We are on a mission to pioneer the world’s next era of play. As we grow across Europe and Latin America, we’re building The Playstack - the technology powering the next generation of sports, gaming, and fan experiences. Join us, and help make it the most widely used platform in the world! From operations, to marketing, to product, we are looking for talented people who will shape how millions of customers play, watch, and connect every day.
The Gaming Platform team at Super owns the core transaction pipeline that powers every gaming interaction across our ecosystem, from spins and sessions to financial transactions.
This platform sits at the heart of our gaming architecture, connecting multiple game providers across jurisdictions. The team is responsible for ensuring high reliability, scalability and performance of this critical infrastructure.
The system is built on Erlang.
What you’ll doAs a Backend Engineer, you will play a key role in building and operating a high-throughput, distributed gaming platform.
Core responsibilities- Transaction Pipeline Ownership
- Develop, maintain and optimise internal services powering the gaming ecosystem.
- Deliver new features, resolve bugs and continuously improve performance across Erlang services.
- Provider Integrations & Configuration
- Integrate and manage configurations for multiple game providers.
- Support provider migrations and upgrades.
- Infrastructure & Platform Engineering
- Manage and optimise Kubernetes workloads within AWS.
- Tune system resources (CPU, memory), Kafka configurations, DynamoDB usage and DNS setups.
- Collaborate with SRE teams on cross-platform reliability and scalability.
- On-call & Incident Response
- Act as an escalation point for production issues.
- Investigate and resolve platform incidents, perform root cause analysis and drive fixes.
- Office hour on-call and out of office hour on-call is possible.
- Scalability & Performance
- Monitor and scale platform capacity during high-traffic campaigns.
- Prevent service degradation and ensure seamless player experience under load.
- Cross-team Collaboration
- Support internal teams (Engagement, Content Integrations, Integration teams) with API usage and transaction behaviour.
- Enable features such as free spins, bonus rounds and other gameplay mechanics.
You’ll contribute to and shape several high-impact initiatives, including:
- Gaming infrastructure improvements and traffic optimisation.
- Provider reliability and integration layers.
- Platform observability and debugging enhancements.
- Grafana enhancements.
- AI-driven development improvements.
- Languages: Erlang (prior experience in other functional languages is a plus, or willingness to learn).
- Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes.
- Data & Streaming: DynamoDB, Kafka.
- Monitoring: Grafana.
- Tools: GitHub, Jira, AI-assisted development tools (e.g. Claude Code).
- Solid understanding of high-availability, low-latency systems.
- Strong backend engineering experience in distributed systems.
- Experience with Erlang (or willingness to learn).
- Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS) and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures (e.g. Kafka).
- Strong debugging and incident management skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-scale production environment.
About Super
We are a global technology group, dedicated to building the future of entertainment and fan-centric experiences. With commercial markets in Brazil, Belgium, Poland, Romania, Greece and Serbia, and a network of offices across Spain, Croatia, Malta, Gibraltar, the Netherlands and the UK, we are a truly international organization. Our purpose at Super has evolved from sports and betting into creating the platform that stretches into the wider world of technology-driven entertainment. With a growing and diverse team of more than 5,000 people, we create immersive, responsible, and personalised experiences for millions of customers worldwide.
Shaping the Future of Play
Everything we do at Super is rooted in doing what is right: for customers, for each other, and for our long-term vision. Our Culture Manifesto is our North Star. It captures our purpose, mission, and the six core beliefs that shape how we think, make decisions, and act every day. Want to explore our culture in more detail? Visit our careers page: super.xyz/careers
Super is committed to the highest standards of compliance, safety, and responsibility. As such, we are active members of the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) and the European Gaming & Betting Association (EGBA).
At Super, we operate as a high-performing team. We hire and grow talent based on ability and potential, regardless of background and identity because we know diverse perspectives, drive better performance.
Skills Required
- Strong backend engineering experience in distributed systems
- Experience with Erlang or willingness to learn
- Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS) and Kubernetes
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures such as Kafka
- Strong debugging and incident management skills
What We Do
We are a tech & entertainment company founded in 2008, with a dream of bringing exciting, technology-powered entertainment in sports & gaming to millions of customers around the world. Our group is present in 10 countries, in terms of operations or tech hubs, with the most important markets being Romania, Belgium, and Poland. The Superbet team gathers more than 4.500 people, acting as the major driving force behind our success. Tech-powered global entertainment platform At Superbet, technology and innovation are at the heart of everything we do. Our tech hubs in Zagreb, London, and Bucharest are focused on developing the best proprietary technology, innovative products, and new ways to engage with our passionate customer base. Following record-breaking years for the Group, we are moving ever closer to our goal of exciting the world. Our plans are big - expanding our presence in Central and Eastern Europe and creating a unique experience for our customers. Our Credentials The world's largest private equity fund, Blackstone Inc., recognized our vision. That's why we received a strategic investment of 175 million euros in 2019. As leaders in compliance and best practices, we are members of the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) and the only company which has won four times the Best Sports Betting Operator in CEE award at the Central and Eastern European Gaming Conference (CEEGC
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