Company Description
Eyecon is a well-established business, with almost 25 years in the gaming and software industry offering our international clientele a range of software and systems.
- Strong customer and product focus
- Numerous technical environments
- Talented group of people with many specialties
- Continuously learning
- Develop games and integrate them to customer sites.
- Utilising technologies such as JavaScript, Typescript, React, WebGL (eg PixiJS)
Now part of the Playtech group of companies, the world's largest online gaming software supplier traded on the London Stock Exchange Main Market.
Job Description
We are looking for a talented and self-motivated Frontend Developer to join our games team. You have a thirst for knowledge and a passion for technologies. You have a great understanding of frontend technologies, and the challenges browsers, devices and layouts bring. You will join an extremely talented team using both frontend and backend technologies. Flexible work arrangements are offered.
Key responsibilities include:
- Develop and maintain responsive and user-friendly web applications for our games portfolio
- Collaborate with designers and backend developers to implement intuitive user interfaces
- Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript
- Optimise web applications for maximum speed and scalability across various devices and browsers
- Implement and maintain version control using Git
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving development practices
- Stay up-to-date with emerging frontend technologies and industry trends
- Troubleshoot and debug issues in existing applications
- Ensure cross-browser compatibility and responsive design principles are adhered to
- Contribute to the development of reusable code and libraries for future use
- Work closely with the QA team to identify and resolve frontend-related issues
- Assist in estimating time and resources required for frontend development tasks
- Participate in agile development processes, including daily stand-ups and sprint planning
You will be an integral part of our dynamic games team, contributing to the creation of engaging and innovative web-based gaming experiences.
Qualifications
Mandatory Skills
- Strong experience with website development a big plus
- Knowledge and experience in HTML5 and CSS3
- Solid understanding of the challenges of device and browser fragmentation
- An awareness of and ability to critique available JavaScript frameworks and libraries and apply their use pragmatically.
- Familiar with version control systems like Git
- Degree in IT, Software Development or similar
Desirable Skills
- Exposure to programming languages such as Java or C# would be valued but not required
- Exposure to databases and SQL
- Experience with Spine 2D valued but not required
- Understanding of software design patterns and principles
- Understanding of software development principles and methodologies including agile development experience (eg Scrum)
- Understanding of test-driven development using automated or scripted UI testing frameworks such as Selenium
Additional Information
If you believe that you have the above skills and experience, we welcome your application by submitting an up-to-date resume. You need to be able to work in Australia to apply for this role.
Top Skills
What We Do
Founded in 1999 and premium listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, Playtech is a technology leader in the gambling industry with over 7300 employees in 19 countries
Playtech is the gambling industry’s leading software and services supplier and partners with many of the world’s leading regulated online, retail and mobile operators, land-based casino groups, government sponsored entities such as lotteries, and new entrants opening operations in newly-regulated markets. Its business intelligence-driven gambling software offering includes casino, live casino, bingo, poker and sports betting.
We are the pioneers of Omni-channel gambling which, through Playtech ONE, offers operators and their customers, a seamless, anytime, anywhere experience across any product, any channel (online, mobile, retail) and any device using a single account and single wallet. It provides marketing expertise, sophisticated CRM solutions and other services for operators seeking a full turnkey solution.
The company has won numerous awards including the prestigious Gaming Intelligence Game of the Year award 2018 for its Age of the Gods games that includes slots, table games and live casino.
Alongside our own cutting-edge gaming studios and content we license some of the world's most popular brands from Hollywood studios including Warner Bros. Consumer Products on behalf of DC Entertainment, Paramount, Fox, NBC Universal, MGM and many more.
Playtech Financials operates both on a B2C and B2B basis. Our B2C focused offering is an established and growing online CFDs broker, operating the brand markets.com. Our B2B offering includes the division's proprietary trading platform, CRM and back-office systems, as well as its liquidity technology platform which provides retail brokers with multi-asset execution, prime brokerage services, liquidity and complementary risk management tools.
If you are an ambitious, creative thinker and would like to work for us we want to hear from you!
