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Junior Software Engineer

Longshot Systems

London

Hybrid

GBP 35,000 - 50,000

Full time

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Job summary

Longshot Systems, a leader in sports betting analytics, is seeking a Junior Software Engineer for their trading platform team in London. Ideal candidates possess strong coding skills and a degree in a scientific or technical field, ready to tackle innovative challenges. The role offers a competitive salary with hybrid working options.

Benefits

Participation in the uncapped bonus scheme

10% matched pension contributions

Private healthcare insurance

Long term illness insurance

Gym membership

Qualifications

Graduate from a top global university.
Must have solid understanding of programming concepts.
0-2 years of relevant experience considered.

Responsibilities

Work on in-house trading platform integrations.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Enhance and maintain trading infrastructure.

Skills

Computer Science fundamentals

Coding proficiency

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Degree in a scientific or technical subject

Tools

Golang

Rust

Java

C++

AWS

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

This range is provided by Longshot Systems. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

At Longshot Systems we build advanced platforms for sports betting analytics and trading.

We're hiring for a Junior Software Engineer within our trading platform team. The primary function of this team is to manage our in-house trading platform which integrates with sports betting trading venues globally. You'll be working on these integrations and on the core platform alongside an experienced team doing creative, challenging work.

Our tech stack is distributed and event driven, written in golang on top of postgres with many integrations to betting exchanges and bookies via APIs and via web scraping.

You'll also be working closely with the wider company including sports modelling researchers, trading analysts and the commercial team. You will focus on helping maintain trading infrastructure and helping the team scale and improve the systems at the heart of the business.

The ideal candidate will be highly creative and enjoy generating new, innovative ways to tackle problems and suggesting improvements to existing methodologies. Knowledge of sports betting is not required. Knowledge of web technologies up and down the stack is vital.

We are a hybrid working company. We come in every Thursday to our London (Farringdon) office and work remotely the rest of the week. Our typical working hours are 10 am to 6 pm UK time, Monday to Friday, but we support flexible working and trust our team to manage their own schedules to meet their goals.

For this role, we're targeting early-career developers with a bias toward academic excellence and either relevant industry experience or demonstrated capability to use and learn a wide array of tools and technologies.

The recruitment process is:

A brief screening call to give you some more information about the role, answer any of your initial questions and to check your suitability for the role
A 90 minute technical interview discussing your previous experience, technical knowledge and to answer any questions you may have about the role. We'll also do a bit of pair programming in your systems language of choice
A collaborative coding assessment day, working with one of our team on some sample problems. This isn't leetcode, it's more general and will allow you to show us what you can do in the areas you excel at. This will last from 10am until 4:30pm UK time either in our office in London or remotely
If you did the full day assessment remotely, then a "meet the team" at our London office for lunch or dinner and some face to face time with the team and management

Requirements

You must have a degree in a scientific or technical subject from a top global university demonstrating your ability to grasp and apply complex concepts. It doesn't have to be computer science, but you do need to be a proficient coder with a passion for the work. While we are happy to provide extensive training, we do need a certain baseline ability in software engineering and computing to work from. The ideal candidate is someone who loves a challenge and is ready to get involved.

Must-haves

Solid Computer Science fundamentals (data structures, concurrency, networking)
Proficiency in at least one systems language — Golang, Rust, Java, C++, or C#
Excellent written & spoken English for remote collaboration
Permission to live and work full time in the UK. We do not offer visa sponsorships for this role

Nice-to-haves

Production work with Golang or AWS
Scripting / web tech (Python, JavaScript/TypeScript)
Web-scraping experience
0-2 years professional software experience or equivalent projects

Benefits

Our salary range for the role is £35,000 to £50,000, depending on experience and interview performance.

List of benefits:

Participation in the uncapped company bonus scheme
10% matched pension contributions
Private healthcare insurance
Long term illness insurance
Gym membership

Seniority level

Seniority level
Entry level

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Job function
Information Technology
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting

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