Backend Engineer - Sports (UK market)

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About the job:
Join our newly formed tech team in Leeds as a Senior Backend Engineer. You will be an integral part of our team, contributing to the development and maintenance of our robust and scalable technology stack. Working with the latest technologies, you will help build and enhance our cloud-based platforms, ensuring they are distributed, scalable, and fault-tolerant to meet the specific demands of the UK betting market and our rapidly growing user base. You will be responsible for developing, designing, and refactoring microservices, conducting code reviews, providing mentorship to team members, integrating new products, building internal services, and taking ownership of problem-solving, collaborating with other teams when necessary.
Must have:
  • Experience with Java frameworks like Spring and JPA
  • Experience with Kotlin
  • Ability to build services from scratch
  • Working with relational databases like MySQL
  • Building scalable and fault-tolerant systems
  • Familiarity with microservice architectures
Good to have:
  • Familiarity with Akka, Hazelcast, Elasticsearch, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Consul, Google Cloud Platform, and BigQuery
Perks:
  • Hybrid work policy
  • 4 weeks of Workation
  • 28 days paid leave + public/bank holidays in England
  • Matched pension contributions up to 6%
  • BUPA healthcare
  • 250 GBP wellness contribution annually
  • Complimentary snacks and drinks
  • Breakfast on Mondays and lunch on Fridays
  • Team and office social events

Description

Position at LeoVegas UK

ABOUT THE ROLE

Join our newly formed tech team in Leeds as a Senior Backend Engineer.

In this role you will be an integral part of our team, contributing to the development and maintenance of our robust and scalable technology stack.

Working with the latest technologies, you will help build and enhance our cloud-based platforms, ensuring they are distributed, scalable, and fault-tolerant to meet the specific demands of the UK betting market and our rapidly growing user base.

This role offers an exciting opportunity for you who are passionate about technology, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, and are committed to delivering exceptional results. If you are someone who thrives on challenges, values teamwork, and is eager to make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you!

 

YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

        Developing, designing, and refactoring microservices.

        Conducting code reviews and providing mentorship to team members.

        Integrating new products and building internal services to support our ecosystem.

        Taking ownership of problem-solving, collaborating with other teams when necessary.

 

OUR SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:

ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

        You have experience with common Java frameworks such as Spring and JPA

        Experience with Kotlin

        Demonstrated ability to build services from scratch.

        You’re no stranger to working with relational databases such as MySQL

        You have experience in building scalable and fault-tolerant systems and are familiar with microservice architectures

NICE TO HAVES

        Familiarity with additional technologies such as Akka, Hazelcast, Elasticsearch, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Consul, Google Cloud Platform, and BigQuery.


WHO ARE WE?
At the core of LeoVegas Group, is Team Leo. Our culture is our foundation and is what enables us to innovate, build, and lead as we trailblaze our way through the igaming industry. We’re a team of over 1400 innovators, initiators, and groundbreakers working in a fast-paced and agile environment across 11 offices world-wide.
 

BENEFITS

        Hybrid work policy

        4 weeks of Workation (T&C apply)

        28 days paid leave + public/bank holidays in England

        Matched pension contributions up to 6%

        BUPA healthcare which covers pre-existing conditions plus a cash-back plan to support with dental, optical & other treatments

        250 GBP  wellness contribution annually  (T&C apply)

        Complimentary snacks and drinks. We also serve breakfast on Mondays and lunch on Fridays.

        Team and office social events throughout the year, which also include a quarterly team budget

        Enhanced parental leave


 

JOIN US!

In our pride, we like to empower our teammates to find their roar and run with their wildest ideas. We don’t wait around for things to happen, we pounce and make it happen!

 

If you think you would be a good fit for the Leo pride - give us a roar! 

 

**As our company working language is English we’d like to see your CV in English please**

 

 

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About The Company

LeoVegas Group is a leading international igaming company with a clear vision to create the world’s greatest igaming experience. The Group offers online casino, live casino, and sports betting via 10 brands in 10 jurisdictions. The Group continues to grow rapidly, currently employing over 1,000 people in Europe, including at its headquarters in Stockholm and operations hub in Malta.


As one of the most innovative companies in the industry, the Group also invests and develops other igaming companies through its investment arm, LeoVentures. In 2022, LeoVegas Group became a subsidiary of the global entertainment company MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM). 


For more information, visit www.leovegasgroup.com.

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