Senior Technical Manager, Back End Application Development (3-Year Contract at The Hong Kong Jockey Club

Sha Tin District, Hong Kong, China -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

30 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

30 Dec, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Backend Development, Microservices Architecture, Domain-Driven Design, Cloud-Native Development, CI/CD Pipelines, Automated Testing, Security Best Practices, Monitoring, Observability, Production Support, Event-Driven Architecture, API Development, Test-Driven Development, Chaos Engineering, Relational Database Design, AWS Services

Industry

Non-profit Organizations

Description

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Founded in 1884, The Hong Kong Jockey Club (“the Club”) is a world-class racing club that acts continuously for the betterment of our society. The Club has a unique integrated business model, comprising racing and racecourse entertainment, a membership club, responsible sports wagering and lottery, and charities and community contribution. Through this model, the Club generates economic and social value for the community and supports the HKSAR Government in combatting illegal gambling.The Department Since 1884, The Hong Kong Jockey Club has been a cornerstone of Hong Kong’s sports and entertainment landscape, driving innovation while contributing to the betterment of society. We are seeking motivated individuals eager to help shape the future of sports and entertainment in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. If you value creativity, collaboration, innovation, and love a challenge, this opportunity is for you.The Job Core Development & Architecture Create Everything as Code to allow Environment on Demand and Environment destruction Implement domain-driven design principles with bounded contexts, aggregates, and domain events Develop clean architecture solutions with strict separation of concerns and dependency inversion Design and implement RESTful APIs with proper versioning and error handling patterns Build event-driven architectures using AWS MSK (Kafka) for asynchronous communication Create and maintain comprehensive API documentation using OpenAPI and AsyncAPI specifications, AWS Cloud Infrastructure Management Quality Engineering & Testing Practice test-driven development (TDD) with comprehensive unit, integration, and contract testing Implement consumer-driven contract testing using Pact for microservices validation Develop automated performance, scalability, and resilience testing using MeterSphere and Gremlin Maintain high code coverage standards using JaCoCo and SonarQube analysis Participate in chaos engineering experiments and implement fixes for identified weaknesses Security & Compliance Implement secure coding practices, following guidelines and security code review standards Address security scan findings proactively and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements Observability & Operations Implement comprehensive monitoring using DataDog APM, metrics, logging, and distributed tracing Develop resilience patterns, including circuit breakers, retry mechanisms, and bulkhead patterns Design and maintain mock services for testing and development environments Implement zero-downtime deployment patterns with canary deployments and feature flags Collaboration & Continuous Improvement Implement infrastructure testing using Terratest, chaos engineering with Gremlin, and automated disaster recovery validation Create deployment automation with canary releases, blue-green deployments, and automated rollback mechanisms About you 5+ years of backend development experience in enterprise environments 4+ years of microservices architecture and domain-driven design experience 3+ years of cloud-native development experience, preferably AWS Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment automation Knowledge of security best practices and compliance requirements Experience with monitoring, observability, and production support Preferred Qualifications Extensive wagering industry experience with Sportsbook and Player Account Management AWS certifications (Developer Associate, Solutions Architect) Knowledge of data engineering and analytics platforms Contributions to open-source projects or technical communities Tools & Technologies Development: IntelliJ IDEA, VS Code, Git/GitHub Enterprise, Docker, Kubernetes Testing: xUnit/NUnit/Moq, JUnit/Kotest, Testcontainers, Pact, MeterSphere, OWASP ZAP Monitoring: DataDog (APM, RUM, NPM, SIEM, distributed tracing, profiling) CI/CD: CloudBees CI, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Terraform Security: AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, SonarQube, SnykCollaboration: Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Teams Programming Languages & Frameworks Primary: C# with .NET Core for microservices Secondary: Kotlin with Spring Boot ecosystem for JVM-based microservices Strong understanding of object-oriented design patterns and SOLID principles Experience with functional programming concepts and reactive programming Cloud & Infrastructure Extensive AWS experience (EKS, RDS Aurora PostgreSQL, MSK, S3, Lambda, API Gateway) Kubernetes container orchestration and Docker containerization GitOps practices with ArgoCD for continuous deployment Data & Messaging Relational database design and optimization (PostgreSQL/Aurora) Event streaming with Apache Kafka/AWS MSK Database migration management using Flyway NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis) for specific use cases Testing & Quality Assurance Unit testing with xUnit/NUnit/Moq (.NET Core) and JUnit/Kotest (JVM) Integration testing with Testcontainers, REST Assured with Cucumber, and WireMock Contract testing with Pact for microservices validation Performance testing and chaos engineering practices Apply Now! We offer competitive salary and benefits packages, a dynamic working environment and development opportunities. Add horsepower to your career today. If you do not meet all of the requirements but still believe you can make a difference, please apply.Equal Opportunity and Inclusive Hiring We are an equal opportunity employer and strive to create an inclusive workplace for all. Applicants from diverse backgrounds are welcomed to apply. If you have any special needs or require accommodations during the interview process, please e-mail us via careers@hkjc.org.hk. Personal data provided by job applicants will be used strictly in accordance with the Club's notice to employees and job applicants relating to the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance. A copy of which will be provided immediately upon request.

Responsibilities

The Senior Technical Manager will be responsible for creating and implementing backend application development solutions, focusing on clean architecture, RESTful APIs, and event-driven architectures. Additionally, the role involves ensuring quality engineering practices and compliance with security standards.