Software Engineer-1

Research and Development Software Engineer

Location: Leeds/London/Dublin

What’s the role about:

At Flutter Group, we design, build, and run a world-class global sports betting platform for the largest online betting company in the world. Our technology powers sports betting for over 20 in-house brands and B2B customers, running 24/7, 365 days a year, across the globe.

We’re looking for Software Engineers to join our Research and Development team within Global Sportsbook and Trading. Our Sports and Trading platform is already an industry leader—generating, pricing, distributing and managing the risk on nearly one million sports events per year—but we’re always pushing to do better. We are always innovating, always challenging ourselves. The R&D team’s challenge is to explore new technologies and the value they can bring, to help shape the future of sports betting technology.

What you’ll be working on:

Sports betting is a fast-paced, highly competitive industry. Key focus areas with GST include:

Generating exciting betting opportunities for our customers, staying ahead of our competitors.
Generating accurate pricing, and liability management tools to protect our business.
Building the best in class tech stack that delivers both, while continuously scaling and evolving with the business.

The R&D team will explore modern technologies in the context of solving real business challenges for the GST team. We will deliver real insights on the potential value of these technologies that enable informed decisions on our tech strategy.

Is this you?

You love to innovate and experiment with new technologies.
You have a passion for solving complex problems with technology
You have the analytical approach and an interest in critical thinking that helps you develop research hypotheses and interprete experimental findings.
You start by understanding problems from multiple perspectives
You’re highly motivated and manage your own time well
You understand that it’s the value you create and what you contribute that matters, not how long you spend working
You have the confidence to ask a question, that you know others want answered.
You expect others to show trust in you, but you understand it works both ways
You’re an empowered, pragmatic decision-maker who balances risk against rewards
You take pride in and demonstrate ownership for what you deliver

Responsibilities:

Contribute to the development and execution of research experiments that will inform the GST future roadmap
Document and interpret complex research findings to answer critical business questions.
Effectively communicate within the team and also showcase the team’s research within the department
Adhere to the teams standards in terms of engineering practices and code quality, maintainability and testability.
Show eagerness to learn new tools & technologies
Be flexible to changing requirements and priorities, while managing own task list and time
Be a team player – put the team above the individual and take responsibility for the team’s reputation
Troubleshoot and debug experimental processes
Contribute to the on-going evolution and continuous improvement of the team
Comply with all data security and governance requirements within the organisation.

Experience and Qualifications Required:

Bachelors/Master's degree in computer science, engineering or related discipline
3+ years of experience as a software engineer.
Including experience in Python coding or comparable programming languages
Experience in a start-up environment or research focused area is a bonus.
Hands-on experience working with AWS Cloud Services or equivalent public cloud providers.
Knowledge of cloud SDKs for deploying and managing services.
Knowledge of data storage, pipeline and analytics services is a bonus
Experience of working in a DevOps CI/CD environment.
Familiarity with, and interest in working with Generative AI
Bonus for experience working with e.g.
OpenAI SDKs
RAG workflows
Agentic workflows
Experience in data science / machine learning is a bonus

What’s in it for you

We are a flexible employer; whether you have personal commitments or a hobby that brings you joy, we want you to bring your best self to work and feel empowered to do so. We also like to share our success; after all you make it happen. We have an excellent benefits package that can be personalised to you:

Bonus scheme
Uncapped holiday allowance
Enhanced pension scheme
Private healthcare
Life assurance
Income protection
Hybrid working
£/€1,000 annual self-development learning fund
Invest via the Flutters Sharesave Scheme
Paid volunteering days
Enhanced parental leave
Wellbeing fund (£/€250 a year)
Recognition programs
Gym membership, discounts, vouchers and much more!

Equal opportunities

At Flutter, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds, ways of thinking, and working to apply.

We are committed to including everyone regardless of their race, disability, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, and religion.

Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences; you don’t have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role.

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