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Polymarket

Senior Backend Engineer, Payments

Manhattan, NY · On-site

$200 - $250/hr

... sports, culture, and current affairs. Built as a peer-to-peer marketplace with no centralized ... About the role Polymarket is looking for a senior backend engineer to build and scale the payments ...

Fubo

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

New York, NY · Hybrid

$215K/yr

Our mission is to deliver premium sports, news and entertainment programming through a best-in ... You'll work closely with a Backend Engineering Manager and collaborate across disciplines ...

Fubo

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

New York, NY · On-site

$215K/yr

Our mission is to deliver premium sports, news and entertainment programming through a best-in ... You'll work closely with a Backend Engineering Manager and collaborate across disciplines ...

bet365

Senior Back-End Engineer, Sports Platform

Denver, CO · On-site

$125K - $155K/yr

As a Senior Back-End Engineer, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining and evolving our US Sports platform. We are building a team and trading platform to help us become a leader in the ...

Blitzy

Senior Backend Engineer

Cambridge, MA · On-site

$160K - $220K/yr

We operate like a professional sports team. We win as a team by holding ourselves and each other to ... Back End Engineer to join our team and take ownership of different parts of our stack. You will be ...

Blitzy

Senior Backend Engineer

Cambridge, MA · On-site

$150 - $200/hr

About the Role We're looking for a Senior Back-End Engineer to take real ownership across our stack ... We operate like a professional sports team. We win as a team by holding ourselves and each other to ...

FloSports

Staff Software Engineer, Backend

FloSports is the leading digital platform for underserved sports, combining live and on-demand ... As a Staff Backend Engineer at FloSports, you'll be a key technical leader shaping how our backend ...

Polymarket

Staff Backend Engineer, Services

New York, NY · On-site

$250K - $500K/yr

... sports, culture, and current affairs. Built as a peer-to-peer marketplace with no centralized ... As a Staff Backend Engineer on the Services team, you'll be working directly on that infrastructure ...

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As of Sep 9, 2026, the average yearly pay for sports backend engineer in the United States is $147,662.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $124,000.00 and $172,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Senior Software Engineer, Backend

San Francisco, CA • On-site

Sleeper
Software Development • 1 - 10 employees
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$170K - $220K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 18 days ago

Job description

About Sleeper
Sleeper is on a mission to connect people over sports through games and community. As one of the fastest-growing platforms in the fantasy sports and real-money gaming space, we're redefining how sports fans engage-whether it's through season-long leagues, pick'em contests, or real-time interactions with friends.
Our team is lean, passionate, and product-driven. We obsess over user experience and believe that building delightful, fast, and reliable products is the best way to grow. Backed by some of the most respected investors in Silicon Valley, including Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst, we're building the future of sports engagement.
About the Role
We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer - Backend to help us scale the core systems behind our fantasy sports and DFS (Daily Fantasy Sports) offerings. In this role, you'll build and own critical backend services, and collaborate with fellow engineers as we scale to support tens of millions of passionate sports fans.
You'll collaborate cross-functionally to bring innovative features to life-from real-time contest engines and game logic to personalized content and secure, seamless payments. You'll own significant parts of the backend stack and help raise the bar for performance, scalability, and reliability at Sleeper.
What You'll Do
  • Design and build core backend systems that power Sleeper's games and real-time user experiences-fantasy contests, Sleeper Picks, user profiles, leaderboards, and more.
  • Build scalable, distributed systems capable of handling millions of concurrent users with low latency and high availability.
  • Own backend initiatives from concept to deployment, ensuring clean interfaces, well-documented services, and resilient infrastructure.
  • Optimize system performance and proactively address bottlenecks through monitoring, profiling, and capacity planning.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and frontend teams to deliver features that users love.
  • Contribute thoughtful code reviews and help strengthen backend engineering best practices and standards.

Who You Are
  • 5+ years of backend software engineering experience.
  • Proven ability to build and scale distributed systems that serve millions of users in real-time or gaming environments.
  • Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages (e.g., Go, Python, Node.js, Java), and an understanding of trade-offs between them.
  • Solid knowledge of databases (both SQL and NoSQL), caching strategies, and message queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, Pub/Sub).
  • Comfortable designing and maintaining RESTful and/or graphql APIs, data models, and internal tooling.
  • Cloud experience (AWS, GCP, or similar), with familiarity with containers (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes a plus).
  • Strong product mindset-you care about the why, not just the how, and you build with users in mind.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Bonus: Proficiency in Elixir
  • Bonus: Passion for sports, gaming, or building multiplayer or real-time systems.

Why Join Sleeper?
  • Massive Impact - Your work will touch millions of users and help shape the next generation of sports entertainment.
  • High Ownership - We trust our engineers to make high-leverage decisions and drive meaningful outcomes.
  • Startup Agility - Move fast, ship often, and see your work in the hands of users quickly.
  • Culture-First Team - We're a team of builders, thinkers, and sports lovers who value humility, collaboration, and having fun along the way.

What We Offer
  • Competitive salary ($170,000-$220,000) /year not inclusive of stock options and benefits)
  • Equity
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Generous PTO and flexible remote work policy
  • Opportunities for fast career growth in a high-impact role
  • A small, focused team where your contributions truly matter

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