We consistently top the charts as one of if not the most used Sports Betting website in the countries we operate in.
With millions of weekly active users, we strive to be the best in industry for our users.
Sporty''s sites are some of the most popular on the internet, consistently staying in Alexa''s list of top websites for the countries they operate in.
In this role, youll be responsible for developing microservices in a distributed deployment environment with an emphasis on containerisation with Docker and K8S. You wont just be writing simple CRUD applications, but instead will be working on the core logic of complex systems that are accessed millions of times a day. We wrote our system from scratch about 3 years ago, so youll be working with the latest technology and wont have to worry about decades old legacy code.
As a platform engineer, you will be the bridge between our backend engineers and our DevOps team, utilising your knowledge of both ecosystems.
Language: Java 8+
Frameworks: Spring Boot (Tomcat, Netty), Spring Data, Spring Cloud
Architecture: Microservices, REST API, Message Queues
Database: MySQL, MyBatis, ShardingSphere, MongoDB
Caching: Redis (AWS ElastiCache), ElasticSearch
Message Queue: RocketMQ
Cloud: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS
Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, AWS CloudWatch
Minimum of 3+ Years within a relevant role
Experience working with Java/Springboot
Strong knowledge of configuration management
Strong knowledge of Feature Management and Feature Toggles
Excellent understanding of deployment strategies and the creation of CI/CD pipelines
Strong knowledge of testing tooling experience tools such as JMeter or GoReplay
Strong knowledge of cloud monitoring tools such as Grafana or Prometheus
Knowledge of Kubernetes
In-depth knowledge of Java/springboot and JVM tuning
Quarterly and flash bonuses
We have core hours of 10am-3pm in a local timezone, but flexible hours outside of this
Top-of-the-line equipment
Referral bonuses
28 days paid annual leave
Annual company retreat
Highly talented, dependable co-workers in a global, multicultural organisation
Payment via DEEL, a world class online wallet system
Our teams are small enough for you to be impactful
Our business is globally established and successful, offering stability and security to our Team Members
Our mission is to be an everyday entertainment platform for everyone.
The top-down mentality at Sporty is high performance based, meaning we trust you to do your job with an emphasis on support to help you achieve, grow and de-block any issues when they''re in your way.
Generally employees can choose their own hours, as long as they are collaborating and doing stand-ups etc. The emphasis is really on results.
As we are a highly structured and established company we are able to offer the security and support of a global business with the allure of a startup environment. Sporty is independently managed and financed, meaning we dont have arbitrary shareholder or VC targets to cater to.
We literally build, spend and make decisions based on the ethos of building THE best platform of its kind. We are truly a