Java Software Engineer

Bally; Manchester; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension plan

Health insurance

Company share scheme

Volunteering days

Home office allowance

Wellness or Gym allowance

Job summary

Bally’s Intralot is building out its Sports API capabilities with a focus on high-traffic online services. You’ll work on developing features and APIs underpinning Bally Bet, collaborating across Sports UI, Platform and Data teams in a modern AWS-based stack.

You’ll contribute to delivering robust, scalable APIs, using Java 17/21, Spring Boot 3.x, Docker, Kubernetes, GraphQL and Kafka, with a strong emphasis on continuous delivery, testing and agile teamwork.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Java, SpringBoot, relational databases and API design and development.
• Experience working using agile methodologies.
• Experienced with engineering best practices including TDD, pairing, automation, continuous delivery.
• Ideally also knowledge or experience of tools including GraphQL, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Splunk, Dynatrace, AWS.

Responsibilities

• Develop product features, updates and capabilities.
• Use TDD methodologies to produce high quality well documented code.
• Design and develop customer focussed solutions.
• Understand the goals and business objectives of your team and domain.
• Use agile methodologies and work together to meet our team goals.
• Work closely with your team-members pairing on problems and ensuring you share knowledge.
• Contribute to the peer review of code changes seeking understanding and suggesting improvements.
• Take responsibility for efficiently and successfully delivering your code changes to production.
• Communicate progress to the team and raise issues and risks as soon as possible.
• Continuously improve the tools and processes used by the team.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Relational databases

API design

Agile methodologies

TDD

Docker

Kubernetes

GraphQL

Kafka

AWS

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible

GraphQL

Kafka

Splunk

Dynatrace

AWS

Job description

Bally’s Intralot is a newly formed company established through the combination of Intralot and Bally’s International Interactive, positioning the group as a top iGaming operator and a leading global provider of lottery solutions.

Bally’s Intralot is uniquely positioned across digital online gaming markets, lottery, iLottery, and sports betting. Operating at the intersection of technology, regulation, and entertainment. We are optimally positioned to capitalize on strong global growth trends driven by digital adoption and regulatory expansion across lottery and iGaming markets.

Well, what about the team?

Join our dynamic Sports API team (named Matchday), where you\'ll be at the forefront of creating our Online Sportsbook APIs that underpin the Bally Bet experience. You’ll play a pivotal role in building these APIs, collaborating with our Sports UI, Platform and Data teams as well as our third-party data providers. We ship our software using continuous delivery principles and aim to continuously improve how we collaborate, and deliver on our goals.

You\'ll have the opportunity to develop robust APIs capable of handling thousands of requests per second, ensuring reliability and performance to support our sports operations. You\'ll be part of the exciting launch phase as we transition our existing Bally Bet product to use our new APIs and UIs. Our platform is based on AWS, and you\'ll be using technologies including Java 17/21, Spring Boot 3.x, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, GraphQL and Kafka. Join us and help shape the future of online entertainment!

So, what will you be doing?

• Develop product features, updates and capabilities.
• Use TDD methodologies to produce high quality well documented code.
• Design and develop customer focussed solutions.
• Understand the goals and business objectives of your team and domain.
• Use agile methodologies and work together to meet our team goals.
• Work closely with your team-members pairing on problems and ensuring you share knowledge.
• Contribute to the peer review of code changes seeking understanding and suggesting improvements.
• Take responsibility for efficiently and successfully delivering your code changes to production.
• Communicate progress to the team and raise issues and risks as soon as possible.
• Continuously improve the tools and processes used by the team.

And what are we looking for?

• Keen to learn new technologies, tools and practices and keep up with ongoing company and industry developments.
• Good collaborator, happy to jump in to help plan work, solve problems and deliver features.
• Knowledge of subjects including: Java, SpringBoot, relational databases and API design and development.
• Experience working using agile methodologies.
• Experienced with engineering best practices including TDD, pairing, automation, continuous delivery.
• Ideally also knowledge or experience of tools such including: GraphQL, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Splunk, Dynatrace, AWS.

• Keen to learn new technologies, tools and practices and keep up with ongoing company and industry developments.
• Good collaborator, happy to jump in to help plan work, solve problems and deliver features.
• Knowledge of subjects including: Java, SpringBoot, relational databases and API design and development.
• Experience working using agile methodologies.
• Experienced with engineering best practices including TDD, pairing, automation, continuous delivery.
• Ideally also knowledge or experience of tools such including: GraphQL, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Splunk, Dynatrace, AWS.

This is what you\'ll get

Different benefits packages are tailored to fit each location, but here’s a taste of what may be on offer:

• Annual leave
• Pension plan
• Health insurance
• Company share scheme
• Volunteering days
• Home office allowance
• Wellness or Gym allowance

DNA / Values

At Bally’s Interactive, we are driven by a set of core values that we like to call our DNA. We strive to embody our DNA and keep them at the heart of everything we do!

We are Always Ready to embrace change, adapt, and do what it takes to delight our customers. We believe that You Make the Difference, which is what gives our players the best experience and keeps them coming back. We are All One Team, looking out for each other, respecting diversity while connecting through a common purpose. Our teams are Learning Every Day by showing constant curiosity and the drive to learn from successes, mistakes, new experiences, and the people around us. At Bally’s we Love to Lead by thinking differently, seeking innovation, and always looking for ways to raise our game.

Equal Opportunities

At Bally’s Interactive, we are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and working conditions.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are important to us, and we encourage a culture where everyone can be themselves at work.

We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success, this is our superpower.

We do not discriminate against employees or job applicants on the basis of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, age, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, political opinion or disability.

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