Software Developer, In-Play

Company Description

We’re one of the world’s leading online gambling companies, revolutionising the industry since 2000. Founded by Denise Coates CBE, we now employ over 10,000 people and serve over 120 million customers in 26 languages.

We empower our employees to push boundaries and explore new ideas, cultivating a culture that celebrates and rewards creativity. This offers employees a wealth of growth opportunities, giving them the opportunity to make a real impact in the world of online gambling. As a forward-thinking company, we’re breaking new ground in software innovation too, redefining what’s possible for our global worldwide.

Our focus on In-Play betting has solidified our market-leading position, featuring more than 1.38 million In-Play sporting events a year. With over 750 concurrent sporting fixtures at peak and more live sports streamed than anyone else in Europe (750,000), we handle over 6 million HTTP requests daily and process more than 1.5 million bets per hour at peak.

Job Description

As a Software Developer, you will work alongside a small team of talented developers, following agile practices to develop high-quality scalable solutions on Linux and Cloud platforms.

You will join our in-play team within the Sports Platform department during a period of growth, fuelled by the product’s success and new emerging markets. You will be working on our flagship Sports product to enhance our product offering with innovative new features.

The in-play team plays a pivotal role in the continued success of the Business. Our product offers real-time betting opportunities on live sporting events, as well as industry-leading features such as Live Streaming and Match Live, to enhance the customer experience.

You will work with the team to develop and maintain features that enable users to gain valuable insights and to place bets during ongoing sports events, requiring a focus on speed, accuracy, and user-friendly interfaces. Real-time data transformation, seamless integration with backend data sources, and optimization for of the front-end for various devices are paramount.

You will have the opportunity to upskill in Golang with full training provided.

Qualifications

• Experience with Golang or any related backend technology such as C#, .Net, Java, C++ or C.
• Ability to clearly communicate technical matters to people across different areas of the Business.
• Experience working with Linux.
• Experience developing low latency, highly available and scalable solutions.
• Familiarity of Typescript,, JavaScript, SQL, HTML5 and CSS3.
• Exposure working in an environment with high volumes of transactions.
• Accustomed to Scrum or other agile software development methodologies.
• Understanding of the development of automation and developer tooling such as Continuous Build and CI systems.
• Exposure to cloud technologies such as GCP, AWS or Azure.
• Working knowledge of AI.

Additional Information

• Implementing new features onto the existing site.
• Supporting and enhancing existing code base.
• Maintaining clean coding practices.
• Identifying technical areas of improvement.
• Supporting Product Owners as required.
• Supporting the testing team during testing phases of projects.
• Contributing to solution proposals.
• Creating work effort estimates.

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