Senior Backend Engineer (PHP/Python)
Team: Engineering
Location: Canada
Commitment: Full Time
Workplace Type: remote
ABOUT BETR
Founded in 2022 by Joey Levy and Jake Paul, Betr has built the world's first real money gaming super app. Our product suite spans Picks, Social Sportsbook, Social Casino, and Arcade, with Predictions launching later this year. Betr Picks launched in September 2023, which has quickly become one of the leading fantasy sports pick 'em products in the U.S. The product is currently available in 34 states. In September 2025, we launched Betr Social Sportsbook and Betr Arcade. Since launch, Betr Social Sportsbook, which is live in 32 states, has been one of the fastest growing products in the industry. Betr Arcade has quickly emerged as a leading skill games platform and is live in 38 states. Betr Social Casino launched in February 2026 and is live in 33 states.
Betr is also the most followed sports gaming company on social media in the world, featuring 24/7 original content created by Betr Media, our internal media division. Betr Media has grown to 2.5M+ followers and 2.4B impressions since launching in 2022.
Betr has one million paying users and is one of the fastest growing companies in the industry. We're backed by Fuel Venture Capital, Aliya Capital Partners, IA Sports Ventures, FinSight Ventures, Florida Funders, Harmony Partners, 8vc, and other top-tier investors.
What You'll Do:
- Build amazing consumer experiences, taking responsibility for code quality, scalability, reliability and performance
- Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to understand business requirements and translate them into technical specifications
- Excel in working in a collaborative team environment (5+ developers) on a large-scale PHP/Laravel codebase
- Have strong communication skills, the ability to articulate complex and technical concepts across teams, & understand the value of over communication (engineering teams succeed and fail based on the level of communication)
- Practice disciplined software engineering, are passionate about writing clean, readable code, & are constantly striving to improve the code you encounter
- Have experience working in a scrum environment, understand, and want to contribute to our continuous efforts to improve our development infrastructure and processes
- Have the ability to work remotely on complex problems
- Be a self-starter with a positive attitude!
About You:
- 7+ years of professional backend development experience
- Expert-level proficiency in PHP and deep experience with the Laravel framework
- Professional experience or strong proficiency in Python
- Understand the value of writing unit tests
- Experience working remote
- Knowledge of database design and SQL
- Detail oriented with the ability to manage & ensure quality work (completeness & accuracy)
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively
- Self-motivated and able to drive initiatives from end-to-end
- An entrepreneurial mindset with excellent organizational skills, the ability to be flexible, & prioritize responsibilities
Bonus Points For:
- An interest in or experience with DevOps practices and tools (e.g., CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS)
- Experience with asynchronous programming
- Experience with Kotlin or Java
- A lifelong, passionate sports fan with a deep understanding of how to engage fans
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