Associate Software Engineer
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Betfair
Salary
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Hours
Full-time
Contract type
Permanent
Location
Hammersmith
Job description
You will be a part of the Platform Services team that delivers cutting edge, exciting products across the Flutter group pushing the boundaries of performance while demanding maximum stability and 24/7 uptime.
We have evolved from the Betfair Exchange expertise in extreme volume, high availability, low latency systems taking technologies and services out to the whole of the Flutter Group covering areas such as Personalisation, Real Time Analysis and Product catalogues.
Java, Kafka and Amazon Web Services are our primary technologies of choice, and we are continually driving the aim of being a leader within Flutter in these technologies.
We promote Hackdays, Innovation Days, self-learning and provide developers space to fulfil their potential and the needs of the tribe.
How you’ll play it
Java to power our applications with the Spring Framework, and Kafka for our messaging
Oracle DB and MySQL DB to store our data
Linux as the main platform of choice on our AWS public and I2 private cloud
KDB+ for real time data analysis, Boxever at the heart of our group-wide personalisation capability
Jenkins and Maven to create deployments, with Go to link Continuous Delivery
Ansible to automate app deployment augmented by Python / Bash for scripts
Splunk and Sensu for monitoring and alerting
AWS as our platform of choice for the hosting of our service
What you’ll bring
You will design and develop highly available, resilient, and distributed backend services in an agile environment
You will measure the performance and availability of our tech stack – using this data to track inefficiencies and improve our software continuously
You'll have knowledge of customer's' behaviours and use cases to offer them the best possible experience through the software you deliver
About Betfair
Imagine a job that doesn’t feel like work at all
At Betfair, we’re here to play. To explore. To innovate. To challenge. And we’re hoping you are, too.
Our business was born to create a fairer betting marketplace. Today, we’re the worlds biggest online betting exchange, one of the top 75 most valuable brands in the uk, and part of Flutter, one of Time100’s most influential companies.
Joining us means believing that we do our best work together. It means fighting what’s unfair. And it means aiming high and having fun while we do it.
So, if you’re ready to play too, this looks a lot like your next big career move. Plus, Betfair is part of the Flutter UK & Ireland family – a collection of big-hitting entertainment brands such as PaddyPower, Sky Betting & Gaming and Tombola.
Flexible Working
All our live jobs champion hybrid working, offering a flexible blend of home and office working with full autonomy to decide how many times you travel into the office each quarter.
Looking for a remote role? We’re open to discussing remote working for all our live jobs.
What’s on offer
£1,000 learning fund
Twice-yearly bonus (with part of it guaranteed!)
Unlimited Holiday
Pension contribution scheme
Private healthcare
Flexible ways of working – home or office, it’s your choice!
Access to thousands of Udemy courses
Invest via the Company Sharesave Scheme
16 hours paid volunteering time per year