies
- Experience with Datadog, CloudWatch, or Grafana
- Experience in sports or betting industries
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The Company
What We Do
Fliff is a minor leagues for sports bettors. Our social and sweepstakes prediction games offer a new way to have skin-in-the-game that is simpler, interactive, and always free to play. By pairing the social treasures of sports gaming with limitless rewards, sports fans can sweat the game without sweating the losses. Fliff combines the best of social gaming, fantasy sports, and sports betting into a fun and easy to use experience.
