Senior Scala Engineer

at  IMG Arena

Who We Are:
Launched in 2012, IMG Arena leveraged our rights expertise to pioneer the mainstream introduction of official data rights. We paved the way for a new revenue stream for our Rightsholder clients, whilst at the same time delivering greater value to the sports betting industry. We have gone on to expand our sports betting product suite with the addition of Event Centres and Official Virtual Sports. At IMG Arena the job is yours. We want you to be yourself. We are focused on building an inclusive and empowering environment that’s welcoming for everyone, where you are trusted and empowered to do what you’re good at. It’s your arena and your opportunity to shape it and your career. You’ll have the opportunity to pick up the latest technology, develop your own ideas and run with them. There’s loads of room for improvement and innovation. You get to prove and own the process from start to finish.
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.
IMG ARENA is looking for experience Developer on position:
Senior Scala Engineer
About the role
Scala Engineer is a senior-level position. The role offers the opportunity to act as a key technical pivot within a motivated and energetic team and to be involved in solving a broad range of challenges while supporting a rapidly expanding segment of IMG ARENA’s digital businesses.
Scala Developer is a key member tasked with further development of platform to distribute low-latency, highly reliable, sporting data to substantial customer base. On a daily bases SD collaborates in five members team. Scala Engineer reports to Lead Scala Engineer who is based in the UK. Remote working is permitted.

Your responsibilities:

• Act as a technical leader and mentor, taking ownership of complex technical issues
• Work together with the rest of the IMG ARENA and other internal/external partners to define and build new products and features
• Participate in design/architecture sessions and contribute to the technical direction of the team and department
• Implement new products and features according to their acceptance criteria, as well as maintaining and improving the existing features/codebase
• Help define, maintain and improve ways of working.

Our requirements:

• Professional software development experience in Scala with a strong bias for quality and engineering excellence
• Significant experience developing with multiple JVM technologies/ libraries (e.g. Akka, Hazelcast, etc.)
• Strong experience with relational databases, ideally Postgres
• Experience working with, and deploying to, cloud services (especially AWS)
• Knowledge of working with build pipelines and continuous deployment models
• Experience in building globally scalable software architecture
• Great design and problem-solving skills, with demonstrable experience in building simple implementations to complex problems and object-oriented design
• Knowledge and experience in developing web services that are robust and easily consumed
• Sound API design skills and knowledge of HTTP principles
• Experience of working in a large scale b2b organisation
• Approachable and a strong communicator.

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of and interest in a wide variety of sports.

Technologies we use:

• Scala
• SQL (PostgreSQL)
• Akka (HTTP & Streams)
• Messaging brokers; rabbitMQ, Kakfa
• Docker, Kubernetes
• AWS instance management and deployment
• Linux, shell scripting
• CI/CD; Jenkins/GitLab/GitHub.

We offer:

• Contract of employment (contract b2b is an option and does not include benefits)
• Fully remote work
• Paid on-calls
• Private medical healthcare
• Life insurance
• MyBenefit program with Multisport card
• Unlimited access to e-learning platforms
• Additional 3 days of leave for volunteering
• Additional days of leave during X-mas time
• Co-financing for glasses
• English lessons
• Extra-ordinary projects
• International work environment
• Integration meetings
• New friends forever!

Recruitment stages:

• Pre-interview with Recruiter (30")
• Interview with Tech Team (45")
• Tech test (Home Take Test or Live-coding session)

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

• Act as a technical leader and mentor, taking ownership of complex technical issues
• Work together with the rest of the IMG ARENA and other internal/external partners to define and build new products and features
• Participate in design/architecture sessions and contribute to the technical direction of the team and department
• Implement new products and features according to their acceptance criteria, as well as maintaining and improving the existing features/codebase
• Help define, maintain and improve ways of working