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We are looking for a Principal Backend Engineer (JAVA/PAM) to help build a new-generation platform for a leading online gaming and betting business. This is a great opportunity where you will have significant influence over the architecture, engineering standards, and future backend organisation. You will be hands-on with Java while helping establish the foundations for a platform designed to handle large transaction volumes with high availability, low latency, and strong data integrity. The platform will cover critical areas including player accounts, wallets, payments, transaction processing, bonuses, and compliance-related services. What You'll Do Lead the architecture and development of core backend and platform services. Design and build high-performance transactional systems using Java. Define service boundaries, APIs, data models, integration patterns, and event-driven architecture. Solve complex problems around consistency, idempotency, transaction integrity, scalability, and failure handling. Build systems capable of handling high volumes and demanding sportsbook/betting peaks. Design integrations with payment gateways, payment providers, and third-party platforms. Establish engineering standards around testing, observability, reliability, CI/CD, and code quality. Contribute hands-on code while providing technical leadership and mentoring senior engineers. Help shape the backend engineering organisation as the platform grows. Support the migration from existing third-party technology where required. What We're Looking For 10+ years of backend engineering experience, including significant Staff/Principal-level architecture ownership. Expert Java knowledge and strong understanding of the modern JVM, including performance, concurrency, and memory management. Proven experience building high-throughput, high-performance transactional systems. Experience with wallets, payments, ledgers, account management, billing, trading, or similar money-moving platforms. Strong experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, including performance and scaling. Solid distributed-systems knowledge, including event-driven architecture, Kafka or similar technologies, idempotency, sagas/outbox patterns, and failure handling. Experience taking a greenfield platform from initial architecture through to production. Experience integrating backend platforms with payment gateways and external providers. Excellent English communication skills. Highly Desirable iGaming, sportsbook, PAM, wallet, payments, or wider gaming-platform experience. Experience working in regulated or high-volume transactional environments. Knowledge of KYC/AML, responsible gaming, or regulatory requirements. Kubernetes and cloud experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure). Experience migrating away from a third-party platform. PAM experience is a strong advantage, but not essential. Exceptional candidates with deep expertise in high-throughput transactional systems, JVM performance, database optimisation, and distributed systems are encouraged to apply. What’s Offered Fully remote work from EU in a B2B contract (candidates must have their entities in EU) Bonus + Long term incentive (LTI) Budget for hardware, tooling, and professional development. Genuine ownership and the opportunity to help build the future backend organisation.

Senior Sales Role -  SaaS Provider iGaming - focused on Sports betting  Remote role - live anywhere in Europe Successful fast growing business  Great company culture  An established, fast-growing, European, SaaS provider to the sports betting sector is now seeking a Senior Sales professional to accelerate its expansion globally. he company has built a strong reputation for its versatile platform that boosts engagement, conversion, and revenues for operators. It is now consistently winning market share from its main competitors thanks to clear product advantages. Based anywhere in Europe and reporting to a sales director, the person in the role will focus on acquiring new business, with a focus on Sports betting operators, globally .    The ideal candidate will bring proven B2B sales experience within sports betting, leveraging existing operator networks to acquire new clients and drive revenue growth. You will manage the full sales cycle, collaborate closely with the Sales Director and wider European teams, and play a key role in extending the company’s presence within the sports betting vertical. Candidates should be self-motivated, commercially driven and confident selling complex solutions. Experience selling SaaS or another advanced technology product to sports betting operators is ideal, along with a strong network and a track record of closing new business. Candidates that have sold casino related solutions may also be considered.  The company offers a competitive package. This is an exciting opportunity to join a stable, fast-growing business with a strong culture, a market-leading solution and ambitious growth plans. If so, reach out to karl.harenburg@pentasia.com for an initial confidential discussion

Senior Product Manager — Gaming Platform (PAM) We're working with a leading operator. They've made a strategic decision to build their next-generation gaming platform in-house — starting with a full greenfield build of their Player Account Management (PAM) system, the transactional core of the entire business.   What You'll Do Own the product roadmap for your domain — discovery, prioritisation, sequencing, delivery Write crisp specs for complex transactional and compliance-driven functionality Translate gaming regulation, KYC/AML and responsible gaming obligations into buildable product requirements Define the migration path off the current third-party platform — feature parity, gap decisions, dual-running, cutover Partner with principal engineers on speed vs. scope vs. architectural integrity trade-offs Define and instrument success metrics for your domain Manage stakeholders across markets, time zones, and executive sponsors   What You'll Bring 6+ years in Product Management, 3+ years on platform, backend or API products Experience shipping transactional/money-moving functionality — payments, wallets, billing, banking, trading, or gaming Comfortable working in regulated environments Technical fluency — API design, data models, event-driven architecture Experience with migrations, re-platforming, or greenfield builds Sharp written and spoken English A structured, evidence-driven approach to prioritisation — and the confidence to say no