Staff Software Engineer - Node.js
Legend is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, for the shared capabilities and commercial services business unit. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Significant proficiency in at least one backend-heavy language (e.g., Java, .NET/C#, Kotlin, Python, Go, Node.js), with a specific preference for candidates experienced in Node.js and TypeScript.
- 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
- Super smart colleagues to work alongside and learn from.
- Engaging development opportunities at all levels.
- Tailored flexibility for your work-life balance.
- Annual discretionary bonus to reward your efforts.
- Paid annual leave PLUS a well-deserved break to recharge your batteries during the festive season!
- Our offices are closed between Christmas and New Year's, allowing you to enjoy downtime without dipping into your annual allowance.
- Exciting global Legend events, where we unite in person to ignite our shared passion and unveil the exciting strategies for the year ahead!
Welcome to Legend, the home of next-level player experience. We're pioneering the way that people, explore, play and bet on what they love. The engine behind 25+ world-class brands in Sports & Gaming. Join a 800+ global team, across 10 global hubs, confidently growing world-leading brands. Driven by data, creativity and collaboration, we move fast, learn constantly and deliver excellence at scale. Our formula to becoming the ‘MVP’ in Sports & Gaming = Mindset. Vision. Performance. Legend is a place where high-performers thrive. Where we win as one and celebrate together. If you're ready to raise the bar, we want to meet you.
