Senior Software Engineer
The Senior Software Engineer plays a critical role in designing, developing, and delivering high-quality software solutions that align with LiveScore Group's strategic goals. This role directly contributes to business success by driving technical excellence, improving system performance, and mentoring engineering colleagues to build a high-performing engineering culture.
- Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, scalable backend services using Java and Spring Frameworks (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Cloud, AMQP, Spring Security).
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex features or systems, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and business goals.
- Provide technical mentorship and promote best practices in coding, testing, and design, including conducting code reviews to ensure quality and secure coding.
- Actively participate in agile ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives) using JIRA to manage tasks and track progress.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product and design, to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure timely delivery.
- Utilize Git (Github) for version control and effective collaboration through pull requests and branching strategies.
- Design and optimize relational database schemas, including writing efficient SQL queries and managing data migrations.
- Identify opportunities to improve system performance, developer productivity, and code quality.
- Stay current with emerging technologies and propose innovative solutions to technical challenges, contributing to internal knowledge sharing and tooling improvements.
- Support deployment and monitoring of applications in cloud or on-prem environments, ensuring reliability and performance.
- Experience in Java, with experience in object-oriented design and enterprise-level application development. (required)
- Extensive experience with Spring Frameworks (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Cloud, AMQP, Spring Security). (required)
- Experience in using IntelliJ IDEA for efficient development, debugging, and refactoring. (required)
- Ability to design and maintain normalized database schemas and write efficient SQL queries. (required)
- Familiarity with AI tools to optimize workload and efficiently prompt AI tools for desired output. (required)
- Analytical thinking and a solution-oriented mindset. (required)
- A versatile individual with an appetite to learn and take on challenges. (required)
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to support team objectives. (required)
- Familiarity with front-end frameworks such as VUE and Angular. (nice-to-have)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), and cloud platforms (GCP). (nice-to-have)
- Write efficient SQL queries and manage data migrations, backups, and performance tuning. (nice-to-have)
- Discovery Medical aid
- 21 days annual leave
- Discretionary Company Performance bonus
- Thursday drinks in the office and socials
LiveScore Group is a sports media and betting company, home to the LiveScore, LiveScore Bet and Virgin Bet brands. Its flagship LiveScore product delivers real-time scores and free live streams to a large global audience, while LiveScore Bet and Virgin Bet provide online sports betting and gaming. Headquartered in London, the privately owned group operates internationally, with offices in Stoke, Galway, Vienna, Gibraltar, Lagos, Malta and Cape Town. It combines media reach with regulated betting products across the UK and other markets.