Senior Java Software Engineer
We’re a sports media network, focused on building and nurturing a portfolio of highly engaged and connected communities of sports fans and bettors to create value for our partners. We empower sports fans with real-time intelligence, premium independent content, and unique tools so they can compete in the sports betting game. FairPlay Sports Media is a collection of market leading brands including oddschecker, WhoScored, SuperScommesse, FairPlay Technologies and Confido. In addition, FairPlay has a vast network across the sports tech and media industries through our partnerships including Reach, Gazzetta dello Sport, DAZN, SportsGrid and The Jockey Club amongst others. iGaming is one of the fastest-growing and most technologically innovative sectors, and we're on top of our game, powered by market-leading tech and driven by brilliant people. We champion diversity and operate an open and inclusive culture as well as being focused, fast-paced, and always making sure to have fun along the way. So why not join us at FairPlay and be part of something bigger… The Senior Backend Java Engineer within the Sports Data team is responsible for building and maintaining the backend services that ingest, process, and enrich sports data feeds used across the company’s products and partner integrations. These services form a core part of the company’s platform infrastructure and support products such as OddsChecker+ as well as widgets delivered to strategic partners including Fox Sports. You must be based in Lithuania for this role and have a valid working permit. The position is fully remote, and you’re welcome to work from any city in Lithuania. If you prefer, you can also come into our Vilnius office 1–2 days a week - completely optional.
- Design and implement scalable backend services in Java for sports data ingestion and processing
- Maintain and improve data processing pipelines that enrich and distribute sports data across internal platforms
- Ensure reliability, scalability, and observability of backend services that power core company products
- Work closely with the Tech Lead on system architecture and technical direction
- Collaborate with frontend teams and product teams to ensure data services support product features
- Investigate and resolve production incidents related to data feeds and processing pipelines
- Conduct code reviews and contribute to engineering standards and best practices within the team
- Strong Java 8+ experience, databases and web development in general
- Strong software Engineering skills
- ElasticSearch
- Redis
- SQL/NoSQL
- Kubernetes deployement, GCP or platforms from other cloud providers
- Network routing CloudFlare and Nginx
- Monitoring systems particularly Grafana
- End-to-end integration of systems
- Have been working with large scale backend systems (1M DAU)
- Open and not afraid to help out where it is needed
- Strong knowledge of web protocols, application servers and web servers
- Strong Computer Science fundamentals, design patterns and object-oriented knowledge
- Design, architect, test, document and implement features in our core services
- Deliver high-quality and well-structured code
- Git, gradle, maven, CI/CD, Cloud build knowledge is a must
- Development experience in PHP based systems (Desirable)
- Strong experience in DevOps (Desirable)
- Event driven systems (Desirable)
- Worked with headless CMS such as Contentful (Desirable)
- Agile practices and evangelist (Desirable)
- A competitive benefits and salary package as well as bonus consideration
- Remote-working supported by a trusted and experienced infrastructure
- The opportunity to work in a sports-related and technology focused company
- Salary (90,000 EUR gross annual)
- Health Insurance (one of the best in the market)
- Accident Insurance
- Social Events
- Snacks and beverages all day
- Pet-friendly office
- Bicyclestorage and showers
FairPlay Sports Media is a global sports media network that builds and engages communities of sports fans and bettors to create value for its betting, advertising and media partners. Previously known as Oddschecker Global Media, it rebranded in 2024 and traces its origins to oddschecker, which launched in 1999. Its portfolio includes oddschecker, WhoScored, vime, the Confido Network and CasinoSmash, processing around 100 million data updates per week and reaching over 100 million unique users monthly. Headquartered in London, the group works with more than 100 partners worldwide.
