Senior Backend Engineer (C++) - Pokerstars, Hybrid

at  Flutter Entertainment

Senior Backend Engineer (C++) - Pokerstars, Hybrid

Responsibilities

• Participation in the maintenance and development of our backend system with a high amount of transactions per second, very short response times and wallet integration
• Participate in the software development process from design to release including design, document and develop solutions as well as server code review and peer design activities
• Provide support including participating in investigations and trouble-shootings issues found in testing and production environments
• Review existing or create new functional and design specifications that provide for all business requirements
• Designing efficient algorithms and implementing those in code for supporting the entire SDLC, including source control management and delivery pipelines
• Design and implement integrations of frontend and backend services that will drive our extensive dynamic collection of web applications
• Review and investigate production issues
• Provide development status updates to various stakeholders
• Balance multiple priorities with minimal supervision while working under tight deadlines
• Assume ownership to clarify technical requirements, transfer knowledge to the project team, and communicate effectively with the different layers of the project team
• Guide and mentor team members during the development of technical solutions

Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience in development of mission-critical backend systems in large scale product-based companies
• Excellent C++ experience with through understanding of building distributed and scalable systems.
• Exposure to full lifecycle on a production stage enterprise application delivery
• Knowledge of SQL scripting language
• Experience with Microservices architecture
• Understanding of the modern web architectural patterns, knowledge of such technologies like HTTP(S), REST and WebSocket
• Experience with CI&CD systems (Jenkins or similar)
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, attention to details, ability to work with a remote team in a highly flexible remote environment
• Experience with using 3rd party integration tools and SDKs
• Experience with AWS and development for the cloud is an asset
• Comfortable with Git, Jira, and Confluence
• Knowledgeable with test driven development
• Good English

What you can expect:

• 25 days of annual leave;
• Sharesave scheme;
• ”Flexible Benefits” of your choice;
• Private health insurance (includes dental insurance and health assessments);
• Free parking;
• Thousands of courses online through ‘Udemy’

Ways of working:
Flexible working is our way of working! We’re a diverse workforce and therefore a ’one size fits all’ approach isn’t necessarily best. Whatever your personal needs may be, let’s have a chat and see how we can accommodate them;
We thank all applicants for their interest, however only the suitable candidates will be contacted for an interview.
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• Participation in the maintenance and development of our backend system with a high amount of transactions per second, very short response times and wallet integration
• Participate in the software development process from design to release including design, document and develop solutions as well as server code review and peer design activities
• Provide support including participating in investigations and trouble-shootings issues found in testing and production environments
• Review existing or create new functional and design specifications that provide for all business requirements
• Designing efficient algorithms and implementing those in code for supporting the entire SDLC, including source control management and delivery pipelines
• Design and implement integrations of frontend and backend services that will drive our extensive dynamic collection of web applications
• Review and investigate production issues
• Provide development status updates to various stakeholders
• Balance multiple priorities with minimal supervision while working under tight deadlines
• Assume ownership to clarify technical requirements, transfer knowledge to the project team, and communicate effectively with the different layers of the project team
• Guide and mentor team members during the development of technical solution