Staff Engineer
remotestaff
via Ashby
About this role
WHO ARE WE?
Smarkets: Predicting the Future of Betting
Smarkets runs one of the world’s most sophisticated prediction markets, handling over £29 billion in volume since 2010 and engaging 200,000+ traders globally. We’re a technology company that happens to revolutionise betting - from sports to political markets, to delivering the sharpest prices and the fairest odds.
Our stack is designed for scale, reliability, and speed: Linux, Kafka, Postgres, Kubernetes, with Python 3, C++17, and React powering our platform. We build infrastructure that institutions trust while keeping trading accessible to everyone. Our edge? We’ve thrived through every market cycle, competitor, and industry revolution.
At the heart of our success are our people.…
What we'd score you on
reqspace match rubricFive dimensions, recruiter-grade. Upload your resume and we'll generate a written explanation of where you fit and where the gaps are.
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Skills match
For this role: typescript, javascript, python, go, rust…
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Level fit
This role is staff-level. We check your trajectory against it.
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Domain experience
Your work in the role's domain matters more than your years total. We weight recent and direct experience.
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Recency
A skill you used last quarter weighs more than one from five years ago. We grade on recency, not lifetime.
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Location fit
This role is remote-eligible — we factor in your stated location and time-zone overlap.
Score yourself on this role.
Free · no card · written explanation included
Skills in this role
Pulled from the job description. These are the keywords we'll weight when scoring your fit.
typescriptjavascriptpythongorustc++erlangreactnode.jsgraphqlpostgrespostgresqlrediselasticsearchredshiftawss3kubernetesdockerterraformansiblejenkinssentrygrafana