Job Description
Job description
Position based in Manchester and three days in office per week.
Bally’s Interactive is the digital arm of one of the world’s leading entertainment providers, with tens of millions of players across the globe and an unmatched ecosystem of products spanning across the sports betting, iGaming and free-to-play.
Our brands and sites include market movers and shakers like Jackpotjoy, Bally Bet, Vera&John, Virgin Casino and many more. We make our mark by embracing the diversity of our global team, challenging ourselves, and striving to make a difference for our players.
Well, what about the team?
The Matchday team are responsible for integrating our BallyBet sports apps with our sports data and betting providers. We're responsible for the full flow of game and market data as well as the placement of bets. We currently use the Scrum process to manage our work and we aim to continuously improve our software lifecycle: building, shipping, running, automating, testing, measuring and adapting.
We're building our sports data and betting platform on AWS and our tech stack includes Java 17/21, Spring Boot 3.x, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, GraphQL and Kafka. We're growing our team in Manchester and we're looking for software engineers who can help us deliver a world class sports offering for BallyBet.
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.
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
• Annual bonus
• 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.
