Backend Engineer

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, you’ll be responsible for developing microservices in a distributed deployment environment with an emphasis on containerisation with Docker and K8S. You won’t 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 you’ll be working with the latest technology and won’t have to worry about decades old legacy code.

A willingness to work in Springboot is fine - as long as you are willing to learn and have demonstrable experience in an object-oriented programming language.

Our Stack (we don't expect you to have all of these)

• Backend Application Framework: Spring Boot (Java Config + Embedded Tomcat)
• Micro Service Framework: Spring Cloud Dalston (Netflix Eureka + Netflix Zuul + Netflix Ribbon + Feign)
• Database Sharding Middleware: Lede Cetus
• Database: MySQL and MongoDB,Mybatis, Druid
• Public Cache: AWS ElastiCache + Redis
• Message Queue: Apache RocketMQ
• Distributed Scheduling: Dangdang Elastic Job
• Data Index and Search: ElasticSearchLog
• Real-time Visualization: ElasticSearch + Logstash + Kibana
• Business Monitoring: Graphite + Grafana
• Cluster Monitoring: AWS Cloudwatch
• Tasking: Elastic Job
• Server: Netty 

Responsibilities

Develop highly-scalable mobile internet backends for millions of users

• Work with Product Owners and other development team members to determine new features and user stories needed in new / revised applications or large/complex development projects
• Participate in code reviews with peers and managers to ensure that each increment adheres to original vision as described in the user story and all standard resource libraries and architecture patterns as appropriate
• Respond to support calls for applications in production for quick diagnosis and repair to keep things running smoothly for users
• Participate in all team ceremonies including planning, grooming, product demonstration and team retrospectives
• Mentoring less experienced team members 
• Potential On-Call responsibilities depending on team and tenure

Requirements

• Minimum of 3+ Years within a relevant role
• Preferred experience in Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Data and iBATIS
• Strong experience with highly-scalable web backends
• Experience designing highly transactional systems
• Advanced proficiency in Object Oriented Design (OOD) and analysis
• Advanced proficiency in application of analysis / design engineering functions
• Advanced proficiency in application of non-functional software qualities such as resiliency and maintainability
• Advanced proficiency in modern behavior-driven testing techniques
• Deep understanding of Microservices
• Proficient in SQL
• Expert knowledge of application development with technologies like RabbitMQ, MySQL, Redis etc
• Strong experience with container and cloud solutions such as Docker, Kubernetes and AWS Cloud
• An ability to work independently
• Excellent communication skills in English

Benefits

• Quarterly and flash bonuses
  We have core hours of 10am-3pm in a local timezone, but flexible hours outside of this
• Education allowance
• Referral bonuses
• 28 days paid annual leave
• 2 x annual company retreats (Lisbon + Dubai in 2022 / Phuket in Q2 2023 + 1 more TBC!)
• Highly talented, dependable co-workers in a global, multicultural organisation
• Payment via world class online wallet system DEEL
• Top of the line equipment supplied by market leader Hofy
• We score 100% on The Joel Test
• 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

Interview Process

• HackerRank Test 
• Remote video screening with our Talent Acquisition Team + live ID check
• Remote 90 min video interview loop with 3 x Team Members (30 mins each)
• Pre offer call with Talent Acquisition Team
• ID check via Zinc
• 24-72 hour feedback loops throughout process