# Senior Backend Software Engineer (PHP/Java) - RaceBets at Betsson Group

Senior Backend Software Engineer (PHP/Java) - RaceBets at Betsson Group in Malta. Posted October 28, 2026.

- Company: Betsson Group
- Location: Malta
- Posted: 2026-10-28
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/betsson/jobs/8330485
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/senior-backend-software-engineer-phpjava-racebets-betsson-group-wya456

## Requirements

- Strong PHP 8+, REST APIs, and SQL in production
- Automated testing and a high quality bar
- Product mindset - clarify requirements, push back when needed, care about outcomes
- Self-starter who collaborates well in a small team
- Mid-level or senior - we care more about mindset and craft than years
- Bonus: Java, Vue/TS, betting/fintech, Symfony components

## Description

Shape the world's top horse racing betting platform

### **The Wow**

Join a team of 12 building RaceBets - a global horse racing product used by millions. We're looking for a product-minded backend developer who ships high-quality features, not just endpoints - someone who asks why, owns outcomes, and cares about correctness in a real-money system. Betting, settlements, payments, and partner integrations - where reliability and performance directly affect the business.

### **A taste of what you will be involved with: **

- REST APIs and backend services in PHP 8+ for our web and B2B platforms

- Feature ownership end-to-end: requirements → implementation → test → release

- Performance, architecture, security, and SQL in a high-traffic, SQL-first codebase

- Third-party integrations (payments, data feeds, partners)

- AI tools to move faster without cutting corners

- (~15%) occasional Java (BetX) - debugging and integration across the PHP/Java boundary

- (Growth) Vue 3 / TypeScript if you want to grow full stack

### **What we are looking for**

- Strong PHP 8+, REST APIs, and SQL in production

- Automated testing and a high quality bar

- Product mindset - clarify requirements, push back when needed, care about outcomes

- Self-starter who collaborates well in a small team

- Mid-level or senior - we care more about mindset and craft than years

- Bonus: Java, Vue/TS, betting/fintech, Symfony components

### **Why join us**

RaceBets: High ownership and direct impact - mostly PHP, with room to grow into Java or frontend.

### **What we offer**

Much like riding a rollercoaster, sometimes life at Betsson can be lightning fast with twists and turns but always FUN! Then again, what else would you expect from a business 75% millennial and 1700 strong, spread across 7 offices with 900 based out of our Malta HQ alone! We recognise it may not be for the faint-hearted, but if you’re a go-getter, initiator and adrenaline junkie, always striving to push the boundaries and challenge yourself, then you’ll fit right in.

 

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