Job Opportunities API

About Us:   Delasport is where technology meets the excitement of sports and gaming! As a proven innovator in iGaming software, we provide everything from platform development to player account management. Our platform is designed to make every player feel like the star of the show, with personalized experiences and cutting-edge technology at its heart.   Since our founding in 2010, we have won multiple international awards and have established a proven track record of excellence, stability, and overall success. This achievement only drives us to reach even greater heights. Currently, we are proud to have over 500 experts across various business fields and several offices in Bulgaria (Sofia and Plovdiv), Ukraine, and Malta.     About The Role:  We are looking for a Java Team Lead  to own and evolve the backend architecture of our Sportsbook platform.   This is a technical  leadership  role combining architectural ownership and hands-on development. You will drive a strong backend team while designing and scaling mission-critical, real-time betting systems operating under extreme load and strict consistency requirements.   This is not a coordination role - you will directly influence system design, performance, and long-term platform evolution.     How You’ll Make an Impact:    Architectural Ownership: Own and evolve the backend architecture, designing scalable, high-performance distributed systems while shaping key strategies around microservices, messaging, data consistency, and long-term technical sustainability.   End-to-End  Responsibility : Drive the full software lifecycle and take ownership of production systems, ensuring reliability, performance, monitoring, and operational excellence.   Event-Driven & Streaming Systems: Manage the Kafka-based event architecture, building high-throughput, low-latency pipelines with strong guarantees around consistency, schema governance, and resilience under heavy load.   Hands-On Engineering: Actively develop critical services in modern Java (21+), reviewing complex code and maintaining high standards in architecture, quality, and maintainability.   Data & Performance: Design and optimize transactional and distributed data models (MySQL, MongoDB), ensuring consistency and eliminating performance bottlenecks.   Team Empowerment: Inspire and mentor backend engineers, drive technical excellence through design reviews, and collaborate closely with Product and DevOps.     Employees may be required to participate in an on-call rotation, ensuring availability outside regular working hours to handle urgent issues as needed as per the On-call policy.      Who You Are:    Experience: 7+ years of hands-on backend development with strong Java expertise, including 2+ years  leading  technical initiatives or engineering teams.   Technical Expertise:Deep knowledge of modern Java (21+), concurrency, JVM, and system design Experience building scalable, high-availability, cloud-native microservices Strong expertise with Kafka and event-driven architectures (stream processing, schema evolution, contract-first messaging) Solid database knowledge: MySQL (transactions, tuning), MongoDB, distributed consistency models Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and observability practices    Soft Skills: Strong communicator, fluent in English,   Mindset: Ownership-driven, taking initiative,  loyal ,  supportive  and comfortable in fast-paced environments.     Nice to Have:   Experience in iGaming, Sportsbook, or real-time transaction