At Trivelta, we build the technology that powers modern experiences partnering with online sports betting & casino operators to launch their own fully customized branded, legally compliant iGaming platforms and products that drive engagement, retention, and revenue. Through our proprietary sports-book and casino engine, we enable partners to offer real social interactions, predictive gameplay, and casino entertainment in one unified experience.

The Role

As a Lead Backend Software Engineer you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining the platform’s core infrastructure. As a technical leader, this individual will be responsible for driving innovation, optimizing system performance, and ensuring the scalability, security, and reliability while collaborating with cross-functional teams, including product, security, compliance, and data analytics.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect & Develop Backend Systems — Design and implement scalable, high-performance backend solutions, ensuring robust APIs for mobile, web, and third-party integrations.
• Ensure Performance, Security & Compliance — Optimize system performance, scalability, and reliability; implement security best practices; ensure compliance with AML, KYC, data privacy, and state-by-state sweepstakes regulations.
• Manage Data Infrastructure — Build and maintain data pipelines to support analytics, fraud detection, geolocation controls, and regulatory reporting.
• Lead & Mentor — Provide technical leadership, guide engineers in best practices, and foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
• Drive Technical Strategy — Lead architectural discussions, evaluate emerging technologies in gaming/fintech/AI fraud detection, and align solutions with long-term company goals.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally — Partner with product, finance, compliance, and support teams to translate requirements into technical solutions and ensure seamless operations.
• Ensure Operational Resilience — Lead incident response for outages or security events, implement proactive monitoring/alerting systems, and conduct root cause analysis for long-term fixes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing, developing, and scaling high-performance backend systems.
• Expert hands-on expertise in Python for backend development, automation, and data processing.
• Skilled in API development, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation.
• Deep understanding of system performance tuning, security protocols, and regulatory compliance (AML, KYC, data privacy).
• Experience with data pipeline design, analytics integration, and geolocation-based access controls.
• Demonstrated leadership in mentoring engineers and making strategic architectural decisions.
• Excellent collaboration skills across product, finance, compliance, and support functions.
• Hands-on experience with incident management, monitoring systems, and root cause analysis.

 Requirements

• Ownership mindset — You take full responsibility for your systems and decisions, proactively identifying problems before they escalate.
• Clear communicator — You can translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders across product, compliance, and business teams.
• Resilience under pressure — You stay calm and focused during incidents, leading your team through ambiguity without losing sight of priorities.
• Team multiplier — You genuinely invest in the growth of the engineers around you, making the whole team stronger over time.
• Adaptability — You thrive in fast-moving environments where requirements change and you embrace new challenges as opportunities.

Trivelta builds the technology that powers a modern online sports betting & casino platform that operators use to launch and offer their own fully customized branded, legally compliant iGaming platforms and products that drive engagement, retention, and revenue. Through our proprietary sports-book and casino engine, we enable partners to offer real social interactions, predictive gameplay, and casino entertainment in one unified experience.

As a Senior Backend Software Engineer (Python) operating from our Monterrey office, you will be instrumental in designing, developing, and maintaining the core infrastructure of our platform. You will take ownership of high-performance backend systems, drive technical excellence, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable solutions that support our growth and compliance needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Design & Develop Backend Systems — Build scalable, resilient APIs and backend components supporting web, mobile, and third-party integrations.
• Optimize Performance, Security & Compliance — Enhance system performance, implement security best practices, and ensure adherence to AML, KYC, data privacy, and gaming regulations.
• Data Infrastructure & Analytics — Develop and maintain data pipelines for analytics, fraud detection, geolocation, and regulatory reporting.
• Technical Ownership & Collaboration — Collaborate with product, security, compliance, and data teams to translate requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Operational Excellence — Participate in incident response, monitoring, and root cause analysis to ensure system stability and security.
• Mentorship & Innovation — Share knowledge with team members, promote best practices, and explore emerging technologies relevant to gaming, fintech, or AI fraud detection.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in designing, building, and scaling high-performance backend systems.
• Strong expertise in Python for backend development, automation, and data processing.
• Proficiency in API development, CI/CD processes, and infrastructure automation.
• Experience in data pipeline architecture, analytics, and geolocation-based access controls.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and contribute to architectural decisions.
• Familiarity with security, compliance (AML, KYC, data privacy), and system performance tuning.
• Excellent collaboration skills across cross-functional teams.

This position is onsite at our Monterrey office located in the Corporativo Santa Maria complex.

Trivelta builds the technology that powers modern online sports betting and casino platforms that operators use to launch and offer their own fully customized, branded, and legally compliant iGaming products that drive engagement, retention, and revenue. Through our proprietary sportsbook and casino engine, we enable partners to offer real social interactions, predictive gameplay, and casino entertainment in one unified experience.

Based in Boston with global offices, we deliver advanced tools for sportsbook, casino aggregation, PAM (Player Account Management), and poker that help operators launch, manage, and scale their platforms with confidence.

As a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, you will be instrumental in designing, building, and maintaining the core platform that powers our sportsbook and casino experiences end to end. You’ll work across backend systems and user-facing applications, translating product and design concepts into scalable APIs, robust data flows, and polished interfaces used by thousands of players.

This is a hands-on senior role for engineers who are comfortable moving quickly, communicating clearly, mentoring others, and thinking holistically about product, reliability, and long-term maintainability.

What you’ll do

• Design and implement end-to-end features across backend services and frontend applications, from data models and APIs in Python to responsive interfaces in React and TypeScript.
• Build scalable, resilient APIs and backend components that support web, mobile, and third‑party integrations, with a focus on performance, observability, and reliability.
• Develop and maintain user-facing features in React and Next.js, optimizing for responsiveness, performance, and cross-device compatibility.
• Collaborate closely with product, design, security, compliance, and data teams to translate requirements into technical solutions that balance speed, quality, and regulatory needs.
• Contribute to and evolve our component library and design system, ensuring consistency across the platform and accelerating development for the broader engineering team.
• Develop and maintain data pipelines that power analytics, fraud detection, geolocation, and regulatory reporting, ensuring data accuracy and timely insights.
• Champion performance, security, and compliance (including AML, KYC, and data privacy) across the stack, working proactively to identify and mitigate risks.
• Participate in incident response, monitoring, and root‑cause analysis, helping maintain system stability and a high‑quality player experience.
• Mentor and support other engineers, sharing best practices, reviewing code, and helping elevate the overall technical bar of the team.
• Influence product direction by thinking from first principles about user experience, business impact, edge cases, and the tradeoffs between under‑ and over‑engineering in a fast‑paced environment.

What you’ll bring

• Proven experience designing, building, and scaling high‑performance backend systems in Python or similar languages, including APIs, services, and data processing pipelines.
• Strong proficiency with React, TypeScript, and modern frontend tooling, including experience with frameworks such as Next.js & TanStack.
• Comfort owning the full lifecycle of a feature: from discovery and technical design to implementation, rollout, and iterative improvement in production.
• Experience with CI/CD practices and infrastructure automation, and a solid understanding of how code ships and runs in production environments.
• Familiarity with data pipeline architecture, analytics, and geolocation‑based access controls, or a strong willingness to learn these quickly.
• Understanding of security and compliance requirements (AML, KYC, data privacy) and how they influence system design and implementation.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor developers, contribute to architectural decisions, and drive technical discussions with a clear, pragmatic perspective.
• Excellent communication skills, able to explain tradeoffs, ask clarifying questions, and collaborate effectively with engineers, product managers, and designers.
• A bias toward action, first principles thinking, curiosity, and product awareness: you care about why we’re building something, not just how.

This role operates under a hybrid work model and is based in Monterrey, Mexico.