The Role
Lead architecture and delivery of core backend services and APIs, drive technical roadmaps, apply Domain-Driven Design and best practices, mentor teams, own end-to-end product features for scalability, reliability, and operational readiness.
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About Legend
At Legend, we're building next-level player experiences. With 20+ years of proven success we’re the world's leading Sports and Gaming marketing company.
Our people are our edge. 600+ sharp, ambitious Legends across 22+ countries who move fast, learn quickly and win together. Here growth isn’t a perk, it’s the standard. You’ll stretch, level-up and carve out a career as bold as the products we build. We celebrate wins and create experiences that people talk about for years - for our players & for each other. If you’re ready to shape the future of player experience and enjoy the ride while you do it, this is where you’ll thrive.
The Role
Legend is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for the shared capabilities and commercial services business unit (Nitro). The ideal candidate will contribute to the present and the future evolution of the product and engineering capabilities at the heart of the entire portfolio of Legend. You will work on features at the core of our strategy and drive immediate business impact. You will help shape the future of the Engineering chapter by driving best practices. If you’re looking for immediate and tangible impact, this is the position for you!
In this role, we value diverse perspectives and encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every qualification listed.
Your Impact:
- Take part and lead decisions for the major capabilities, helping teams translate business and product needs into clear, practical technical roadmaps.
- Serve as a product-engineering subject-matter expert (SME) for the domain, mapping capabilities into well defined domains and ensuring they deliver required business and product services within the wider technical platform.
- Lead by example through hands-on coding, creating new capabilities or evolving existing ones and driving adoption of best software engineering principles and practices, alongside continuous mentorship and guidance to the teams.
- Own end-to-end product features, including all operational aspects and guaranteeing business and product scalability and reliability.
- Shape the end-to-end technical architecture, implementing high-quality, maintainable systems and APIs across multiple domains.
- Communicate complex solutions clearly to stakeholders inside and outside the area, while embedding a strong product engineering culture across teams.
What You'll Bring:
- Hands-on experience delivering large-scale, customer-facing software, with a strong focus on backend services and how to integrate application and data
- Demonstrated success applying Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles and an API-first mindset on multi-tenant platforms.
- Deep background as a full-stack engineer, consistently using best-practice design principles such as SOLID, GRASP, and common design patterns.
- Proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js preferred - highly skilled in at least one backend language (e.g., Java, .NET/C#, Kotlin, Python, or Go).
- Proven product engineering mindset - able to translate requirements into clear technical designs, produce well-defined roadmaps, and deliver high-quality implementations.
- Knowledge of AWS Cloud design principles and infrastructure
- LLM Experience
Bonus points for:
The Interview Process:
- 1st: Initial Chat with Talent Partner (30-45 mins via Zoom)
- 2nd: Competency Based Technical Interview with our team (1 hour video via Zoom)
- 3rd: Technical Interview focusing on Pair Programming & Architecture Design with a Senior Technical Architect (1.5hrs hour video via Zoom)
- 4th: Values Interview with business stakeholders you’ll work closely with (1 hour video via Zoom)
- Final: Leadership Interview with the team including our CTO (45 mins in our Bratislava office)
Why Legend?
- Starting salary from 3000 EUR per month.
- Super smart colleagues to work alongside and learn from, with company-wide team-building events twice a year, including great entertainment, catering, and accommodation in a beautiful hotel.
- Engaging development opportunities at all levels.
- Tailored flexibility for your work-life balance.
- Exciting global Legend events, where we unite in person to ignite our shared passion and unveil the exciting strategies for the year ahead!
- Unlock your full potential by joining the Legend team. To support you on this journey, we provide an extensive array of benefits and perks, as outlined in our global offerings above. For country specific benefits please reach out to your talent partner.
Legend is an Equal Opportunity Employer, we’re dedicated to hiring diverse talent - which includes individuals with different backgrounds, abilities, identities and experiences. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout your application process, please speak to your Talent Partner or contact the team on [email protected], and we'll do all we can to support you.
Skills Required
- Hands-on experience delivering large-scale, customer-facing backend services and integrating application and data
- Demonstrated success applying Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles and API-first mindset on multi-tenant platforms
- Deep background as a full-stack engineer using SOLID, GRASP, and common design patterns
- Highly skilled in at least one backend language (Java, .NET/C#, Kotlin, Python, or Go)
- Proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js
- Proven product engineering mindset: translate requirements into technical designs, define roadmaps, and deliver high-quality implementations
- Hands-on coding and ability to mentor teams and drive engineering best practices
- Knowledge of AWS Cloud design principles and infrastructure
- Experience with LLMs or related generative AI technologies
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The Company
What We Do
Legend is an innovative online media and technology company dedicated to creating a next-level player experience. The company builds world-class brands in Sports & Gaming and specializes in diverse areas such as Sports Betting, Personal Finance, and Gaming, catering to a vast global audience of over 105 million users through its digital platforms and services.
