Working closely with the members of the vsGaming teams, the Front-End Developer role at vsGaming will be responsible for development of the client-side portion of Virtual Sports suite of products maintaining high-quality, robust, performance software which meets the needs of our business and clients.

The focus is on migrating and developing new features of Virtual Sports front end components in PHP and Javascript/jQuery and large-scale enhancements to the existing system.

Key Areas of Responsibilities and Tasks

• Working closely with members of the vsGaming team to ensure that they produce the software on time and to budget.
• Working at all stages of the product lifecycle from requirements capture, through design and implementation to system testing and integration.
• Technical specification, design and development of new software components.
• Keeping current with new technologies and making recommendations to the team
• Maintaining and enhancing existing product code (specifically code which manages the presentation of the product to various sources, Web, Mobile, etc.)
• Working with members of the QA and delivery teams to ensure products are tested, installed and maintained to a high standard.
• Maintaining high quality coding standards within the team.
• Keen to work with the design/UX team to develop an understanding of the product features and requirements.
• Adhere to SDLC process and Create/Maintain documentation to high standards.

Key Requirements

• Demonstrable significant experience in coding front-end web development (HTML5/JavaScript/PHP).
• A genuine desire to learn new technologies.
• Very good understanding of responsive web design and knowledge of relevant CSS libraries.
• Broad range of skills across the full stack would be an advantage.
• Experience with REST API’s, System Integrations and Web Socket’s is highly desirable.

Qualifications

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge                        

• Excellent problem solving and communication skills                      
• JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, PHP                   
• Extensive Knowledge of SDLC and Basic UML                   
• Experience of any of the following: React, Redux, NodeJS, ExpressJS, Flux, AngularJS, PHP, AJAX, Lamp, CSS3 (SASS/LESS), Bootstrap                        
• Web Services, REST, XML, JSON, Web Sockets, message queues, Socket.io, socket cluster, NPM
• SVN, Git, Bugzilla, JIRA, CI/CD                  
• Gambling/Gaming experience a huge benefit                     
• Knowledge of / an interest in Sports       

Additional Information

Why You’ll Want to Work for Us

• Playtech is a world leader within Gambling Industry.
• Playtech has offices around the world working with many nationalities and diverse cultures.
• Training and development at all levels is actively encouraged.
• Opportunity to work in a friendly environment with highly skilled people of all ages.
• Career development, bonuses and reward systems actively used.
• Wide range of benefits including:
  • Group pension scheme with an employer contribution 5% after 2 years and 7.5% after 4 years.
  • Healthcare after 1 year with the option to add family members, or gym membership.
  • Flexible holidays: basic holiday of 20 days (rising to 25 after 2 years) and option to buy or sell up to 5 days each year.
  • Childcare vouchers.
  • Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan.
  • ‘refer a friend’ who is recruited at any UK location we will reward you with up to £1,000.
  • Free fruit and refreshments in UK offices.
  • Social get-togethers and events