Backend Software Engineer

We’re hiring a Backend Software Engineer to join one of our high-impact, cross-functional product-development teams. As part of our fast-scaling engineering organisation, you’ll play a critical role in building the systems that power the products our customers rely on every day. You will collaborate closely with Product, Architecture, and fellow engineers in a domain-aligned setup to build modern, cloud-native systems that power scalable and impactful solutions for our customers.

This is a hands-on role where you will contribute across the stack, engage deeply with your team, and help shape the systems and practices that support fast, high-quality software delivery. You’ll report to an Engineering Manager and work as part of an empowered, autonomous team that owns its services from idea to production.

Who We Are

Pollard Digital Solutions - Europe is a full-solution supplier of lottery management and iLottery technology for lottery markets. We’re a division of Pollard Banknote Ltd - a leading partner to 60 lotteries worldwide, known for high quality instant ticket products, licensed games, retail merchandising solutions, and innovation. Established in 1907 and headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada, Pollard Banknote is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (PBL).

Our objective is to deliver the most innovative solutions that will render industry-leading returns to good causes in an ethically responsible way. We pride ourselves on a collaborative and inclusive workplace - where creativity, team spirit, and respect are core to how we work.

What We Offer:

• A truly collaborative and supportive working environment
• Modern office space with on-site parking
• Private health insurance
• Coverage for medical treatments outside of Serbia
• Learning and development budget
• Profit sharing – every role plays a part in our success
• Budget for sports activities
• Team-building and social activities
• Employee referral bonuses
• Hybrid work environment
• Additional employee perks

What You’ll Do:

• Collaborate with teams across Serbia, Iceland and Canada to analyze, design, and develop the backend infrastructure for iLottery gaming products
• Deliver production-ready software end-to-end: design, build, and maintain scalable backend and/or full-stack systems that are secure, observable and resilient.
• Take part in the full software development lifecycle - from ideation to production monitoring and refinement
• Own code quality: write clean, well-tested, maintainable code; adopt CI/CD, logging and telemetry practices; address technical debt and support your team in continuously improving software quality
• Shape architecture: contribute to architectural discussions and design reviews, evolving our microservice-based platform
• Collaborate deeply: participate in code reviews, pairing, and shared learning sessions; work with Product and Design to scope and deliver features that bring value to our users
• Improve the way we build refine pipelines, tooling, and team processes to improve flow and make development more reliable
• Operate what you build: participate in on-call/incident rotations, using SLOs and blameless retrospectives to drive reliability

Who You Are:

• A skilled and thoughtful software engineer who takes pride in the craft of building reliable, maintainable systems and customer impact
• Comfortable working in a team setting where collaboration, feedback, and shared ownership are core values
• Curious and pragmatic - you’re eager to explore new technologies but grounded in delivering value
• Practised with modern engineering fundamentals – version control, automated testing, CI/CD, monitoring and cloud-native patterns.
• You enjoy breaking down complex problems and approaching them with a clear, methodical mindset
• You care deeply about code quality and long-term maintainability, not just quick fixes

What You’ll Need:

• A degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering or equivalent
• Around 3 years of professional experience in software development, primarily with Java, demonstrating the ability to tackle complex problems and influence technical decisions
• Proficiency in Java (primary requirement); experience with additional modern programming languages (e.g., JavaScript, C#, Go, Python, etc.) is a plus, and a techagnostic mindset is appreciated.
• Production experience with REST APIs, relational and/or NoSQL databases, and container-based deployments (Docker/Kubernetes or similar).
• Familiarity with concepts behind cloud-native applications and distributed systems
• Strong understanding of software development best practices and the full SDLC
• Ability to communicate clearly and collaborate effectively within a team
• Degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering or equivalent
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

If you’re looking to join a company where your technical skills and ideas can make a meaningful impact, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and let’s shape the future of digital lottery experiences together.