Flutter

Software Engineer (Java), Hybrid-Dublin

Java Engineer (Global Product Distribution Platform)

What is involved in this role?

Shape the Future of Sports Betting

We’re looking for Java engineers to help drive the technology behind the world’s biggest sports betting brands. As part of the Flutter Group, our Global Product Distribution platform delivers nearly one million live sports events per year—powering over 20 brands and B2B customers 24/7, 365 days a year.

Why Join Us?

⚡ Innovate in Sports Tech – Build high-performance platforms that process and distribute real-time sports data with ultra-low latency.

⚡ Work with Cutting-Edge Tech – Java, cloud platforms, real-time streaming, automation, and CI/CD.

⚡ Solve Complex Challenges – Sports betting is a fast-moving, data-rich industry that pushes the boundaries of engineering.

⚡ Thrive in a Great Culture – We value collaboration, flexibility, and innovation in an inclusive and empowering environment.

If you’re passionate about sports, tech, and building world-class betting platforms, let’s talk! ????????

Is this you?

• You focus on solving problems over writing lots of software
• You’re highly motivated and manage your time well
• You build quality into your software upfront by understanding problems from multiple perspectives
• You understand that it’s the value you create and what you contribute that matters, not how long you spend working
• You expect others to show trust in you, but you understand it works both ways
• You have the confidence to ask a question, that you know others want answered
• You’re an innovator
• You’re an empowered, pragmatic decision-maker who balances risk against rewards
• You take pride in and demonstrate ownership for what you deliver
• You have a passion for solving complex problems using technology

Responsibilities

• Design and develop trading applications in Java that meet both functional and non-functional requirements
• Write high quality, maintainable code using best industry standards
• Contribute to design/architecture discussions & decisions
• Take technical ownership for complex applications
• Be flexible to changing requirements and priorities, while managing own task list and time
• Be a team player – put the team above the individual and take responsibility for the team’s reputation
• Effectively communicate within the team and showcase the team’s successes within the department
• Troubleshoot and debug real-time development issues
• Contribute to the on-going evolution and continuous improvement of the department
• Support the department’s production systems

Experience & Qualifications Required:

• 3+ years of experience as a Java engineer.
• Experience working in an enterprise devops environment.
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes, certification a bonus.
• Practical experience with AWS or other public cloud provider, certification a bonus.
• Bachelors/Master's degree in computer science, engineering or related discipline.
• Experience in event-streaming platforms such as Kafka and/or Pulsar.
• Experience in message broker platforms such as RabbitMQ.
• Knowledge of using Actor systems (e.g. Akka) for building highly available & scalable systems.
• Experience of Event sourcing.
• Test-driven development techniques (e.g. BDD and ATDD).
• Automated testing and mocking techniques.
• Clean coding.
• Agile and Lean approaches.

Bonus:

• Experience in microservices architecture.
• Experience building observability dashboards using metrics or tracing.
• Experience with highly performant low latency applications.
• NoSql technologies (e.g. DynamoDB, Cassandra, AWS Keyspaces).
• Knowledge of betting and sports.

About Flutter

Flutter is the world’s leading online sports betting and iGaming operator, with a market leading position in the US and across the world. Our ambition is to leverage our significant scale and our challenger mindset to change our industry for the better. By Changing the Game, we believe we can deliver long-term growth while promoting a positive, sustainable future for all our stakeholders. We are well-placed to do so through the distinctive, global advantages of the Flutter Edge, which gives our brands access to group-wide benefits to stay ahead of the competition, as well as our clear vision for sustainability through our Positive Impact Plan. Flutter operates a diverse portfolio of leading online sports betting and iGaming brands including FanDuel, Sky Betting & Gaming, Sportsbet, PokerStars, Paddy Power, Sisal, tombola, Betfair, MaxBet, Junglee Games and Adjarabet.

On May 31 2024 Flutter moved its primary listing to the New York Stock Exchange. With a greater proportion of our future profits expected to be generated in the US, and given FanDuel’s #1 position in that market, we believe a US primary listing is the natural home for the Group.

WHAT IS YOUR CHALLENGE?

• We deliver products at scale for over 5 million customers, 99,9% of transactions in less than a second
• The products you'll develop will comply with ambitious uptime targets: less than 50 minutes downtime expected per year
• Our systems process more than 7 million transactions every day (more than all the European stock exchanges combined)
• We have a diverse and up to date technical landscape to explore, leverage and innovate on

What Will I Get in Return?

Let's start with a fantastic salary and an uncapped Holiday Allowance - Yes, you heard that right - UNCAPPED holiday! We're all about on going development2, so you'll receive a self-development fund of €1,000 per year to spend on your learning. We love the concept of Flexible Working. That's why we have a host of flexible working options that are available to you. Add to that, we are part of a global company with offices on four continents. We offer the opportunity to work with people and teams in these offices and the possibility to work from those locations for a period or permanently. We are part of a large diverse global company and we encourage and support people to move to different roles or parts of the company to further their career development aspirations.

What else can I expect in the way of benefits?

The Fun Stuff: Annual Target bonus, Health & Wellbeing, with free classes such a yoga, boot camp, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, running & cycling clubs among others and a hybrid working model between home and office working.

What about the not so fun, but necessary, benefits?

We have a subsidised canteen, a great Pension/Flexible Financial Wellbeing package as well as Private health insurance, Life assurance and Income protection.

Ways of working:

Flexible working is our way of working! We're a diverse workforce, and therefore a 'one size fits all' approach isn't necessarily best. Whatever your personal needs may be, let's have a chat and see how we can accommodate them;

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only the suitable candidates will be contacted for an interview.

By submitting your application online, you agree that: your details will be used to progress your employment application. If your application is successful, your details will be used to administer your personnel record. If your application is unsuccessful, we will retain your details for a period no longer than two years, to consider you for prospective Paddy Power Betfair role.