BLIP

Senior Software Engineer (Frontend)

Senior Software Engineer (Frontend) 1

Blip is a leading tech company focused on software engineering solutions for sports entertainment.

We operate at scale. As part of Flutter Entertainment, we play an essential role in the Group's goal of becoming the global leader in online sports betting and iGaming, developing innovative products and platforms for over 14 million monthly customers worldwide.

We are serious about Tech. We are problem-solvers with big ambitions, keeping a people-first mindset at the core of our work. We prioritize flexibility as we strive to deliver the best technological products and tackle the greatest industry challenges.

Recognizing that everyone brings their own strengths, backgrounds and new perspectives, we empower you to be yourself. That uniqueness shapes the culture of belonging we are so proud of.

The Role

We’re looking for passionate & experienced technologists, strong communicators and those with a commitment to continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will have the confidence to propose pragmatic solutions to complex problems and be eager to learn from and educate others.

As a Senior Frontend Developer, you will work in empowered, multidisciplinary teams, autonomously tackling complex challenges that provide the very best experiences and products for a growing community of millions of players. You will own and become subject matter experts in areas of product and technology stack and will be the go-to person for those areas.

You work efficiently and routinely deliver the right things with limited guidance. Your work focuses on complex, ambiguous problem areas in existing or new software initiatives. You take the long-term view. You consider where each system is at in its life-cycle and where appropriate, proactively fix architecture deficiencies. You make existing systems simpler (e.g. by consolidating redundant systems, deleting unnecessary code, or removing/updating out-of-date documentation). You can take the lead on large projects that require the work of your team. You know how to divide a software project into parallel work that can be performed by you and other software engineers and then reassembled successfully into a cohesive launch. You enjoy coaching and developing other software engineers' technical skills.

What You’ll Be Doing

• You take ownership of team architecture, providing a system-wide view and design guidance.
• You make things simpler.
• You write simple, exemplary code that motivates the team to write quality code & follow the best standards.
• You drive engineering engagement best practices (e.g., Operational Excellence, Security, Quality, etc.) and set standards.
• You work to resolve the root cause of endemic problems including areas where your team limits the innovation of other teams (bottlenecks). This may require you to influence software decisions made by other teams.
• When confronted with discordant views, you can find the best way forward and influence others to follow that path (build consensus).
• You contribute to the professional development of colleagues, improving their technical knowledge and engineering practices.
• You ensure your team is stronger because of your presence, but does not require your presence to be successful.
• On-call rotation where required. You provide excellent customer support
• Most importantly, you are; humble & pragmatic.

What You'll Bring

• Solid experience building and designing Highly scalable, Fault-tolerant and always-available systems.
• Good grasp of a broad range of data structures and algorithms.
• Solid understanding of design patterns and architectural principles.
• Building Web apps using React (Javascript/ReactJS/Typescript)
• Good grasp on relational, and non-relational databases, messaging queues and concurrency.
• Experience working with cloud-based infrastructure and technologies, preferably AWS. Understating of containers (e.g. Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Passion to automate your work by using scripting languages e.g. Shell scripts.
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
• Demonstrated abilities driving operational excellence and best practices.
• Demonstrated experience in shipping high-quality products and services.
• Familiarity working in an Agile environment.

This is what you should have. What do we have, you ask? Well...you can check our amazing perks & benefits right here!

So ... are you in?

Equal opportunities

At Blip, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds, ways of thinking, and working to apply. We are committed to including everyone regardless of their race, disability, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, and religion.

Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences; you don’t have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role.

If you need any adjustments to apply for the position and to ensure this role aligns with your needs, please send an email to accommodations@blip.pt.

We will only respond to inquiries related to disabilities.