Software Engineer-1

Software Engineer – Research \& Development

Location – Leeds or Dublin

Hybrid working

Permanent

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 interpret 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

What You’ll Do

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.

What You’ll Need

Several years of experience as a software engineer.

Willingness to learn new programming languages if needed

Ideally 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

Bachelors/master’s degree in computer science, engineering or related discipline advantageous

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

£1,000 annual self-development learning fund

Invest via the Flutters Sharesave Scheme

Enhanced parental leave

About Flutter

We are a world leader in online sports betting and iGaming, with a market leading position in the US and across the world.

We have an unparalleled portfolio of the most innovative, diverse and distinctive brands including FanDuel, Sky Betting \& Gaming, Sportsbet, PokerStars, Paddy Power, Sisal, tombola, Betfair, MaxBet, Junglee Games and Adjarabet.

With our global scale and challenger attitude, through which we excite and entertain our customers, in a safe and sustainable way. Using our collective power, the Flutter Edge, we aim to disrupt the sector, learning from the past to create a better future for our customers, colleagues and communities.

We’re working to be an inclusive employer, and we encourage people from all backgrounds, ways of thinking and working to apply. Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences; you don't have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role.

If you need any adjustments to make this role work for you let us know, and we’ll see how we can accommodate them.