Senior Java Developer

Sportserve forms part of a remarkable group of B2C sports betting and B2B sportsbook technology companies, focused on delivering first class sports betting experiences and casino products for our users worldwide. Along with Sportion, TechSpirit, Standard Focus and Sportelligent, we are the driving force behind the world renowned sports betting company and our flagship brand, Dafabet.

Since launching our global hiring initiative, we now employ over 2,000 people worldwide, offering exciting career paths in Technology, Trading, Operations and Media. We have an international and diverse culture, embracing global and acting local. We offer office based, hybrid and remote work on permanent and consultancy contracts all over the world, making us the true global employer of choice.

What you'll be getting up to:We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to work as part of a new Payments Ecosystem Scrum team to help shape and build the future of our tools and products in the Payments area. You will be creating new and maintaining existing microservices for the new payments solution, taking part in architectural design decisions and communicating closely with frontend developers, testers and business analysts who are also part of the same team.

It’s a green field project so you can expect to work with cutting edge technologies. You will work in a multi cultural and geographically distributed team where most of the communication is happening online using audio and video conferencing tools.

The role will require a certain level of flexibility as your team mates may be working in different time zones primarily in Europe and Philippines. We are building the product which we are maintaining over its lifetime so we expect you to be ready to join an OOH on-call tech support rota.

Responsibilities:Working in payments development area providing development, maintenance and support.Working as part of squads and occasionally solo developments as the business needs arise.Discuss/Meet business stakeholders to understand the problems they wish to address.Liaise with architects, analysts, business representatives, infrastructure specialists to jointly develop proposals for technical solutions including implementation deployment, support and troubleshooting overviews.Scope and conduct needed Proof of Concepts when necessary.Help identify probable causes and provide immediate solution during an incidentWork as part of Agile development team (Scrum): attend team meetings, report on assigned tasks progress, participate in sprints planning and tasks estimationComplete tasks & deliver projects on-time and according to company standardsContribute significant ideas for making the applications better and easier to useProvide assistance to other developers/projects as neededTake part in OOH on-call technical support rotaBe flexible to support your applications outside of working hours during major sport events (in rota with your peers and team mates)Requirements:Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or any related technical field.At least 5 years of working experience as Java developer working on varied types of software development projectsSolid knowledge of Java 11+ and Spring ecosystemSolid knowledge of SQL, preferably with MySQL databasesExperience in working with Java-based ORMs like JPA/HibernateExperience designing and building RESTful web service APIs and REST API clientsSolid understanding of Java concurrency and multithreadingDemonstrable knowledge of Maven and LinuxKnowledge of Asynchronous Messaging (Kafka)Experience with CI tools and automation (Gitlab)Passion for writing high quality, rock solid softwareBackground in Agile Software Development using Scrum MethodologyKnowledge of JVM monitoring and performance tuning Java applications, as well as troubleshooting issues in productionDesirable skills and experience:Experience building highly transactional, high volume distributed server applicationsDistributed caching (Hazelcast or Redis)Hands on experience with Docker and KuberenetesKnowledge of application security and best practicesKnowledge of Quarkus frameworkDevelopment of back office applications using JS, React or Angular is a plusCreative, analytical, and with strong problem solving skillsGood oral and written English communication skillsComfortable working as part of multicultural and geographically distributed development teamAbility to work well under pressure and deadlinesAbility to organise and manage multiple prioritiesEasy learner, motivated to obtain new skills and grow professionallyIndependent but collaborative, driven, assertiveBackground in Online Gaming or Payments is preferred but not required

**Applications in English please

Diversity & InclusionWe embrace diversity and equality in a serious way. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, skills and views. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. Creating a culture of Equality isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s also the smart thing.

Key Skills

• Angular
• Agile