Python Job: Entry Level Software Developer

Entry Level / Graduate Software Developers - Dublin based - Hybrid approach to WFH and office-based working

WHO ARE WE?

Paddy Power Betfair (PPB) is an international sports betting and gaming operator with a market-leading presence in the UK and Ireland, as well as a range of operations across Europe including Romania, Portugal, and Malta.

By combining an online-led, mobile-led and sports-led philosophy with our proprietary technology, unique products and innovative marketing, we offer a superb experience to our five million customers worldwide.

As part of the Flutter Entertainment group which includes a host of other brands including Sky Betting and Gaming, PokerStars, Timeform, OddsChecker, Sporting Life, SportsBet (in Australia), FOX Bet, TVG and FanDuel in the US, we are part of a global brand employing over 14,000 people in more than 40 offices and 600 retail sites. As well as being a great place to work we pride ourselves on being a responsible operator, committed to making a positive contribution to the communities that we operate in.

WHAT IS OUR CHALLENGE? (Fast, Resilient, Accurate)

• We deliver products at scale for over 5 million customers
• 99.9% of transactions in less than a second
• Our products are resilient with less than 50 minutes downtime expected per year
• The outputs of our products must be accurate, so we employ Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing and Continuous Deployment

Who is in our tribe?

Our tribe is a highly motivated development group, working on the global delivery of trading applications. We are a highly collaborative, fast-moving bunch, operating with a DevOps mindset. More importantly we enjoy what we do and have fun doing it. Our developers work closely with our Data Science teams to deploy Machine Learning models at scale across our business. To do this we are building reusable componentry to cover all manner of requests that empower our users to deploy and test innovative solutions as quickly as possible in real world scenarios. We use the best tool for the job and are not constrained by language choice (Java, Scala, C# and python are all in use) and our preference is to host on the cloud as it gives us the gives us access to the power and flexibility that we need to run our applications.
We love streaming, and our default is real-time processing. This does bring its challenges, but we don't shy away from a problem because it's hard. If we can do it the right way, we will.

What can I expect from the role?

As a new member of the tribe, you will go through a significant on-boarding program. This will involve activities to get to know our people and our systems. In the first 7 weeks you will spend time working with various squads to see how they work and learn about their domain. You will also work with a group of graduates doing activities like code boot camp and a graduate project, which will be on a real-world project so you can experience how to tackle a project and use some of the technologies that we typically use in the tribe, all in a safe space designed for learning. Following on-boarding you will be assigned to a squad where you will work with other software engineers, product owners and QAs to deliver features that create customer value. Under the guidance of more experienced engineers, the learning will continue. You will work on tasks like other members of the squad, to build your knowledge of the domain and gain application development skills. You will work on systems that handle a high throughput of messages with low latency that employ streaming and event driven architectures. These systems are highly distributed and built to scale globally.

We are looking for a people who have recently graduated from a software engineering course and who know that their passion is high performance application development. An interest in or knowledge of sports and sports betting, while not being essential, will make the job easier and more fun.

What are the key responsibilities?

• Learn new things every day
• Be curious, to find out all the things you need to know to contribute to the tribe's goals
• Be tenacious to keep going when there just seems like there is so much you need to learn.
• Hold yourself to high standards so that the work you do is of high enough quality to meeting and exceed customer expectations.

What sort of Qualifications and Experiences are needed for this role?

• A primary degree in computer science or application development or equivalent.
• A higher degree in one of these disciplines is fine too
• Have a keen interest in coding, a portfolio of work on github or website that you have built would be an excellent demonstration of this
• Any internship you have done in a technology role
• Any work experience or volunteering
• A sense of fun.

What are the nice to haves?

• Interest in sports, sports betting and gaming

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 development, 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.

What are our 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.

BETTER FLEXIBILITY FOR YOU

All our live jobs champion hybrid working, offering a flexible blend of home and office working with full autonomy to decide how many times you travel into the office each quarter.

Looking for a remote role? Let's chat – we're open to discussing remote working for all our live jobs.

Inclusive Employer

We are an inclusive employer, and we encourage people from all backgrounds. 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.

If the above appeals to you, click apply now! Alternately reach out to me directly on [email protected] - Thanks!