KingMakers
TechPrincipal Backend Software Engineer
Notable: Listed as on-site but benefits state hybrid (2 days office, 3 remote), working with teams across Africa, Europe, and the UK.
Engineering tech hiring in St. Julian's — 6 open roles and 6 listings added in the last seven days. KingMakers and Comeon Group are the most active hirers for engineering profiles.
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KingMakers
TechNotable: Listed as on-site but benefits state hybrid (2 days office, 3 remote), working with teams across Africa, Europe, and the UK.
KingMakers
TechNotable: Africa-focused iGaming company, unusual for Malta's typically European-market-oriented gaming sector.
KingMakers
TechNotable: Africa-focused iGaming company (BetKing, SuperSportBet) with a Malta engineering presence, not the usual European operator.
KingMakers
TechTL;DR: Engineering Manager role at KingMakers, leading the Virtuals vertical on a high-traffic iGaming platform serving African markets. Tech stack centers on C#/.NET, Azure, Kubernetes, Kafka, and React. Requires people management experience, delivery ownership, and architectural credibility in distributed systems. Hybrid in St. Julian's (2 days in-office, 3 remote). Suits experienced engineering leaders from iGaming or similarly high-concurrency production environments.
Comeon Group
TechNotable: Offers up to 40 days per year of work-from-anywhere on top of hybrid arrangement.
Hero Gaming
TechTL;DR: Mid-senior full stack TypeScript developer role at Hero Gaming, an iGaming technology company. Requires 5+ years of experience with TypeScript, Node.js, React, and SQL, plus the ability to mentor junior developers and lead complex projects. Hybrid in St. Julian's. Suits experienced full stack engineers looking to work on scalable platform products in the gaming space.
St Julian's is the entertainment-and-employment cluster anchored by Spinola Bay and Paceville — home to most of Malta's biggest gaming operators and the densest concentration of bars, restaurants, and serviced apartments on the island.
For tech candidates, that means most of the day-to-day networking, meetups, and informal job-changing happens within a couple of streets. The flip side: rents in St. Julian's sit at the top of the local market, so factor housing costs into any salary comparison.
Malta hosts a mix of iGaming engineering teams, fintech and EMI platforms, and software studios serving the EU and UK markets out of the Sliema–Gżira corridor. The cluster effect is real: with so many employers within a 15-minute walk of each other in the Sliema–Gżira corridor, tech professionals here move companies frequently and salary benchmarks reset every couple of years.
In practical terms: Malta's tech labour pool is heavily international — most engineering teams span 5–7 nationalities with English as the working language.
Compensation varies sharply by seniority. Total compensation in Malta typically includes private health insurance, an annual training budget, and — for relocation hires — a one-off €2k-€5k package or six months of corporate housing. The big tech employers also tend to offer wellness allowances, on-site gyms or gym memberships, and a per-team annual offsite.
Equity is rare outside a handful of crypto and SaaS firms — most compensation is cash and benefits.
There are currently 6 open roles matching this search. The most active hirers are KingMakers, Comeon Group, and Hero Gaming. 6 new listings appeared in the last seven days.
Salary data isn't available for all listings in this category. Most tech companies in Malta negotiate based on experience and seniority. iGaming-adjacent roles typically pay a premium over regional averages.
4 roles on this page offer remote or hybrid working. In Malta, "remote" usually means remote-from-Malta — MGA and MFSA employers typically require Malta tax residency. Fully borderless remote roles do exist but are rarer; read each listing carefully. Use the work arrangement filter to narrow down to remote-only positions.
Most workers in St. Julian's either live walking distance from the office or in one of the adjacent villages — the iGaming corridor is small enough that almost no one needs a car. Renting in St. Julian's itself sits at the top of the local market.
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