Staff Software Engineer - Fast Response

About Legend

At Legend, we're building next-level player experiences. With 20+ years of proven success we’re the world's leading Sports and Gaming marketing company.

Our people are our edge. 600+ sharp, ambitious Legends across 22+ countries who move fast, learn quickly and win together. Here growth isn’t a perk, it’s the standard. You’ll stretch, level-up and carve out a career as bold as the products we build. We celebrate wins and create experiences that people talk about for years - for our players & for each other. If you’re ready to shape the future of player experience and enjoy the ride while you do it, this is where you’ll thrive.

You must be based in or willing to relocate to Slovakia

The Role

Legend is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join our Fast Response team, helping ensure our products remain reliable, stable and responsive for millions of customers. You'll play a critical role in resolving complex production issues, improving engineering processes and helping teams deliver high-quality customer experiences with confidence.

Your Impact:

• Own the rapid diagnosis and resolution of production issues across our Gaming products, helping deliver a reliable experience for millions of customers.
• Investigate, prioritise and resolve complex bugs, reducing customer impact while improving platform stability and performance.
• Build and improve triage processes that enable the team to respond to incidents quickly, consistently and effectively.
• Work across multiple engineering teams to identify root causes, implement permanent fixes and prevent recurring issues.
• Lead by example through hands-on engineering, sharing knowledge and mentoring teammates to continually improve the team's technical capability.

What You'll Bring:

• Experience developing and supporting large-scale, customer-facing web applications.
• HTML & CSS are essential - apart from these we are tech stack agnostic!
• Experience diagnosing and resolving production issues, debugging complex systems and working across multiple services.
• A structured approach to incident management, root cause analysis and continuous improvement.
• Ability to balance speed with quality, making sound technical decisions in fast-paced, high-impact environments.
• Experience working with legacy systems and navigating technical complexity while maintaining platform stability.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with confidence working across engineering teams to solve challenging problems.
• Bonus points for:
• Experience in an operational engineering, platform support or fast-response engineering team.
• Knowledge of monitoring, observability and incident management tooling.
• Experience with AWS or cloud-native infrastructure.
• Salary from EUR 5000 per month

Why Legend?

• Super smart colleagues to work alongside and learn from.
• Engaging development opportunities at all levels.
• Tailored flexibility for your work-life balance.
• Annual discretionary bonus to reward your efforts.
• Paid annual leave PLUS a well-deserved break to recharge your batteries during the festive season! Our offices are closed between Christmas and New Year's, allowing you to enjoy downtime without dipping into your annual allowance.
• Exciting global Legend events, where we unite in person to ignite our shared passion and unveil the exciting strategies for the year ahead!
• Unlock your full potential by joining the Legend team. To support you on this journey, we provide an extensive array of global benefits, alongside local perks.

The Interview Process:

• 1st: Initial Chat with Talent Partner (30-45 mins via Zoom)
• 2nd: Technical take home task
• 3rd: Technical Interview with Hiring Manager and Senior Engineering
• 4th: Leadership Interview with the team including our CTO (45 mins in our Bratislava office)

Legend is an Equal Opportunity Employer, but that’s just the start. We believe different perspectives help us grow and achieve more. That’s why we’re dedicated to hiring and developing the most talented and diverse team- which includes individuals with different backgrounds, abilities, identities and experiences. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout your application process, please speak to your Talent Partner or contact the team on [email protected], and we'll do all we can to support you.