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About the Company
My client is a globally established and licensed online sports betting and gaming operator with a long-standing presence in the industry. They deliver high volume, real time products to a worldwide user base and are recognized for their focus on innovation, performance, and technical excellence.
The company operates complex, large scale platforms and offers engineers the opportunity to work on low latency, high throughput systems within a modern, cloud native architecture.
The Role
My client is seeking a Mid/Senior .NET Developer to join their backend engineering team. This role focuses on building and enhancing the core services that support real time trading, risk management, and platform functionality.
This is a hands on Mid/senior role offering a high degree of ownership and influence. You will contribute to architectural decisions, solve open ended technical challenges, and help drive improvements across engineering practices, not just deliver pre-defined tasks.
You will play an active role across the full software development lifecycle, from requirements analysis and design through to deployment, optimization, and production support.
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain scalable and high performance backend systems using Microsoft .NET
Translate business requirements into robust technical solutions
Participate in all stages of the SDLC, including design, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing support
Build and maintain cloud native infrastructure, including containerized workloads and orchestration using Kubernetes
Implement and support CI/CD pipelines
Integrate with:
Message brokers (e.g. RabbitMQ)
Caching technologies (e.g. Redis)
Relational databases
Troubleshoot, optimise, and monitor system performance using logs, metrics, and dashboards
Diagnose and resolve production issues in a real time, high availability environment
Ensure system reliability, scalability, and uptime
Conduct code reviews and contribute to technical design discussions
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior and mid level engineers
Collaborate closely with product, QA, and other engineering teams
Stay up to date with emerging backend, cloud, and distributed systems technologies
Required Skills & Experience
Strong analytical and problem solving skills with excellent attention to detail
Comfortable working in a fast paced, changing environment
Self motivated, proactive, and able to take ownership of technical solutions
Strong communication and collaboration skills
Experience delivering and supporting production systems end to end
Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
Technical Background
Degree or diploma in Computer Science or a related field
5+ years of commercial experience with Microsoft .NET
Strong experience designing and developing scalable, distributed systems
Hands on experience with message driven architectures (RabbitMQ or similar)
Solid experience with Redis
Practical experience using Kubernetes in production environments
Cloud platform experience (Azure preferred, AWS also considered)
Experience with automated testing and modern development practices
Desirable / Nice to Have
Experience with gRPC, WebSockets, or Server Sent Events (SSE)
Exposure to observability tools such as OpenTelemetry
Frontend exposure using React and TypeScript
Why Join?
Work on largescale, real time systems with global reach
Solve complex technical challenges in a performance critical environment
Significant ownership and influence over backend architecture
Join an experienced, engineering led organization with modern tooling and practices
Director of Operations – Online Gaming
Role Overview
The Director of Operations – Online Gaming is a senior leadership role responsible for driving operational excellence, commercial performance, and regulatory compliance across Peermont’s online gaming division. This is a high-impact position with a defined pathway to General Manager within 12–18 months, based on performance.
The role requires a proven operator with strong commercial acumen and leadership capability to build and scale a competitive online gaming business in the South African market.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Strategy
Lead and develop functional heads, building a high-performing, accountable leadership team.
Contribute to executive and board-level strategy, positioning online gaming as a key business unit.
Develop the commercial and strategic capability to transition into the General Manager role.
Operations Management
Oversee day-to-day operations across sportsbook and casino verticals, ensuring performance, uptime, and player experience.
Own operational KPIs, reporting, and performance reviews.
Drive continuous improvement across all operational functions.
Customer Experience & VIP
Lead customer service strategy, ensuring high-quality support, fast response times, and strong resolution processes.
Monitor satisfaction metrics and implement improvements based on insights.
Oversee VIP programme, balancing premium service with commercial sustainability.
Engage directly with high-value players where appropriate.
Compliance & Risk
Ensure full compliance with South African gaming regulations and licensing requirements.
Lead responsible gambling initiatives and maintain regulator relationships.
Oversee fraud, risk, and AML frameworks, ensuring effective detection, mitigation, and reporting.
Balance risk management with customer experience and commercial performance.
Payments
Manage payment operations, ensuring fast, secure, and reliable deposit/withdrawal processes.
Oversee payment providers, optimise performance, and manage commercial terms.
Monitor transaction data to improve conversion and reduce failures.
Experience & Qualifications
Essential:
10+ years in online gaming operations, including senior leadership experience.
Strong knowledge of sportsbook and/or casino operations at scale.
Experience in regulated markets (compliance, licensing, responsible gambling).
Proven leadership and team development capability.
Strong analytical and commercial decision-making skills.
Eligibility to work in South Africa.
Desirable:
Experience in African or emerging markets.
Exposure to both online and land-based gaming.
Familiarity with South African regulatory frameworks.
One of my client is looking for a Senior frontend developer role able to join their offices in London or New Castle (UK).
They build world class apps, middleware and digital products in the global lottery, betting, and gaming space.
Important:
The role is hybrid, 1 day per week at the office is mandatory.
Main Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and maintain high-quality applications across web, mobile, and backend environments depending on project needs.
- Take ownership of technical design and delivery for medium to high complexity features and systems.
- Translate complex requirements into scalable, maintainable solutions.
- Act as a subject matter expert in a primary discipline while contributing across other parts of the stack when needed.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including product, QA, and design.
- Drive improvements in engineering standards, tools, and processes.
- Identify and reduce technical debt while supporting system modernisation efforts.
- Ensure strong performance, scalability, security, and reliability across platforms.
- Lead or contribute to technical initiatives spanning multiple systems.
- Mentor team members and support knowledge sharing and hiring activities.
- Implement testing, monitoring, and observability best practices.
- Contribute to secure development practices and compliance requirements where applicable.
Desired experience:
- Proven experience in a senior engineering role with ownership of complex systems.
- Strong expertise in front-end technologies (JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks) or another core area such as React
- Ability to work beyond a single specialization (T-shaped skillset) — preferred but not strictly mandatory.
- Experience integrating front-end applications with APIs and backend services.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems and cloud environments (AWS preferred).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern delivery practices.
- Experience with performance optimisation, debugging, and observability tools.
- Exposure to legacy systems and modernisation projects is advantageous.
- Knowledge of secure coding practices and common security standards.
- Experience mentoring engineers or influencing technical decisions is beneficial but not mandatory.