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Collaborating closely with stakeholders, including the Regulatory Reporting Team and game operations teams, you'll spearhead innovative projects such as LeoJackpot while ensuring seamless API integrations and optimising performance for an unparalleled gaming experience.\nThis role is perfect for software craftspeople who thrive in an environment of continual learning, value effective communication, and are eager to push the boundaries of technology within the gaming industry.\nYOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:\nDeveloping and maintaining microservices using Java, Spring Boot and JPA\n\nIntegrating new gaming providers into the platform via APIs\n\nCollaborating with frontend teams to expose game data via APIs\n\nOptimising the performance and scalability of backend systems\n\nEnsuring services are production-ready, observable and maintainable through monitoring and alerting\n\nTaking ownership, solving problems and collaborating across teams\n\nOUR SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:\nESSENTIAL SKILLS\n3+ years of backend development with Java, Spring (Boot) and JPA/Hibernate\n\nHands-on experience building highly scalable RESTful microservices\n\nExperience with relational databases such as MySQL\n\nExperience implementing resilience patterns (e.g. retries, circuit breakers, graceful degradation)\n\nExperience designing monitoring dashboards (metrics, logs, traces) and alerts to detect issues proactively\n\nNICE TO HAVES\nMessaging and data: Kafka, Elasticsearch, Hazelcast\n\nLanguages and frameworks: Kotlin, Node.js, Akka, GraphQL\n\nInfrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, Consul\n\nObservability: Datadog\n\nOnline gaming or gambling experience\n\nAI-assisted development (ideally with Claude Code)\n\nWHO ARE WE?\n At the core of LeoVegas Group is Team Leo. 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