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Staff Software Engineer

Slovakia·BratislavaRemoteFull-timesenior

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Overview

You must be based in or willing to relocate to Slovakia About Legend At Legend, we're building next-level player experiences.

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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 Senior Software Engineer to help shape the performance, quality and technical evolution of one of our core customer-facing comparison platforms. Working closely with Product and Engineering, you'll lead optimisation initiatives across areas such as Core Web Vitals, application architecture and platform performance, while delivering new features that support our future roadmap.

Drive the technical evolution of our platform, improving performance, scalability and maintainability across our comparison products.

Lead optimisation initiatives focused on Core Web Vitals, page performance, caching strategies and technical architecture, helping us build faster, more reliable customer experiences.

Partner closely with Product and Engineering teams to deliver high-quality features that support key project roadmaps while continually improving the existing platform.

Take ownership of technical audits, identifying opportunities to reduce complexity and modernise legacy systems.

Champion engineering best practices through hands-on development, thoughtful code reviews and mentoring, helping raise the technical bar across the team

Experience building and maintaining large-scale, customer-facing web applications.
Strong PHP development experience alongside modern JavaScript frameworks such as React.
A strong understanding of web performance optimisation, including Core Web Vitals, page rendering, caching strategies and application architecture.
Experience conducting technical audits and translating findings into practical engineering improvements.
A product engineering mindset, balancing technical quality with customer and business outcomes.
Confidence working within legacy systems, identifying opportunities to simplify architecture while delivering incremental improvements.
Comfortable challenging technical approaches and collaborating with stakeholders to find the right solution.

Nice to Have

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Knowledge of SEO-focused or high-traffic content platforms.
Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS) and observability tooling.

Salary from EUR4000 per month

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 global benefits, alongside local perks.

1st: Initial Chat with Talent Partner (30-45 mins via Zoom)
2nd: Technical take home task
3rd: Technical Interview with Hiring Manager and Senior Technical Architect
4th: Leadership and Culture Interview with our CTO and People Partner

Legend is an Equal Opportunity Employer, we’re dedicated to hiring diverse talent - which includes individuals with different backgrounds, abilities, identities and experiences. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout your application process, please speak to your Talent Partner or contact the team on talent@l1.com, and we'll do all we can to support you.