Senior Front End Developer

Details

Work Location Type:
Hybrid
Office:
Sydney, Australia
Type of Employment:
Full Time Permanent
Reference Number:
TEC2388

About Us

At FDJ UNITED, we don't just follow the game, we reinvent it.

FDJ UNITED is one of Europe’s leading betting and gaming operators, with a vast portfolio of iconic brands and a reputation for technological excellence. With more than 5,000 employees and a presence in around fifteen regulated markets, the Group offers a diversified, responsible range of games, both under exclusive rights and open to competition. We set new standards, proving that entertainment and safety can go hand in hand. Here, you’ll work alongside a team of passionate individuals dedicated to delivering the best and safest entertaining experiences for our customers every day.

We’re looking for bold people who are eager to succeed and ready to level-up the game. If you thrive on innovation, embrace challenges, and want to make a real impact at all levels, FDJ UNITED is your playing field.

Join us in shaping the future of gaming. Are you ready to LEVEL-UP THE GAME?

The role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help us uplift our globally scalable Racing Platform Product, on a microservice-based distributed system that is in use round the clock all over the world. This role will primarily focus on Frontend Development in React and Node using TypeScript. (ES6+)

Our mission? To create a high-throughput, low-latency, asynchronous betting platform that can handle the pressure of real-time, high-stakes events while delivering a flawless experience to millions of users across multiple regions and countries. Think of it as building the F1 car of betting platforms: lightning-fast, reliable, and engineered to perform under the most demanding conditions.

With the stability of an enterprise and the agility of a scale-up, Our team is uniquely positioned to chase ambitious technical and business goals across diverse markets. If you're excited by the challenge of pushing technology to its limits, you'll feel right at home here.

What You Will Do

Follow flow based development approach where you will be responsible for developing entire flows from services to apis to UI
Work in a cross-functional, product-focused Agile environment
Work with other developers to engineer solutions for challenging problems
Contribute to code reviews and engineering excellence
Create highly performant UI components and APIs adhering to given specifications

Essential skills

Strong JavaScript fundamentals (ES6+)
High proficiency in React and Node development using TypeScript (recent versions)
Strong Experience in GraphQL
Strong engineering principles and in best practices (error handling, test pyramid, deployment, IoC and design patterns)
Excellent communication, teamwork and collaboration skills

Preferred skills

NoSQL databases (Couchbase, Elasticsearch)
Solid understanding of DB principles and any of db query languages (SQL, NoSQL, Elastic)
Event driven architecture (Kafka or any relevant software)
Modern React libraries (such as React Query)
Unit testing(React Testing Library, Jest) and integration testing (Cypress)
CI/CD pipeline experience (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Jenkins or any other tools such as Gitlab)
Racing/betting domain knowledge/experience

Our Way Of Working

Our world is hybrid.

A career is not a sprint. It’s a marathon. One of the perks of joining us is that we value you as a person first. Our hybrid world allows you to focus on your goals and responsibilities and lets you self-organise to improve your deliveries and get the work done in your own way.

Application Process

We believe talent knows no boundaries. Our hiring process focuses solely on your skills, experience, and potential to contribute to our team. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and evaluate each candidate based on merit, regardless of personal characteristics as the age, gender, origin, religion, sexual orientation, neurodiversity or disability.