We are seeking a Subject Matter Expert (SME) with deep domain expertise in sports betting and/or online casino, who can bridge business, product, and technology. This person will play a critical role in ensuring that proposed platform architectures, product strategies, and operating models are grounded in real-world gambling operations and market practices.
This engagement sits at the intersection of product, platform architecture, and gambling operations, with a strong emphasis on modern, cloud-native digital platforms.
You will act as a functional authority, validating that technology decisions align with how sportsbook and casino platforms actually operate at scale.
Key Responsibilities
* Act as a bridge between business/product and technology teams
* Validate that target architectures support end-to-end betting and gambling workflows
* Advise on sportsbook and casino product capabilities, benchmarking against market standards
* Ensure initiatives and roadmaps are aligned to real use cases, not just theoretical designs
* Provide strategic input into platform evolution, including:
o Sportsbook functionality
o Casino aggregation models
o Risk and trading operations
* Support senior stakeholders across product, technology, and operations
You will operate within a modern digital platform environment, including:
* Cloud-native, containerised microservices architectures
* Event-driven systems (messaging, pub/sub)
* API-led and BFF-based architectures
* High-throughput, low-latency transaction systems
* Strong focus on scalability, resilience, observability, and security
Note: This is not a hands-on engineering role, but requires strong architectural awareness.
Required Experience Domain Expertise (Essential)
* Deep experience in sports betting and/or online casino platforms
* Strong understanding of sportsbook concepts:
o Markets, odds, bet lifecycle, cashout, settlement
o Risk and trading models
* Exposure to:
o Casino platforms and aggregation models
o Multi-jurisdiction gambling environments
* Experience with:
o Operators, platform providers, or gambling technology vendors
Platform & Operating Model Experience
* Experience working with modular gambling platforms where services are decoupled (betting, payments, risk, CRM)
* Familiarity with event-driven or service-oriented architectures
* Understanding of operating models involving:
o Product teams
o Trading & risk teams
o Engineering teams working in parallel
Strategic & Advisory Experience
* Previous roles involving:
o Functional ownership or SME advisory in gambling platforms
o Product roadmap definition or platform evolution
* Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders
* Strong credibility in both business and technology discussions
This is a fully remote inside IR35 Contract role working via umbrella company so you must be UK based and willing to work on this basis.