Who We Are:
The world's top sports betting and lottery brands choose OpenBet as their partner for world class content, leading tech and tailored service. We have their back, so they’re ready with exciting, memorable and safe sports betting experiences to entertain billions of players worldwide.
Endeavor is a global sports and entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most dynamic and engaging storytellers, brands, live events, and experiences. The Endeavor network specializes in talent representation through entertainment agency WME; sports operations and advisory, event management, media production and distribution, and brand licensing through IMG; live event experiences and hospitality through On Location; full-service marketing through global cultural marketing agency 160over90; and sports data and technology through IMG ARENA and OpenBet. Endeavor is also the majority owner of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company comprising UFC and WWE.
The Team
OpenBet is sport. The world's top sports betting brands choose OpenBet as their partner for world class content, leading tech and tailored services. We have their back. So they’re ready with exciting, memorable and safe sports betting experiences, to entertain millions of players worldwide.
As a Development Lead you will be a part of our OpenServices team with a focus on one of our key accounts, leading a team of Software Engineers developing new features and maintaining the customers’ core Sportsbook.
Want to be part of our evolving future growth?
The Goal
OpenBet are looking for an experienced Development Lead to join our team of skilled engineers. In this role, you will be responsible for delivering scalable solutions that run on our leading cutting-edge sports betting platform. This will ensure you take our products and your career to the next level.
What you’ll be doing
- Technical leadership: Understand the platform and technologies used and guide future direction
- Team leadership: Coaching, support, and development of the team
- Customer liaison: A trusted point of contact between OpenBet professional service teams, our customers, and partners
- Incidents: Management of, and escalation path for live production incidents
Key Tasks
- Build and maintain functionality for our sports platform
- Manage a mixed team of approximately 5 Software Engineers
- Manage and contribute to technical end-to-end delivery of projects
- Become a primary point of contact for and maintain strong relationships with both external and internal customers
- Lead design and code reviews, set coding standards and ensure they are met by deliverables
- Ensure engineering best practice principles are always applied
- Design solutions that are compatible with the strategic direction of the company
- Participate in an on-call support-rota for the production system.
Must Have Skills
- 5+ years of experience building web applications and 2+ years experience managing development teams
- Experience interacting with customers, external partners and business stakeholders
- Demonstrable talent coding (preferably in Java & TCL)
- Good knowledge of large-scale website or application architectures and technology stacks
- Experience working with applications distributed across multiple data-centers
- Strong sports betting knowledge
- Good understanding of relational databases (preferably IBM Informix)
- Experience deploying software to production environments
Nice to Have Skills
- Automated testing and CI/CD (preferable good knowledge of Jenkins)
- Release management and configuration management experience.
- Experience working in a regulated industry
What we can offer YOU:
Attractive 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 as you and our business continues to develop & grow
- Tangible and genuine development - at OpenBet, you can take your career where you want it to go!
- And if that’s not enough; enjoy flexible working whilst we provide you with the guidance and development skills you need to progress and enhance your career
OpenBet is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment.
Endeavor unites and brings people together in our love of sport, culture, and entertainment. We understand this can only be accomplished when we lead with a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. As a global company that drives culture, we strive to reflect the world’s diverse voices.
Endeavor is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion or belief.
