Legend14d ago

Staff Software Engineer - Node.js

LondonFull-timelead

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Overview

About Legend At Legend, we're building next-level player experiences. With 20+ years of proven success we’re the world's leading Sports and Gaming marketing company. Our people are our edge.

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Software EngineerSoftware Engineering

About Legend

At Legend, we're building next-level player experiences. With 20+ years of proven success we’re the world's leading Sports and Gaming marketing company.

Our people are our edge. 600+ sharp, ambitious Legends across 22+ countries who move fast, learn quickly and win together. Here growth isn’t a perk, it’s the standard. You’ll stretch, level-up and carve out a career as bold as the products we build. We celebrate wins and create experiences that people talk about for years - for our players & for each other. If you’re ready to shape the future of player experience and enjoy the ride while you do it, this is where you’ll thrive.

The Role

Legend is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for the shared capabilities and commercial services business unit. The ideal candidate will contribute to the present and the future evolution of the product and engineering capabilities at the heart of the entire portfolio of Legend. You will work on features at the core of our strategy and drive immediate business impact. You will help shape the future of the Engineering chapter by driving best practices. If you’re looking for immediate and tangible impact, this is the position for you!

In this role, we value diverse perspectives and encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every qualification listed.

Take part and lead decisions for the major capabilities, helping teams translate business and product needs into clear, practical technical roadmaps.

Serve as a product-engineering subject-matter expert (SME) for the domain, mapping capabilities into well defined domains and ensuring they deliver required business and product services within the wider technical platform.

Lead by example through hands-on coding, creating new capabilities or evolving existing ones and driving adoption of best software engineering principles and practices, alongside continuous mentorship and guidance to the teams.

Own end-to-end product features, including all operational aspects and guaranteeing business and product scalability and reliability.

Shape the end-to-end technical architecture, implementing high-quality, maintainable systems and APIs across multiple domains.

Communicate complex solutions clearly to stakeholders inside and outside the area, while embedding a strong product engineering culture across teams.

Hands-on experience delivering large-scale, customer-facing software, with a strong focus on backend services and how to integrate application and data

Demonstrated success applying Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles and an API-first mindset on multi-tenant platforms.

Deep background as a full-stack engineer, consistently using best-practice design principles such as SOLID, GRASP, and common design patterns.

Significant proficiency in at least one backend-heavy language (e.g., Java, .NET/C#, Kotlin, Python, Go, Node.js), with a specific preference for candidates experienced in Node.js and TypeScript.

Proven product engineering mindset - able to translate requirements into clear technical designs, produce well-defined roadmaps, and deliver high-quality implementations.

Bonus points for:

Knowledge of AWS Cloud design principles and infrastructure

LLM Experience

1st: Initial Chat with Talent Partner (30-45 mins via Zoom)

2nd: Technical Interview with our team focusing on a system design test (1 hour video via Zoom)

3rd: Technical Interview focusing on Pair Programming with a Senior Technical Architect (1.5hrs hour video via Zoom)

4th: Values Interview with business stakeholders you’ll work closely with (1 hour video via Zoom)

Final: Leadership Interview with the team including our CTO (45 mins video via Zoom)

Super smart colleagues to work alongside and learn from.

Engaging development opportunities at all levels.

Tailored flexibility for your work-life balance.

Annual discretionary bonus to reward your efforts.

Paid annual leave PLUS a well-deserved break to recharge your batteries during the festive season! Our offices are closed between Christmas and New Year's, allowing you to enjoy downtime without dipping into your annual allowance.

Exciting global Legend events, where we unite in person to ignite our shared passion and unveil the exciting strategies for the year ahead!

Unlock your full potential by joining the Legend team. To support you on this journey, we provide an extensive array of benefits and perks, as outlined in our global offerings above. For country specific benefits please reach out to your Talent Partner.