Senior Software Engineer

Who We Are:<p></p><p></p>OpenBet is a global leader in betting and gaming entertainment, trusted by over 200 partners to create memorable winning moments for millions of players worldwide. From processing bets during iconic events like the FIFA World Cup and Super Bowl to pioneering next-gen products like BetBuilder, we continuously redefine the player experience with high-quality content, cutting-edge technology, and advanced player protection tools. For over 25 years, our unbeatable platform has powered the most recognizable betting brands, ensuring peak performance with 100% uptime, unmatched scale, and speed. With 85 licenses, 20 World Lottery Association operators on our customer roster, and a team of 1,200+ experts across 14 countries, we remain at the heart of the <span>industry. Join</span> OpenBet to take your career to the next level and be part of a global innovative team shaping the future of betting entertainment for millions worldwide.<p></p><p></p><p><b>The Goal</b></p><p></p><p>The Senior Software Engineer (Java) role will be a key one for the OpenBet Sportsbook Projects. Reporting to a Team Lead, the Senior Java Software Engineer will be working alongside other Software Engineers, Project Managers, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, QA, Software Architects and Operational Excellence in order to shape and implement the technology and product deliverables that will drive forward this strategic initiative.</p><p></p><p><b>What you will be doing</b></p><p>· Development of new features and functionality for OpenBet Sportsbook products and services, including the production of unit tests as and where required</p><p>· Code reviews for products and services delivered across the wider OpenBet Sportsbook team</p><p>· Code quality for products and services delivered by the team for whom the Senior Software Engineer is responsible</p><p>· Ensuring that products and services adhere to agreed performance KPIs and are delivered in line with Product pipeline requirements</p><p>· Ensuring that all products and services have agreed levels of test coverage, in line with OpenBet Sportsbook requirements, and adhere to agreed architectural and technology (including security) standards</p><p>· Provision of detailed release documentation for handover to “BAU” team</p><p>· Line management and mentorship of a small team of Software Engineers</p><p>Key Responsibilities</p><p>· Active participation in solutions architecture and design, including KPI definition</p><p>· Ability to act as the design authority and provide high level estimates of software deliverables for planning purposes</p><p>· Supporting the Development Manager and Head of QA to ensure continuous quality improvement in the development teams</p><p>· Proactively identify and address areas of material improvement, notably around performance, security and scalability</p><p>· Where applicable, ensuring that development team processes are aligned with technical processes prevalent in the wider company</p><p>· Ensure that all team members have a clear understanding of the overall system architecture and design components, in the context of meeting product requirements</p><p>· Experience of Agile development processes and scrum roles and responsibilities</p><p>· As required, technically lead an Agile workstream</p><p></p><p><b>The Player</b></p><p></p><p>· A minimum of 6+ years’ hands-on experience in designing and developing applications using Java Enterprise platforms, using UNIX / Linux</p><p>· A minimum of 3+ years’ hands-on experience in designing distributed systems, for example using (preferably) DDD or SOA and potentially also a central ‘broker’ (such as Kafka or potentially an ESB)</p><p>· A minimum of 2 years’ hands-on experience in designing applications using the actor model</p><p>· Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate etc.)</p><p>· Experience in developing web applications, preferably on Springboot MVC or using at least one other popular web framework (JSF, Drupal, GWT etc.)</p><p>· Demonstrable experience with TDD and / or BDD</p><p>· Experience in web sessions, SSO flows and exposing REStful APIs to frontend clients</p><p>· Some experience in use of Akka, Kafka, Scala and Cassandra</p><p>· Extensive experience is the use of Docker, Ansible, Maven, Jenkins, Sonar and Git (BitBucket)</p><p>· Demonstrable experience in developing large distributed systems and concepts such as caching, sharding, consistent hashing, interprocess communications and brokering</p><p>Preferred</p><p>· Hands-on experience in developing microservices using at least one popular framework (Netflix OSS, Spring Cloud, Play etc.)</p><p>· Some experience in Domain Driven Design, the actor model, event-sourcing and CQRS</p><p>· Secondary expertise in Python (maybe PHP) and PostgreSQL or MySQL would be beneficial</p><p>· General scripting skills: Bash, Perl, Python, Javascript etc.</p><p></p><p><b>What’s the Score? </b></p><p></p><p>Wh