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Application Architect
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Grand Parade part of William Hill

Application Architect

Grand Parade part of William Hill
Kraków
Type of work
Undetermined
Experience
Mid
Employment Type
Permanent
Operating mode
Office

Tech stack

    JavaScript
    master
    Node.js
    advanced
    HTML5 / CSS3
    advanced
    React
    advanced

Job description

We bet we can be a great match
 
Do you want cool projects focused on online sports betting and gaming? Would you like to work on highly reliable systems with low latency, much like the transactional systems of the best financial institutions, but… with fun included? Would you like to work with some of the best Developers, QAs, DevOps Engineers and Project Managers in Krakow?
 
About us
 
Working with us you’ll be at heart of the technological revolution of one the world’s most trusted betting and gaming companies. We deal with projects ranging from widgets, desktop or mobile casinos and betting sites… just to name a few. We process 500 online Sportsbook bets per second each Saturday, that’s the same as orders processed by Amazon UK, on its busiest day of the year.
We deal with more than 20 million users and 160 terabytes of data daily. Impressed? You can be sure there are many more challenges waiting for you.
 
 
Your role in the team
 
 
You will oversee strategic initiatives that deliver business value, overseeing front end solutions at high level. You’ll also support our goals to move from on premise deployments to AWS using cloud native technologies, ensuring high availability of services, and driving down cost. You will own the architecture and design of multiple systems/applications as well as respective technology roadmaps. You will provide recommendations to the business on the general technology direction and help selecting proper technologies to meet customer needs. The tech you build will be used by hundreds of colleagues across our international locations.
 
You will be guiding three development teams, making sure  implementations follow tech strategy and meets all functional and non-functional requirements. You will be coaching and mentoring junior colleagues and share your experience with the William Hill tech community. This includes collaborating with Architects and Heads of Tech in different channels to agree on solutions that will benefit the wider business.
 
This is a great opportunity for someone working as a Lead or Principal Developer to step up into an Architect role.
 
 
Skills needed
 
  • Excellent knowledge and experience with modern JavaScript
  • Very good knowledge and experience with CSS3, HTML5 and its APIs
  •  Practical experience with RWD, SPA, WebSockets, HTTP1/2, SVG, UML, CI/CD
  • Experience with React/Redux stack in at least one full project's life-cycle
  • Good knowledge of Node.js and its basic environment
  • Practical experience with automated testing
  • Experience in web performance optimizations, debugging, RESTful APIs and Code Reviews
  • Understanding of different applications' architectural models, e.g. client-server, micro-services and similar
  • Understanding of design and enterprise patterns and their applicability
  • Understanding of different integration patterns and mechanisms
  • Experience with different programming paradigms
  • Experience with other programming languages and environments than JavaScript/Web
  • Hands-on experience with full SDLC (from requirements gathering, through product development to production support)
  • Understanding of building tools, building process and optimizations
  • Ability to create technical documentation in readable form
  • Good communication skills and aligning others to proposed technology vision
  • Ability to talk to both business and tech people
  • Experience working in Scrum methodology
  • Attention to details
  • Self-reliant, communicative, accurate, team work
 
What we offer
 
  • Development opportunities, including IT conferences, internal training, lunch and learn sessions and an individual development budget
  • Complex work and the chance to make an impact
  • Mac OS or Windows hardware to choose from
  • Some opportunities for International travel to our offices in London, Leeds, Stockholm, Malta and Gibraltar (our office is 5 minutes away from the beach)
  • New modern, bright and comfortable office space, with a great working atmosphere, in a collaborative team of amazing people, with forward thinking managers
  • Competitive base salary and benefits, with fully paid private healthcare (Enel-Med), filly paid Multisport pass, employee referral program, and an extra day off for your birthday
  • Garden roof terrace, with incredible views of the city, and fresh fruit in the office
  • Well stocked kitchens with fruit tea, honey and lemon, foamy coffee machine, vending machine with healthy food and salad
  • Chill out room and gaming room with VR, PS4, FIFA, foosball table, billiards, table tennis, football league, board games, competitions with cool prizes
  • Meetups, quality questions events, hackathons, we love any chance to share knowledge and have fun
  • We don’t like our colleagues to go hungry or thirsty, so events are always well catered
  • Family fun days, charity events (ask us about our scooter racing), company parties and social activities
  • Flexible working practices
  • Excellent city centre location with a tram stop right outside the office, and free parking spaces cars, motorcycles and bikes
  • Relocation costs support for rent and travel, and VISA support. Colleagues from all round the world including Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Estonia, Brazil, Romania, Ireland, Israel, India, Portugal, United Kingdom, and Libya
 
 
William Hill in Krakow
 
Our office sits on Kotlarska and our brilliant building has a range of different workspaces, hangouts and breakout areas to suit your every need. Situated in the centre of Krakow next to Vistula river – we're in the heart of one of the world’s most iconic cities.There are parks everywhere, you can enjoy a walk along Planty, or go to Kościuszko Mound to admire the city from above. With plenty of culture on your doorstep, you’ll be spoilt for choice. In fact, why not have a sneak peek around our office with Street View and see if you can picture yourself here. 
 
 
Join us behind the bet