Junior Frontend Developer

Are you excited about shaping the future of sports betting technology? Join our dynamic team and contribute to our innovative Sportsbook platform hosting multiple brands. Whether you're an experienced developer or just starting out, you'll find opportunities to grow and make a real impact.

Our system uses Java for development, Kafka for real-time data streaming, and Spring Boot for building services. You'll work with live sports feed integrations and RabbitMQ for message handling. Designed for high performance, our platform ensures high availability and scalability to handle peak loads, with rigorous testing for reliability and speed.

If you’re passionate about cutting-edge technology and eager to learn and grow together with us, we want to hear from you

When it comes to being successful at Sportserve, there's more to it than just being really good at the technical stuff. It's also your ability to be an awesome problem solver. And here's the thing, we totally get that we can't all be experts in everything, right? So, it's all about having that thirst for knowledge and being passionate about learning. You'll also need amazing attention to detail, so if something seems off, you won't rest until you've figured out what's going on. We see ourselves as a cool group of people who love coming up with new ideas and making things happen. As long as you have a true passion for creating awesome stuff, you'll fit right in.

What you'll be getting up to :

We are looking for someone to work closely with our product owners to help shape and build the future of our tools and products.

You'd spend your time developing and improving existing projects, for example :

1. Building new websites and pages based on provided technical and functional specifications.
2. Implementing different strategies for existing products and tools based on requirements.

We'd also do a ton of work together like :

1. Architecting and developing new features.
2. Prototyping and evaluating potential implementations.

You would spend a lot of time programming, brainstorming on hard problems, and prototyping different ideas.

You wouldn't be just churning through tickets in the backlog; you'd be helping to design entirely new products, figuring out what exactly we're even building and why.

While being a somewhat big company, we're split into small teams which means that even though we each have our areas of expertise, we all wear many hats.

We're looking for a programmer, but you'd also help out with things like :

1. Managing Git VCS issues and fixing bugs.
2. Writing and improving the documentation for the products and tools we make.
3. Helping customer support answer customer questions.
4. Troubleshooting problems during live communication with other teams.

If you've ever maintained a large project, working with us carries a lot of the same responsibilities. Here are a few recent projects you might have worked on if you were already part of the team :

1. Building the next version of our products from scratch with the latest technologies.
2. Building a performance testing architecture and laying the groundwork that will be used company-wide.
3. Refactoring the actual production application to simplify and speed up performance without any downtime.

Responsibilities :

1. Develop websites based on technical and functional specifications provided by the client;
2. Continued maintenance, development, and bug fixes for the existing websites;
3. Utilise source control tools such as Gitlab for maintaining code versioning and releases;
4. Test the website on different browsers and identify any technical problems;
5. Work with the team to manage, optimise and customise multiple web applications;
6. Attend daily meetings to report on assigned tasks’ progress and attend fortnightly meetings for project planning and other meetings from time to time;
7. Complete tasks & deliver projects on-time and to the highest standards;
8. Contribute ideas for making the application better and easier to use.

Required Qualifications :

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or any related technical field.
2. 1-2 years of working experience as a frontend developer.
3. Experience with HTML and CSS.
4. Experience with JavaScript, including React.js.
5. Experience with Git version control (branching, creating pull requests, resolving merge conflict).
6. Knowledge and demonstrated experience with cross-browser issues.
7. A good understanding of responsive web design principles.
8. Basic understanding of MySQL and databases.
9. A good understanding of web standards.
10. Good oral and written English communication skills.
11. A passion for the web and an eagerness to learn.
12. Ability to plan your own work and reach deadlines on time.

Nice to have :

1. Experience with Next.js.
2. Experience with CSS frameworks like Tailwind.
3. Knowledge of other Javascript frameworks like Angular, Backbone.js, and Node.js.
4. Familiarity with Ruby and Ruby on Rails.
5. Familiarity with CSS pre-processors such as Sass and/or PostCSS.
6. Background in Agile Software Development using Scrum Methodology.

We warmly invite applications in English.

Diversity & Inclusion at Sportserve

At Sportserve, we are deeply committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe in building a team that reflects a wide array of backgrounds, skills, and perspectives. Embracing diversity not only enriches our work culture but also drives innovation and excellence. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where everyone’s contribution is valued and respected.

If you’re passionate about technology and looking to start your career in an international, forward-thinking Sports Betting company, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now to become part of our exciting journey