Software Engineer in City of London

Location: London. This is a hybrid-role with 4 days in office.

Who we are: We’re part of Super Group, the NYSE-listed digital gaming company behind some of the world’s leading Sports and iGaming brands. At Betway, we’re driven by our shared vision to become the global leader in the online sports betting and casino industry. Our people are forward-thinking team-players who thrive on a collective diversity of skills and backgrounds. Founded in 2006, our teams in Guernsey, London, Malta, Germany, Portugal and Spain are constantly expanding and evolving.

Who we’re looking for: We’re on a thrilling journey of growth and innovation, and we need passionate, driven individuals to join us. At Betway, every day is action-packed, and we expect you to bring your A-game. In return, you’ll find a supportive environment where your skills can flourish and your career can soar.

Why we need you: We’re on a mission to create extraordinary experiences for our customers, and we believe that your unique skills, passion and superdrive will help us achieve our vision.

What you’ll be doing: As part of your role, your responsibilities will include:

• Work with a team of developers to improve the performance, resilience, and scalability of our systems.
• Build backend features for our Sportsbook platform.
• Work on a codebase written in Go (Golang).
• Facilitate collaboration with other teams and solve problems across our Sports platform.
• Enable sustainable, effective delivery within your team.
• Design quality strategies for new features from the planning stage, defining clear acceptance criteria and quality metrics.
• Create test automation frameworks for front and back-end applications at API, service, and UI levels.
• Implement specialised testing for performance, security, and accessibility.
• Maintain CI/CD testing pipelines in collaboration with our Platform Engineering team.
• Identify quality risks early by participating in design sessions.
• Collaborate with product owners throughout the product delivery lifecycle.

Essential skills you’ll bring to the table:

• Strong programming skills in Go, and/or Java, C#.
• Experience with SQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL), NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB), and Messaging systems (e.g., Kafka).
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and their integration with testing (e.g., Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions).
• Experience with microservices (Node.js), Kubernetes, and architectural patterns such as DDD and Hexagonal Architecture.
• Experience with high-traffic, high-performance applications and troubleshooting live issues.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Desirable skills you’ve got up your sleeve:

• Previous experience in the sports marketing industry.
• Previous experience in a regulated industry, preferably gaming.
• Background in software development.
• Experience coaching or mentoring others in quality practices.
• A/B testing and experimentation.
• Agile / Kanban experience.
• Good presenting skills.

Our values are non-negotiables: Our culture is underpinned by core values that are linked to key behavioural competencies. These competencies are:

• Adaptability.
• Ownership and accountability.
• Initiating action.
• Resilience.
• Team orientation.
• Integrity.
• Innovation.

Be part of that Superclass feeling. At Super Group, diversity is part of our DNA. With teams across 16 countries, 85 nationalities, and 20 languages, we take equal opportunities seriously, championing a supportive, inclusive and empowering environment wherever you are in the Group. It’s all about putting your experience first and ensuring honesty and fairness in all we do. Here, your growth is supported and your contributions valued.

This position requires trust and honesty; it has access to customers' financial details - therefore a credit and criminal record check will be conducted. The qualifications identified herein are an inherent job requirement; therefore, a qualification verification check will be done. By applying for this role, and supplying the necessary details, you hereby grant us permission to apply for these checks. This will be done in a confidential manner, and solely for the purposes of verification.

Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks, please deem your application as unsuccessful.