Description:

Fliff unpacks sports gaming into social, free-to-play games for all types of sports fans.
The company has built a social sports gaming experience that allows users to compete for leaderboard positioning, achieve badges, and build their status within the game.
Fliff is pioneering play-for-fun sports gaming, with a flagship social sportsbook experience that includes sweepstakes promotions and loyalty rewards.
The company provides sports fans with fun, engaging, and free-to-play alternatives to real money gaming.
Fliff is seeking a skilled Staff Software Engineer to join their growing team.
The role involves being part of a cross-functional team responsible for the full software development life cycle, from conception to deployment.
Responsibilities include designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance distributed systems using Python and Django, collaborating with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features, and architecting scalable solutions to handle large volumes of traffic.
The engineer will write clean, maintainable, and efficient code, optimize backend systems for maximum performance, scalability, and reliability, and write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to ensure software quality and reliability.
Mentoring junior engineers and participating in code reviews is also part of the role.

Requirements:

Candidates must have 7+ years of overall software development experience.
Experience with distributed systems and microservices is required.
A strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and best practices is necessary.
Proficiency in Python and Django is essential.
Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka in a production environment is required.
Experience using AWS or another cloud provider is necessary.
Excellent communication and problem-solving skills are a must.

The position offers a competitive compensation package.
There is an opportunity for professional development in a dynamic, global setting.
The workplace is supportive, collaborative, and knowledge-driven.
The role is engaging and challenging, providing the freedom to innovate and develop effective software solutions.