Super.com is a Toronto-founded savings app that offers a $15 monthly Super+ membership providing hotel discounts, cashback, prescription discounts, cash advances, and credit-building tools.
<div class="content-intro"><p>We are on a mission to pioneer the world’s next era of play. As we grow across Europe and Latin America, we’re building The Playstack - the technology powering the next generation of sports, gaming, and fan experiences. Join us, and help make it the most widely used platform in the world! From operations, to marketing, to product, we are looking for talented people who will shape how millions of customers play, watch, and connect every day.</p></div><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">Super is building the future of entertainment across Europe and Brazil. Within the Core Experience area, the Explore tribe drives the experiences that help players find what they love — from the homepage and navigation to search and discovery systems. As a <strong>Senior</strong> or <strong>Staff Backend Engineer</strong>, you will design and scale a unified search platform that powers discovery across all of Super's product verticals, working at the intersection of backend systems, data pipelines, and relevance engineering.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>What the role involves</strong></p> <ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Design and implement distributed backend services that power real-time search and discovery across multiple product verticals.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Build and optimise indexing, retrieval, and ranking pipelines (e.g., combining BM25 keyword retrieval with vector embeddings and personalisation signals).</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Partner with ML, Infrastructure, and Product teams to evolve search relevance, ranking, and experimentation frameworks.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Architect and evolve API contracts to support multiple clients (web, mobile, internal tools) with low-latency, high-availability performance.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Drive technical direction for Search — influencing architecture, observability, scalability, and cost efficiency.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Contribute to a shared Search platform that other verticals (Sports, Casino, etc.) can extend and build upon.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Mentor engineers across the Explore tribe, raising the bar for backend design and operational excellence.</li> </ul> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>What we are looking for</strong></p> <ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">6+ years of backend engineering experience, preferably in distributed systems, data platforms, or search domains.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Deep knowledge of one or more backend languages (Python, Kotlin, Java, Go, Elixir) and proficiency in API design and microservice architecture.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience with search technologies such as OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, Lucene, or vector databases (e.g. Pinecone or FAISS).</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Familiarity with indexing pipelines, ranking models, embeddings, or relevance tuning.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Hands-on experience with streaming and data processing frameworks (Kafka, Spark, Flink, Airflow, or similar).</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Solid understanding of scalability, caching, and performance optimisation in high-traffic systems.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience integrating backend services into CI/CD pipelines and monitoring via Datadog, Grafana, or similar tools.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.</li> </ul> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>Nice to have</strong></p> <ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience designing or operating multi-tenant or cross-domain platforms.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Background in search relevance, feature stores, or personalisation pipelines.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Exposure to experimentation and A/B testing frameworks.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Comfort with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, AWS CDK) and container orchestration (Kubernetes).</li> </ul> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>What we offer</strong></p> <ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Medical /