Senior Software Developer, Verification

Location: Stoke-on-Trent, England, gb

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 Senior Software Developer, you will be experienced and passionate to join our dedicated Verification team as we embark on a ground up re-architecture.

Within the Verification team, you will be developing, enhancing, and supporting our business-critical Verification platform. From the delivery of real time facial recognition systems utilising innovative AI technology, to core operational tooling.

Verification operates as a full stack team who are in the process of undertaking a ground up re-architecture into Golang, React and Cloud platforms. Core skills within the team are Kafka, SQL, .Net, Golang and Typescript.

In this pivotal role, you will work alongside our Technical Leads to design and implement robust verification systems, while ensuring the highest quality standards for our software products, in a fast-paced, hard-working environment.

Your skills as a Senior Software Developer should set the standard to a talented group of developers to innovate and excel in delivering reliable solutions, while fostering a collaborative and dynamic environment.

This role is eligible for inclusion in the Company’s hybrid working from home policy.

Qualifications

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of Kafka, SQL, .Net, Golang and Typescript, though expertise in similar or alternative technologies are welcome.
• Experience in leading development teams and delivering technical projects to successful completion.
• Ability to show patience in mentoring and coaching staff.
• Good technical documentation skills.
• High standards of work and attention to detail.
• Proven record of accomplishment in high availability multi browser compatible development.
• Experience of working with high availability, multiuser and service-based systems.

Additional Information

• Acting as a point of escalation for the team both in and out of office hours.
• Leading and delivering the development of scalable, maintainable and performant systems.
• Applying active governance around overall solution design, while setting the standard for code quality and delivery within the team.
• Ensuring solutions meet the needs of the Business.
• Taking responsibility for work estimation, producing solution documents and ultimately ensuring accurate portrayals of effort can be obtained and subsequently delivered.
• Understanding the technical structure, domain and architecture of the systems the team is responsible for.
• Leading a small team of developers in the design and development of a solution from start to finish.
• Owning technical solutions and their hands on delivery from development to live at low level.
• Distributing knowledge and mentoring of team members.

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