Lead Java Developer

About Sportserve

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 pride ourselves on having a diverse and international culture that embraces the global community and acts locally. 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:

Lead a development team in payments area which consists of Java backend, React/NextJS frontend and QA automation engineers.Be an expert in Java backend development and an active contributor to development, maintenance and support of the project.Complete tasks & deliver projects on-time and to the highest standards.Able to make sound architectural decisions.Liaise with architects, analysts, business representatives, infrastructure specialists to jointly develop proposals for technical solutions including implementation deployment, support and troubleshooting overviews.Discuss/Meet business stakeholders to understand the problems they wish to address.Understand all technologies used in the team and be able to assist where needed.Able to understand React/NextJS development methodologies with an assistance of frontend development engineers.Keep a constant critical eye out for new technologies that can improve our way of work.Scope and conduct needed Proof of Concepts when necessary.Contribute ideas for making the application better and easier to use.Work according to Agile development team (Scrum) practices: attend team meetings, report on assigned tasks progress, participate in sprints planning and tasks estimation.Provide assistance to developers/projects as needed, mentor less experienced team membersTake part in OOH application support rota (on-call)Be 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 work experience as Java developer working on varied types of software development projects.Passion for producing high quality, rock solid softwareGood oral and written English communication skillsAbility to organise and manage multiple prioritiesAble to delegate work whenever possible and when reasonableCreative, analytical, and with strong problem solving skillsAbility to work well under pressure and deadlinesEasy learner, motivated to obtain new skills and grow professionallyIndependent but collaborative, driven, assertiveComfortable working as part of multicultural and geographically distributed development team

Mandatory Tech Skills And Experience

Expert knowledge of Java 11+ and Spring ecosystemSolid knowledge of SQL, preferably with MySQL databaseExperience in working with Java-based ORMs (know when to use them, when not to).Experience designing and building RESTful web service APIs and REST API clientsSolid understanding of Java concurrency and multi-threading Demonstrable knowledge of Maven and Linux Experience with CI tools and automation (Gitlab) Hands on experience with Docker and KubernetesKnowledge of Asynchronous Messaging (Kafka) Demonstrable knowledge on application security and best practicesKnowledge of JVM monitoring and performance tuning Java applications, as well as troubleshooting issues in production.

Desirable Skills And Experience

Experience in leading development teams is very desirableExperience building highly transactional, high volume distributed server applications.Experience with NoSQL DB (MongoDB) is a plus.Development of back office applications using JS, NodeJS and React is a plusBackground in Online Gaming is preferred but not required. Applications in English please

Diversity & Inclusion

We 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

• Backend
• Java
• Kubernetes
• Kafka