Software Developer, RIAK

Bet365; Stoke-on-Trent; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading online gaming company in the UK seeks a Software Developer to join their RIAK team. The role involves designing, developing, and maintaining data solutions on a Linux platform. Key responsibilities include developing scalable solutions, working with distributed systems, and enhancing existing code. The successful candidate will have a relevant degree and experience in server-side development. The company offers a hybrid working policy and comprehensive training in Erlang and Golang.

Benefits

Hybrid working from home policy

Qualifications

• Experience in server-side development including services, systems, messaging and middleware.
• Familiarity with functional programming languages such as Erlang, Haskell, Scala or Go.
• Client and server development experience.

Responsibilities

• Developing low latency, highly available and scalable solutions.
• Creating concurrent distributed components.
• Supporting and enhancing the existing code base.

Skills

Functional programming

Problem-solving

Team working skills

Education

Bachelor's or master's degree in IT or related field

Tools

Erlang

Golang

Linux utilities

Job description

Overview

As a Software Developer, you will be influential in the design, development, and maintenance of data solutions that are central to business operations, ensuring they meet the needs of users effectively.

We are seeking a technically minded Software Developer to join our RIAK team, who is passionate about continuous learning, functional programming and distributed systems. You will work in a team committed to delivery and excellence in an environment where all systems and services operate on a Linux platform to deliver an open-sourced product. You will develop and support our fast, resilient open-source RIAK datastore, contributing to the development of robust systems that are critical to our operations and scalability. You will be provided with comprehensive training on both Erlang and Golang, and the opportunity to explore and adopt new technologies.

Responsibilities

• Developing low latency, highly available and scalable solutions.


• Creating concurrent distributed components.


• Working on Linux and GNU utilities.


• Working in an environment with high volumes of transactions.


• Supporting and enhancing the existing code base.


• Identifying technical areas of improvement.


• Contributing to solution proposals as required.


• Creating work effort estimates.


• Make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree, or equivalent professional experience in an IT or related field.


• Experience of server-side development including services, systems, messaging and middleware.


• Familiar with functional programming such as Erlang, Haskell, F#, Scala or Go.


• Experience with complex event processes and continuous query languages.


• Client and server development experience.


• Ability to problem solve.


• Excellent communication and team working skills.


• Experience of distributed systems.

Benefits

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