Senior Software Engineer (golang)

Senior Software Engineer

Hiire is helping Blip, a leading tech company focused on software engineering solutions for sports entertainment, hire a Senior Software Engineer to join their team.

Blip is a cutting-edge Portuguese tech hub within Flutter Entertainment, delivering software solutions for sports betting and gaming to over 7.6 million monthly customers worldwide. We value autonomy, flexibility, diversity, and continuous learning — empowering you to grow without compromising your work-life balance.

The Role:

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will work autonomously within empowered, multidisciplinary teams to tackle complex challenges. You'll own key areas of the product and technology stack, lead architectural decisions, write high-quality code, and mentor colleagues. Your impact will be felt by millions of users globally.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and build scalable, reliable systems that support high traffic.
• Lead technical initiatives and guide the team on best practices.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
• Mentor and support the growth of other engineers.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver robust solutions.
• Participate in on-call rotations and ensure system stability.

Your Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience with back-end programming (e.g., Golang, C#, Java);
• Experience developing distributed systems and working with messaging platforms (e.g., Kafka, SQS, Kinesis);
• Solid experience with SQL databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL), NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDB, Elasticsearch), and caching systems (e.g., Redis);
• Experience with high-volume data and access platforms;
• Familiarity with infrastructure and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes);
• Experience with cloud platforms, especially AWS;
• Knowledge of observability and performance monitoring tools (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus);
• Familiarity with software engineering best practices, CI/CD, design patterns, and automated testing;
• Proactive, autonomous, and comfortable working in dynamic and fast-changing environments;
• Strong communication skills, with a collaborative mindset and the ability to quickly learn new technologies.
• Ability to provide technical guidance, mentor other team members, and contribute to architectural decisions.

What You Can Expect:

• Company bonus
• Health insurance for you and your household
• Up to 30 days of annual leave + 2 social responsibility days per year
• Work abroad for up to 20 days
• Innovative parental policies and baby kit for new parents
• Flexible working environment
• Mobile allowance – phone + data
• Shares discount
• Meal allowance
• Employee referral program
• Learning and development tools
• Partnerships and discounts

If you want to solve large-scale challenges and shape the future of a global platform, join Blip and make an impact.