Lead Java Developer

Sportserve forms part of a remarkable group of B2C sports betting and B2B sportsbook technology companies, focused on delivering first class sports betting experiences and casino products for our users worldwide. Along with Sportion, TechSpirit, Standard Focus and Sportelligent, we are the driving force behind the world renowned sports betting company and our flagship brand, Dafabet.

Since launching our global hiring initiative, we now employ over 2,000 people worldwide, offering exciting career paths in Technology, Trading, Operations and Media. We pride ourselves on having a diverse and international culture that embraces the global community and acts locally. We offer office based, hybrid and remote work on permanent and consultancy contracts all over the world, making us the true global employer of choice.

We are looking for an experienced development team lead to manage one of our cross functional Scrum squads in a payments area. You will be leading a squad which creates new and maintains existing microservices for the new payments solution. A lead developer plays a key role in architectural design decisions and collaborates closely with Java backend, React/NextJS frontend developers, testers and business analysts who are also part of the same team. It’s a green field project so you can expect to work with cutting edge technologies.

You will work in a multi-cultural and geographically distributed team where most of the communication is happening online using audio and video conferencing tools. The role will require a certain level of flexibility as your team mates may be working in different time zones primarily in Europe, India and Philippines. We are building the product which we are maintaining over its lifetime, so we expect you to be ready to join an OOH on-call tech support rota.

What you'll be getting up to:

• Lead a development team in payments area which consists of Java backend, React/NextJS frontend and QA automation engineers.
• Be an expert in Java backend development and an active contributor to development, maintenance and support of the project.
• Complete tasks & deliver projects on-time and to the highest standards.
• Able to make sound architectural decisions.
• Liaise with architects, analysts, business representatives, infrastructure specialists to jointly develop proposals for technical solutions including implementation deployment, support and troubleshooting overviews.
• Discuss/Meet business stakeholders to understand the problems they wish to address.
• Understand all technologies used in the team and be able to assist where needed.
• Able to understand React/NextJS development methodologies with an assistance of frontend development engineers.
• Keep a constant critical eye out for new technologies that can improve our way of work.
• Scope and conduct needed Proof of Concepts when necessary.
• Contribute ideas for making the application better and easier to use.
• Work according to Agile development team (Scrum) practices: attend team meetings, report on assigned tasks progress, participate in sprints planning and tasks estimation.
• Provide assistance to developers/projects as needed, mentor less experienced team members
• Take part in OOH application support rota (on-call)
• Be flexible to support your applications outside of working hours during major sport events (in rota with your peers and team mates)
  
  

Required skills and experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or any related technical field.
• At least 3 years of proven leadership experience.
• Passion for producing high quality, rock solid software
• Excellent command of the English language - written and spoken.
• Expert knowledge of Java 11+ and Spring ecosystem
• Solid knowledge of SQL, preferably with MySQL database
• Experience in working with Java-based ORMs (know when to use them, when not to).
• Experience designing and building RESTful web service APIs and REST API clients
• Solid understanding of Java concurrency and multi-threading
• Demonstrable knowledge of Maven and Linux
• Experience with CI tools and automation (Gitlab)
• Hands on experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Knowledge of Asynchronous Messaging (Kafka)
• Demonstrable knowledge on application security and best practices
• Knowledge of JVM monitoring and performance tuning Java applications, as well as troubleshooting issues in production.
  
  

Desirable skills and experience:

• Experience in leading development teams is very desirable
• Experience building highly transactional, high volume distributed server applications.
• Experience with NoSQL DB (MongoDB) is a plus.
• Development of back office applications using JS, NodeJS and React is a plus
• Background in Online Gaming is preferred but not required.
• We warmly invite applications in English.
  
  

Diversity & Inclusion at Sportserve

At Sportserve, we are deeply committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe in building a team that reflects a wide array of backgrounds, skills, and perspectives. Embracing diversity not only enriches our work culture but also drives innovation and excellence. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where everyone’s contribution is valued and respected.

If you’re a passionate about technology and looking to start your career in an international, forward-thinking Sports Betting company, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now to become part of our exciting journey!