Position: Senior Java Developer
Company: Playtech
Category: Java
Experience required: 5y
English level: intermediate

Required skills

6+ years of experience in professional software development
Degree in Computer Science or related discipline
Expert knowledge of Java Core
Experience with Spring Framework ecosystem (Core, Boot, Web, Cloud, Security, Data, Test and other)
Understanding of OOP, OOD and Functional Programming paradigms
Practical understanding of software design patterns and data structures
Practical understanding of basic architectural patterns for modern distributed systems and microservices
Experience in API design and integrations
Experience in database design (NoSQL / SQL)
Understanding of Software Development Lifecycle and CI/CD concepts
Experience with unit and acceptance testing
Experience in technical leadership and mentorship
Experience with troubleshooting live issues in production environment
Excellent communication skills

As a plus

Experience with Apache Kafka and Event Streaming concepts
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) and centralized logging
Experience with Java EE or Weblogic
Understanding of software testing and Test Driven Development principles

We offer

•  Professional growth
• Educational possibilities
• Competitive compensation
• Fully equipped perfect office space located in the city center (“Palats Sportu” metro station)
• Warm and friendly attitude to every specialist
• Possibility to cooperate with a product company

Responsibilities

Design, code and debug core platform components
Working 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
Keeping current with new technologies and making recommendations to the team
Maintaining and enhancing existing product code
Cooperate with members of the QA and delivery teams to ensure products are tested, installed and maintained to a high standard
Maintaining high quality coding standards within the team
Active participation in agile scrum process
Proactively promote technical excellence and improvements
Mentoring and coaching team members
Help, support and share knowledge with colleagues within the team
Role Description:

You will have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with a wide range of people, from QA Engineers, Front End Developers, through to the Product and Marketing team.

You are expected to assist with software design patterns, assess areas of weakness within the software infrastructure and work within the team to design and implement superior methodologies and ship them to production. Like any Production stack, ours requires maintenance to ensure reliability and traceability for our 30K+ (and growing) concurrent users.

Candidates will be focused on large scale enhancements to the existing Bingo product, including new systems built using modern technologies, new game engines, application performance tuning, scalability, and integrations with external systems belonging to new customers.

Project description

Playtech
Senior Java Developer [016445]
Sportyvna Square, 1a, Kyiv, Ukraine
Full-time
Company Description
Playtech is the world’s largest online gaming software supplier traded on the London Stock Exchange, offering cutting-edge, value-added solutions to the industry’s leading operators. Company’s business portfolio consists of the most prominent names in the business, including Gala, Coral, William Hill, Netplay, Betfred, Mansion, Bet365, etc.

Playtech develops unified software platforms and content for the online and land-based gaming industry, together with providing a range of ancillary services such as marketing, hosting and CRM services. Leading gaming applications include casino, poker, bingo, sports betting, live gaming, casual and fixed odds games.

Behind the eminent success of Playtech’s products and services there are around 5000 employees with offices and development centers in 14 countries, the majority of whom are engaged in research and development of current and future gaming technologies.

Job Description
Product description:

The Bingo platform supports 50+ bingo sites hosting over 250 unique games/features which run in 1000s of different configurations.

We have customers around the world who play in different languages and under different rules/regulations (e.g., UK UKGC, Italy). We maintain a multitude of games, integrations, admin screens, live monitoring tools and native apps.

Our development team in Kyiv has a key role in modernising and enhancing the Bingo platform, designing and developing a new suite of tools which will take Bingo to the next level.

This is truly open platform and provides a flexible solution that maximizes player gaming experience whilst minimizing operational costs. Our development unit offers agile environment, welcomes new ideas and technologies, as well as improvements of day-to-day processes and activities. This is a great opportunity for a professional who is looking for challenge and experience cooperating in dynamic truly cross-territory environment.

Technology Stack:
Our applications span over 15 years of development and range from traditional Monoliths to modern Micro Service paradigms. Our tech stack is just as broad, and includes (but not limited to):

Java 8+
Spring Framework
Spring Boot
Hazelcast
JPA / Hibernate
Couchbase
Oracle / Postgres SQL
Apache Kafka
Maven
Jenkins
Kubernetes / Docker
JUnit with Mockito