Backend Engineering Team Lead
As a Team Lead – Wallet at Betsson Group, you will lead a team of talented engineers responsible for one of the most critical platforms in our ecosystem – the system that securely handles player balances and financial transactions across our global gaming operations. Wallet platform is one of Betsson’s most critical systems, responsible for maintaining player balances and processing high volumes of real-time financial transactions across multiple regulated markets with strict requirements on correctness, reliability, and consistency. As a Team Lead, you will play a key role in both technical leadership and people leadership, working hands-on with your team to design, build and evolve one of Betsson’s core platforms. This is a hands-on technical leadership role, where you will remain closely involved in architecture and engineering decisions while helping your team grow and succeed. You will join our growing engineering hub in Málaga, collaborating with international teams across Betsson’s global technology organization.
Wallet platform is responsible for the secure and reliable handling of player funds across Betsson’s global operations, supporting deposits, withdrawals, bets, winnings, bonuses and adjustments across multiple products and markets. Because the platform handles player balances and financial transactions, correctness, consistency, and auditability are critical design considerations. As part of this team, you will work on systems that must meet very high standards of: Reliability and consistency, Performance and scalability under high transaction load, Operational stability, Cost-efficient cloud operation. Wallet is a transaction-heavy system with a strong relational database core, and engineers are expected to have strong understanding of backend architecture, data consistency, and performance considerations. You will collaborate closely with Product Managers, Architects, DBAs, and DevOps teams to ensure the platform evolves to meet both business and regulatory needs across multiple jurisdictions.
- Lead and mentor a team of engineers, supporting their growth and development
- Take part in recruiting, onboarding and performance reviews
- Work closely with Product Managers and stakeholders to deliver business and regulatory requirements
- Design and develop backend systems that are scalable, reliable and maintainable
- Contribute to architectural decisions and technology evolution of the Wallet platform
- Collaborate with DBAs and DevOps to ensure optimal system performance and operational stability
- Drive improvements in system performance, reliability and cost efficiency
- Help maintain high engineering standards through code reviews and technical discussions
- Help drive adoption of AI-assisted development tools and workflows to improve productivity, code quality, and engineering practices
- 5+ years of experience in software development (required)
- Experience leading or mentoring teams of software engineers (required)
- Strong leadership and communication skills (required)
- Experience working in Agile development environments (required)
- Excellent knowledge of C# and .NET (required)
- Experience designing scalable backend systems (required)
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and data consistency (required)
- Solid understanding of relational databases, transaction processing, and query performance (required)
- Experience working with high-throughput transactional systems (nice-to-have)
- Experience with cloud-native architectures (nice-to-have)
- Experience in financial, payments, or high-reliability platforms (nice-to-have)
- Interest in modern developer tooling, including AI-assisted software development (nice-to-have)
From a single slot machine in 1963 to a Nasdaq Stockholm-listed organisation with licences across multiple jurisdictions, Betsson has evolved into a diversified, multinational business. Today we employ around 3,000 people representing more than 75 nationalities across +20 locations. Betsson AB is headquartered in Stockholm, while our operational headquarters in Ta’ Xbiex, Malta, drive the day-to-day business under what we refer to as Betsson Group. Our vision is to deliver the best customer experience in the industry. Through a portfolio of leading brands such as Betsson, Betsafe and NordicBet, we offer casino, sportsbook and other gaming products in regulated markets across Europe, South America, North America and Central Asia. Our proprietary technology underpins a scalable model that serves both B2C customers and B2B partners. Sustainability is embedded in our strategy. Responsible growth, customer protection and a commitment to our people and the communities we operate in remain central to how we create long-term value.