Job Description

OpenBet is sport. The world's top sports betting brands choose OpenBet as their partner for world class content, leading tech, and tailored services. We have their back. So, they’re ready with exciting, memorable, and safe sports betting experiences, to entertain millions of players worldwide.

OpenBet’s mission is to power growth and player engagement for operators through a global betting ecosystem that delivers at scale, at speed, at every great sports event.

Our 1300+ talented colleagues are the market's top team. We achieve billions of bets in a season; 60,000+ per minute, 100% uptime (including Cup Finals, Grand Nationals and Superbowls) and we're built on 25 years of imaginative technology that our teams improve on every day.

Job Description

The Team

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our OpenServices team as we continue to work on the next generation of online sports betting platforms.

The OpenServices team is made up of a group of Software Engineers and related disciplines; we are dedicated to specific customers with a focus on custom/bespoke feature development, platform upgrades, roadmap acceleration, integration, site reliability and quality assurance.

This opportunity gives you the chance to join the No.1 pit-stop crew for the world’s top sports betting brands, including SkyBet, Paddy Power, William Hill, Ladbrokes & Coral.

As a Software Engineer with OpenBet, you’ll help improve the functionality and performance of our systems, and we’ll give you extensive training, support and mentoring as you take our solutions and your career to the next level.

What you’ll be doing

As a Software Engineer with the OpenServices Team, you’ll have exposure to complex systems, as well as having extensive training and mentoring as you take our solutions and your career to the next level. These are just some of the tasks you may work on as a Software Engineer at OpenBet.

Involvement with the Business Analysts to provide technical support for small, medium and large projects
Work as part of an Agile team to develop new features and functionality for large scale sports betting systems
Produce robust, clear, polished code using practices like Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Extract and capture customer requirements using processes such as Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)
Develop solutions that are modular, scalable, and portable
Work to improve overall system architecture and performance, design components to meet those goals

What you’ll bring

A bachelor’s degree in a traditional science subject, ideally computer science, engineering, or other STEM subjects
Demonstrable talent coding in at least one major language (such as Java, C/C++, Python, PHP etc.)
Talent in writing and using algorithms and assessing time complexity and performance
Understanding of databases and database schema design
Adaptable, with a customer centric can-do approach, willing to embrace flexible working hours to meet deadlines during release cycles and when customers require ad hoc support.

Nice to Haves

Familiarity developing on Unix/Linux
Scripting skills: Bash, Perl, Python, and JavaScript
knowledge on CI or CD and the associated tools
Test automation experience (unit test or other)
Experience on Web technologies and internet protocols (Apache, SOAP, WS-*, ReST, XML, HTTP, TCP/IP, WebSockets)

What we can offer YOU:

Attractive benefits, an open and supportive environment as well as a modern and exciting workplace
The opportunity to interact with global teams on a regular basis as you and our business continues to develop & grow
Tangible and genuine development - at OpenBet, you can take your career where you want it to go!

And if that’s not enough; enjoy flexible working with a hybrid model (minimum of 2 days per week in the office) whilst we provide you with the guidance and development skills you need to progress and enhance your career.

OpenBet is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment.

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