Senior C++ Developer

About Us

Our mission is to dominate the betting and gaming industry on a global scale and we need the very best Tech talent to help us achieve this.

We recently migrated all of our customers onto our very own proprietary platform - so it's an exciting time to join us. With the help of our new platform, we're able to pioneer new products and drive more advanced, creative technologies. The result? Unrivalled experiences for millions of customers worldwide.

Betfred's Technology department is driven by innovation, and you'll be at the heart of unlocking our new platform's potential. So, if you want to help shape the future of betting and gaming, then it's to time to join us.

Job Purpose

We are looking for a Senior C++ Developer to join the Retail Technology Team. The team focuses on the

development and enhancement of our retail platform supporting our extensive network of shops and self-

service betting terminals. You will be extensively using the Qt framework while working on customer facing

applications implementing user interface designs, developing business logic and integrating with hardware.

Job Duties

Experience in leading the technical direction for a small to medium projects, contribute to the technical architecture with business and product goals that aligns with the north star architecture

Expertise in writing high quality code using techniques like outside in development and refactoring with confidence.

Experience in technical documentation (e.g. open API and run books)

Experience in driving best practice in system design, patterns, and technical standards with the team.

Expertise in reviewing designs, plan technical work, and guide implementation across engineers.

Experience in ensuring a team has strong engineering practices, including test automation, CI/CD, and performance monitoring.

Expertise within data storage (e.g. SQL or NO-SQL), caching and database design.

Experience with performance and scaling KPIs.

Knowledge in Coordinate and clarify requirements with product managers, designers, QA, and stakeholders.

Knowledge in using Observability for high transitional systems.

Experience in incremental delivery

Knowledge in Engineering for Failure  

Knowledge in unblocking engineers, facilitate collaboration, and ensure smooth delivery across the team.

Experience in mentoring engineers and foster growth, knowledge sharing, and technical excellence within the team.

Knowledge with cross team communication ensuring all teams is pulling in the same direction

Knowledge of Security and compliance best practice

Knowledge of modern release paradigms

Knowledge Stakeholder management

Knowledge of modern SDLC

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential

API Design (e.g. rest, GraphQL and events)

Application monitoring

DevOps mindset

High performance, low latency engineering

Agile development methodologies

System documentation (e.g. C4/UML)

Bias for action

C++ 20 or later (8 years recent experience)

Experience with Qt/QML 6

Desirable

Domain based systems design

SLOs and error budgets

Root cause analysis

Postmortem

Incident resolution

Networking and application graceful degradation

Performance optimization

Working in a product organisation

AI within the SDLC

C#

What is in it for me?

We offer a variety of competitive benefits, some of which vary depending on the role you’re recruited to. Some of what you can expect in this role includes:

A competitive rate of pay and pension contribution (£50,000 -£65,000)

Generous discretionary bonus schemes, incentives and competitions

An annual leave entitlement that increases with length of service

Access to an online GP 24/7, 365 days a year for you and your immediate family.

Employee wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Pay

Long Service Recognition

Access to a pay day savings scheme, financial coach and up to 40% of your earned wage ahead of payday, through Wagestream.

For More information, visit our https://betfredcareers.com/why-join/

Senior C++ Developer

Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

M2 4JG

£50,000 to £65,000 per year
Permanent - Full-time
Posted yesterday
Closing date: 01/09/2026
Job reference: KO1563464ManSD