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.

We are hiring both Mid and Senior level Backend Engineers and 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.

The salary range for these roles is $40-90k USD (all salaries are paid in Euro) 

Our Stack (we dont 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 Oracle,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: Zabbix + 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

Requirements

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

Based in Europe

Benefits

Quarterly and flash bonuses

Flexible working hours

Top-of-the-line equipment

Education allowance

Referral bonuses

Annual company holidays - we’re hoping to make it to Dubai in November this year!

Highly talented, dependable co-workers in a global, multicultural organization

We score 100% on The Joel Test

Our EU team is small enough for you to be impactful

Our business is established and successful, offering stability and security to our employees