Ideal candidates are engineers with at least 5 years of professional experience in the domain of web system design and development. They will be expected to take on a senior role within the team, displaying the ability to lead technical discussions and deliver technical advice in a confident manner.
We expect that you will be able to use any additional technological skills in your arsenal to improve the team's efficiency and problem-solving abilities while developing into a well-rounded engineer.
As part of our team, you will
Participate in all stages of the software development life cycle
Write well designed and efficient code
Work with others as part of a self-organizing team to design, build, and run products and services hosted on-premises and in the cloud.
Review and refactor existing code to improve our platform's reliability, robustness, performance, and operability.
Work within a high-performance team running kanban and incrementally deliver value to the business following set priorities.
Become part of a value-oriented culture ensuring the quality of products and services delivered by the team.
Lead engineers on large product initiatives, providing technical coaching to less experienced engineers.
Qualifications
Excellent and demonstrable knowledge of the Java programming language, with at least 5 years of commercial experience.
Experience in developing RESTful applications with Spring boot or related frameworks.
Familiarity with AWS, Cloud Native applications and Microservice architectures
Experience working with relational (SQL, DDL, ACID) and non-relational databases.
Comfortable with Unix/Linux environments
Excellent analysis and problem-solving skills
Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
Nice to have
Experience with caching strategies using Redis / Hazelcast
Familiar with messaging by using Kafka / RabbitMQ or others
Familiarity with Continuous Deployment and Integration tools (Jenkins, Docker, etc)
Experience leading a small team of developers
Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
Frontend experience (HTML, JavaScript, React) is a plus
Experience acting as the primary technical decision-maker for a team, platform, product, or major project.
Additional Information
Why would you enjoy working with us at Light & Wonder?
Competitive benefits, an open and supportive environment as well as a modern and exciting workplace.
The opportunity to interact with global teams on a regular basis and the possibility to switch teams and projects as you and our business continues to develop and grow.
Exciting projects with opportunities for creating positive change to our game engineering ecosystem.
And if that is not enough; you will get to enjoy a stunning work location and flexible hybrid working whilst we provide you with the guidance and development skills you need to progress quickly and enhance your career.
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