Job Description

Working with William Hill, you will be at the heart of the technological revolution with one of the world's most trusted betting and gaming companies. William Hill deals with projects ranging from desktop or mobile casinos and betting sites, to name a few. We process 500 online Sportsbook bets per second each Saturday, that's the same as the number of orders processed by Amazon UK, on its busiest day of the year. We deal with more than 20 million users daily; impressed? You can be sure there are many more challenges waiting for you. 

WHEN WE SAY CUTTING EDGE, WE MEAN IT.  HERE, YOU CAN WORK ON HIGHLY RELIABLE SYSTEMS WITH LOW LATENCY, MUCH LIKE THE TRANSACTIONAL SYSTEMS OF THE BEST FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, BUT…WITH THE FUN INCLUDED. 

YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO development opportunities, including IT conferences, internal training, and lunch and learn sessions.  You will be part of a great working atmosphere, performing complex work in a collaborative team of amazing people, with forward-thinking managers.  You will have the opportunity to make an impact. 

What You Will Do:

• Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and QA to iterate on the life-cycle of our product
• Turn flat UI/UX designs and style guides into functional user interfaces
• Build extremely performance components, while being mindful of cross browser compatibility and performance issues for both desktop and mobile platforms
• Optimization is a challenge you'll gladly accept
• Understand design patterns and write reusable, modular code
• Be excited about new web technologies/techniques
• Participate in peer code reviews, we encourage frequent and open feedback
• Have a say by contributing to architectural discussions
• Participate in Daily stand-up, sprint planning, paired programming, unit testing, and retrospectives
• You will improve the team, company, and culture

What You Will Need:

• Thorough understanding of React.js, its core principles, patterns, and best practices
• Strong proficiency in everything Javascript related (Cordova experience a huge plus)
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Demonstrate a solid understanding of core engineering principles
• Familiarity with modern software engineering practices and continuous integration and delivery
• Comfortable working in a tech-driven environment with the ability to coordinate across several key stakeholder groups
• Experience leading and owning projects from beginning to end
• Enthusiasm for constant learning and strengthening of your craft
• You are detail and results oriented with excellent problem solving skills
• 2+ years of applicable industry experience

William Hill provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, civil union/domestic partnership status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws.  William Hill complies with applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.  This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Essential Functions/Exposures:

• Must be able to sit for extended periods of time                                          
• Must be able to type and talk on the phone for extended periods of time

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