UI Developer [013589]

Company description

Playtech is the world's largest online gaming software supplier traded on the London Stock Exchange Main Market, offering cutting-edge, value-added solutions to the industry's leading operators. Company's business portfolio consists of the most prominent names in the business, including William Hill, Netplay, Betfred, Mansion, Bet365, etc.

Playtech develops unified software platforms and content for the online and land-based gaming industry, together with providing a range of ancillary services such as marketing, hosting and CRM services. Leading gaming applications include casino, poker, bingo, sports betting, live gaming, casual and fixed odds games.

Behind the eminent success of Playtech's products and services there are around 5000 employees with offices and development centers in 14 countries, the majority of whom are engaged in research and development of current and future gaming technologies.

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Job description

As a React Software Engineer in our UI team, you will become part of a diverse, highly technical development team, where everyone's input is valued. Our main focus is on solving complex, data-heavy problems in the most efficient way possible. Our office is a highly collaborative environment and we like to play each person to their strengths, ensuring they are always working within a team that will not only challenge them but ultimately proves fulfilling.

Technically, we're Open Source advocates, always ensuring that we keep our tech stack as cutting edge as possible. Your role as a Software Engineer will be to create and maintain UI related applications within our service architecture using a mix React (React Native), Redux, HTML, (S) CSS. Experience in these specific technologies is highly desirable along with Linux environments and it is essential to have experience in general programming paradigms.

Your Role:

• Development of our Sportsbook product and UI applications for back office and customer facing web sites
• Implementing new features and maintaining production code
• Designing innovative solutions to complex problems
• Contributing meaningful peer code reviews
• Implementing unit tests
• Working in an agile development process

Qualifications

Essential:

• 3+ years of experience in professional software development
• You know how to build multi-platform product
• Experience using ES6 +, React (React Native), Redux and web-based technologies (HTML, JS, CSS), Webpack
• Experience within a highly technical environment, solving complex problems.
• Good understanding of client-server architecture and web protocols
• Good communication skills in English, in speech as well as writing

Desirable:

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technologies or similar
• Experience RESTful APIs.
• Understanding of the UI and UX concepts
• Understanding of Scrum or Kanban principles, experience with JIRA
• Git

Highly Valued:

• Experience with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, GIMP or similar
• Previous commercial experience in Gambling or Sports Betting sector.
• Outside interest in programming reflected by a blog / portfolio, GitHub, Bit Bucket profile or personal website.

Additional Information

We offer:

• Professional growth
• Educational opportunities
• Competitive compensation
• Fully-equipped perfect office space located in the city center ("Palats Sportu" metro station)
• Warm and friendly attitude to every specialist
• Possibility to cooperate with a product company

If you are creative, "out of box thinker" and ambitious enough to make a difference in such a large scale International business, you are more than welcome to apply for one of our open positions at Playtech Kyiv. We'll contact you if there's a fit with one of our opportunities.