Lead Software Engineer - Python | Backend

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Rebet is a cutting-edge social “sports book” that revolutionizes play-for-fun sports predictions by integrating them into a social gaming environment. With a unique blend of promotional play and loyalty rewards, we offer sports enthusiasts a dynamic platform to earn prizes while participating in sports games! We create a social atmosphere throughout the application by allowing users to bet directly against one another through our Easy to Read betting lines and enjoy a full scale social media platform!

As a Lead Software Engineer at ReBet you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining the platform’s core infrastructure. As a technical leader, this individual will be responsible for driving innovation, optimizing system performance, and ensuring the scalability, security, and reliability while collaborating with cross-functional teams, including product, security, compliance, and data analytics.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect & Develop Backend Systems — Design and implement scalable, high-performance backend solutions, ensuring robust APIs for mobile, web, and third-party integrations.
• Ensure Performance, Security & Compliance — Optimize system performance, scalability, and reliability; implement security best practices; ensure compliance with AML, KYC, data privacy, and state-by-state sweepstakes regulations.
• Manage Data Infrastructure — Build and maintain data pipelines to support analytics, fraud detection, geolocation controls, and regulatory reporting.
• Lead & Mentor — Provide technical leadership, guide engineers in best practices, and foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
• Drive Technical Strategy — Lead architectural discussions, evaluate emerging technologies in gaming/fintech/AI fraud detection, and align solutions with long-term company goals.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally — Partner with product, finance, compliance, and support teams to translate requirements into technical solutions and ensure seamless operations.
• Ensure Operational Resilience — Lead incident response for outages or security events, implement proactive monitoring/alerting systems, and conduct root cause analysis for long-term fixes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing, developing, and scaling high-performance backend systems.
• Expert hands-on expertise in Python for backend development, automation, and data processing.
• Skilled in API development, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation.
• Deep understanding of system performance tuning, security protocols, and regulatory compliance (AML, KYC, data privacy).
• Experience with data pipeline design, analytics integration, and geolocation-based access controls.
• Demonstrated leadership in mentoring engineers and making strategic architectural decisions.
• Excellent collaboration skills across product, finance, compliance, and support functions.
• Hands-on experience with incident management, monitoring systems, and root cause analysis.

This position is onsite at our Boston HQ located next to South Station.

• Seniority level
  
  Mid-Senior level

• Employment type
  
  Full-time

• Job function
  
  Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries Software Development and Internet Marketplace Platforms

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