Software Developer, Bet Placement

Software Developer, Bet Placement

bet365 Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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At bet365, we\’re one of the world\’s leading online gambling companies, revolutionising the industry since 2000. Founded by Denise Coates CBE, we now employ over 9,000 people and serve over 100 million customers in 27 languages. Our focus on In-Play betting has solidified our market-leading position, offering an unmatched experience across 96 sports and 700,000 streaming events. With over 750 concurrent sporting fixtures at peak and more live sports streamed than anyone else in Europe, we handle over 6 billion HTTP requests daily and process more than 2 million bets per hour at peak.

We empower our employees to push boundaries and explore new ideas, cultivating a culture that celebrates and rewards creativity. This offers employees a wealth of opportunities for growth, giving them the opportunity to make a real impact in the world of online gambling. As a forward-thinking company, we’re breaking new ground in software innovation too, redefining what’s possible for our customers worldwide.

Job Description

As a Software Developer, you will develop, enhance and support our product offering, including bet placement, cash out, editing of bets, settlements and customer balance updates.

The bet placement team plays a vital role in ensuring the reliability and efficiency of our platform, by managing the software that is responsible for many critical features. By leveraging a Linux operating system and open-source technologies, the team utilise programming languages that can effectively scale and accommodate the high volume of transactions across the platform.

Your primary language will be Erlang, so we are looking for people who want to explore and learn new technologies. The day-to-day work is interesting, challenging and fast paced amidst a hardworking and delivery focused company ethos. We hire people with a broad set of technical skills who are ready to tackle some of technology’s greatest challenges.

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

Qualifications

• Experience of server-side development, such as services, systems, messaging and middleware.
• Familiar with functional programming, such as Erlang, Haskell, F#, Scala or Go.
• Experience working with distributed systems.
• Good understanding of complex event processes and continuous query languages.
• Ability to problem solve.
• Excellent communication and team working skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in IT or a related subject, or relevant industry experience.

Additional Information

• Developing low latency, highly available and scalable solutions.
• Working on Linux and GNU utilities.
• Supporting and enhancing the existing code base.
• Identifying technical areas of improvement.
• Supporting and developing a team of software developers.
• Contributing to solution proposals as required.
• Creating work effort estimates.

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At bet365, we\’re committed to creating an environment where everyone feels welcome, respected and valued. Where all individuals can grow and develop, regardless of their background. We\’re Never Ordinary, and we\’re always striving to be better. If you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please don’t hesitate to reach out.