Senior Software Engineer

Posted 2 Days Ago
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Pretoria, Tshwane, Gauteng, ZAF
In-Office
Senior level
Gaming • Sports • Esports
The Role
Lead backend engineering for large-scale online gaming systems: design and maintain microservices, influence architecture, optimize performance, ensure production reliability, mentor engineers, and drive CI/CD and observability.
Summary Generated by Built In

Kick-start your career in the online gaming world and experience the very latest in technology and innovation.

Experience:

 

8+ years of backend software development experience

3+ years in a senior/equivalent role.

Experience building and maintaining microservices at enterprise scale.

Demonstrated impact on architectural decisions, mentorship, and system optimization.

 

Technical Expertise:

 

Platform & Languages:

Expert‑level proficiency in .NET 8+ and C# 12+ (async/await, LINQ, performance tuning, reflection).

Strong experience with Dapper / EF Core, including ORM trade‑offs and performance tuning.

 

Data & Search:

Advanced SQL Server skills: query tuning, indexing, execution plans, statistics.

Deep understanding of ACID, isolation levels, deadlocks, sharding, and partitioning. (Beneficial)

Redis expertise in distributed caching and invalidation strategies. (Beneficial)

Elasticsearch experience (indexing, search and aggregation performance optimizations). (Beneficial)

 

Architecture & System Design:

Microservices design: boundaries, communication patterns, service reliability.

Event‑driven architecture: RabbitMQ, Kafka, or Azure Service Bus.

API design (REST / gRPC), backward compatibility, and versioning strategies.

Strong ability to lead design discussions and influence architecture without formal authority.

 

DevOps, CI/CD & Observability:

Advanced Azure DevOps pipeline design and release management.

Understanding of modern deployment strategies (blue‑green, canary, etc.).

Experience with logging, tracing, and performance monitoring (OpenTelemetry). (Beneficial)

 

Software Quality & Craftsmanship:

Deep experience with testing automation across all testing layers.

Strong understanding of SOLID principles, design patterns, and refactoring practices.

Performance profiling, optimization, and debugging complex scenarios.

 

Production Ownership:

Experience leading incident response, post‑mortems, and operational improvement efforts.

Ability to maintain composure and lead through high‑severity production challenges.

*Please note we will apply relevance to our Talent Management and Talent Development Programme as part of our recruitment process.

*Shortlisted candidates may need to complete an assessment.
 

This position requires trust and honesty it has access to customers financial details - therefore a credit and criminal record check will be conducted. The qualifications identified herein are an inherent job requirement; therefore, a qualification verification check will be done. By applying for this role, and supplying the necessary details, you hereby grant us permission to apply for these checks. This will be done in a confidential manner, and solely for the purposes of verification.

Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks, please deem your application as unsuccessful.

The perfect place to work, play and grow!

Skills Required

  • 8+ years of backend software development experience
  • 3+ years in a senior or equivalent role
  • Experience building and maintaining microservices at enterprise scale
  • Expert-level proficiency in .NET 8+ and C# 12+
  • Strong experience with Dapper and/or EF Core
  • Advanced SQL Server skills (query tuning, indexing, execution plans)
  • Experience with event-driven architectures (RabbitMQ, Kafka, or Azure Service Bus)
  • API design experience (REST and/or gRPC) including versioning and backward compatibility
  • Advanced Azure DevOps pipeline design and release management
  • Deep experience with testing automation across layers and strong software craftsmanship (SOLID, design patterns)
  • Experience leading incident response, post-mortems, and production reliability efforts
  • Redis expertise in distributed caching and invalidation strategies
  • Elasticsearch experience (indexing, search and aggregation performance optimizations)
  • Experience with observability tools/tracing (OpenTelemetry)
  • Willingness to undergo credit and criminal record checks and qualification verification
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The Company
HQ: Gzira
790 Employees

What We Do

Founded in 2006, Betway Group is a proud member of Super Group, who are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker: SGHC). We are a leading provider of innovative and exciting entertainment across sports betting, casino and esports betting. By developing and utilising the very latest technologies, we have remained at the forefront of the online gaming industry, providing innovative and interactive gaming experiences in a fair, safe and responsible environment.  Driven by our shared vision to become the global leader in the online sports betting and casino industry, our people are forward-thinking, team-players who thrive on a collective diversity of skills and backgrounds. We provide our teams with the tools to create market-leading, cutting-edge interactive gaming experiences, from pre-game and live sports betting, to esports and casino.  We bring our people closer to the action – putting them at the heart, making them feel part of it.  We live and breathe our values – these values define how we conduct ourselves in everything we do  shaping how we interact with each other, our customers and our business partners.  If you can imagine yourself in an environment which thrives off collaboration, and where everything is possible, then Betway could be the place for you. So, why not check out our vacancies. 

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