About Playtech
Founded in 1999, the company has a premium listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and is focused on regulated and regulating markets across its B2B and B2C businesses. Both divisions leverage Playtech’s proprietary technology to deliver innovative products and services to ensure a safe, engaging and entertaining gaming experience.
Playtech is the gaming industry's leading technology company delivering business intelligence-driven gaming software, services, content, and platform technology across the industry. Read more about who we are and what we do here: www.playtechpeople.com
Here at Playtech, we genuinely believe that people are our biggest asset. Diverse thoughts, experiences, and individual characteristics enrich our work environment and lead to better business decisions. Recognizing differences and ensuring our processes are transparent is the core of Playtech's overall commitment to responsible business practices.
Ready to level up your career?
Playtech's Development unit is looking for an experienced Senior Java Developer with great interpersonal skills.
Job DescriptionYour influential mission. You will...
- Design, code and debug core platform components
- Perform code reviews
- Work at all stages of the product lifecycle from requirements capture, through design and implementation to system testing and integration
- Increase efficiency through automation, workflow streamlining, and system optimization
- Stay current with new technologies and making recommendations to the team
- Maintain and enhancing existing product code
- Maintain high quality coding standards within the team
- Actively participate in agile scrum process
- Proactively promote technical excellence and improvements
- Mentor and coach team members
- Help, support and share knowledge with colleagues within the team
Components for success. You...
- Have 5+ years of experience in professional software development
- Hold a degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
- Possess expert knowledge of Java Core
- Have excellent knowledge of Spring Boot
- Demonstrate excellent knowledge of OOP principles
- Have a practical understanding of software design patterns and data structures
- Understand basic architectural patterns for modern distributed systems and microservices
- Have experience in API design and integrations
- Have experience in database design (NoSQL / SQL)
- Understand the Software Development Lifecycle and CI/CD concepts
- Have experience with unit and acceptance testing
- Have experience troubleshooting live issues in a production environment
- Possess excellent communication skills
You'll get extra points for...
- Experience in technical leadership and mentorship
- Experience with Apache Kafka and Event Streaming concepts
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Understanding of software testing and Domain Driven Development principles
Thrive in a culture that values...
- Initiative-taking and confident approach at the workplace
- Global scope and inclusive working environment
- Constant learning and development opportunities
- Active lifestyle and mental well-being
- Fun and engaging company events
DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Our innovative Development Team is dedicated to shaping the future of online gaming. The team consists of 15 talented individuals, including developers and QA engineers, who collaborate closely to deliver high-quality software solutions.
Our applications span over 15 years of development and range from traditional monoliths to modern microservices paradigms. Our tech stack includes:
- Java 21
- Spring Boot
- JUnit with Mockito
- RESTful and Web Socket API
- Oracle, PostgreSQL
- Flyway
- Redis
- Apache Kafka
- Gradle
- Kubernetes, Docker
- Prometheus, Grafana
- Jenkins, ArgoCD
Playtech is an equal opportunities employer. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.
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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!
