Senior Software Engineer

1 week ago

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom FairPlay Sports Media Full time

About FairPlay Sports Media


We’re a sports media network, focused on building and nurturing a portfolio of highly engaged and connected communities of sports fans and bettors to create value for our partners.


By empowering our customer communities to compete in the sports betting game, the performance and results our betting, advertiser and media partners need will follow.


iGaming is one of the fastest growing and technologically innovative sectors and we're on top of our game, powered by market-leading tech and driven by brilliant people.


FairPlay Sports Media currently comprises of six brands (Oddschecker, WhoScored, SuperScommesse, Q4, Confido ) and a digital media agency (VIME), with Oddschecker being the leading name in sports betting and odds comparison globally. Our global media partners include Forbes, The Daily Mirror, Golf Monthly, 33rd Team, Yardbarker, and more.


We champion diversity and operate an open and inclusive culture as well as being focused, fast-paced and always making sure to have fun along the way. So why not join us at FPSM and be part of something bigger…


What you’ll do as a Senior Software Engineer (Backend JAVA)


  • Engage with your squad and the wider product and engineering team to build maintainable, testable, observable and resilient software systems.
  • Provide clear technical direction, encourage and lead solution design and architecture, defining and championing new principles, practices and patterns.
  • Be involved in designing and building systems that handle, process and display millions of data points every hour.
  • Join a team to help us build a fully elastic platform that scales to meet the ever-growing demands of market odds comparison.
  • Lead on agile principles and enact continuous improvement with fast feedback cycles.
  • Take ownership of delivery, embracing a DevOps culture to own the lifecycle of software that powers our products, along with release automation and production observability.
  • Own one or more core areas of Oddschecker’s product and engineering stacks, iteratively delivering value continuously.
  • Line manage, coach or mentor others in your team.
  • Manage expectations of a range of technical and non-technical stakeholders.



About You


  • A proven track record in software development, having owned the technical delivery of at least one high traffic web product in the past.
  • Technical excellence with strong experience of Java 12+ and its ecosystem.
  • Product first with a desire to learn about the business and to develop elegant solutions from high-level requirements.
  • A seasoned practitioner of agile practices and methodologies.
  • Strong experience working with CI/CD and delivery automation.
  • Strong experience of test-first development, utilising a mix of unit, integration, and functional practices.
  • Experience designing and building cloud native solutions.
  • A “you build it, you run it” mindset.
  • Passionate about software craftsmanship but also pragmatic, striving for the simplest possible solutions.
  • Experience of leading others, providing coaching and mentorship.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and diplomatic approach. Encourage a culture of constructive feedback.



We Are Especially Interested In


  • TDD and/or DDD experience.
  • T-Shaped engineers with the ability to work across the stack with modern frontend and platform experience.
  • Experience working in the gambling/gaming industry.


What you’ll get back from us

Alongside being challenged daily and a real interest in your development, you will also receive:


  • Subsidized Sky HD package, broadband and discounted sky talk
  • Free Puregym membership
  • Free healthcare with Bupa, life assurance and income protection
  • Pension scheme with up to 9% contribution from the company
  • £1,000 training fund each financial year, to spend on your professional development
  • Unlimited holiday plan

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