Job Opportunities at BET Software

We Want You:

• We are looking for a lover of code and all things digital. A leader of the pack that wears many hats. Like a cop on the beat, your role is to set the standard in the workplace.
• As the Software Development Manager at BET Software, you will take ownership of our talented Team of Software Engineers. We need someone who is able to take a step back, look at the bigger picture and lead the Team towards achieving a common goal. In leading this Team, you will be responsible for providing strategic direction, as well as initiating, planning and executing all aspects of our bespoke betting solutions.
• You will also work effectively with Product Managers and Product Owners to ensure delivery against agreed priorities. We are looking for you to come and create, implement and maintain a continuous improvement plan for Software Development to drive consistent standards and approaches throughout the development Teams.

You Bring:

• At least 3-5 years of experience managing Software Development Teams and leads.
• At least 6 years in a technical role within the IT Software Development industry.
• Prior experience ensuring timely project delivery.
• Provide technical and architectural guidance to the Development Team.
• Ensure development standards and development SDLC are adhered to by the Development Team.
• Ability to work well under pressure and in a fast-paced growing environment.
• Strong planning and organisational skills.
• Reporting skills at Senior Management level.
• Prior stakeholder and Team lead management experience.

What You’ll Do

• Create, agree and execute Software Development road maps and operational strategies for projects coming into the business in collaboration with respective Team Members through proper documentation, communication and execution.
• Build effective customer-centric relationships through measurements of performance and usage and engagement and involvement with customers by creating clear visibility through strategies and roadmaps.
• Set and achieve efficient delivery objectives of Teams by ensuring there are individual and Team strategies with clear and measurable objectives that align with organisational goals.
• Hold the Team accountable through road maps and individual performance contracts through consistent communication of delivery milestones.
• Accountable for articulating, monitoring, reporting and achieving realisation.
• Development of longer-term strategic thinking, incorporating demand forecasting for products or future projects.
• Utilisation of data metrics in order to make data-driven decisions.
• Identify and respond to situation/organisational/market requirements by creating a culture of innovation and opportunity identification by the Team.
• Facilitate change management due to changing situational requirements e.g. restructuring changes or adoption of new technologies.
• Support and align standards across BET Software by allocating agreed commitments to strategy/ roadmap communication and implementation.
• Maintain product(s) knowledge as well as general product knowledge by being able to represent your product strategy in detail.
• Ensure the established procedures and processes are accurately documented, communicated, implemented, and agreed upon with product and/or project Teams.
• Act as an escalation point for issues and ensure effective communication and resolution activities are in place.
• Effectively liaise and communicate with both internal and external key stakeholders at a senior level to manage day-to-day issues, escalations, and expectations.
• Ensure all operational communications with customers/partners are documented and effectively circulated to stakeholders making use of collaborative tools.
• Engage with executive members or the equivalent, as well customers/partners to ensure collaboration at all levels.
• Engage with the wider business, and if needed, hold strategic knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Maintain and facilitate strategic stakeholder and communication analysis.

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We Want You:

• We are on the search for a talented and determined Software Development Engineer 1 to be an integral part of our All-Star Team. This is a game-changing opportunity to learn and perform at your best, whilst shaping the future of technology while broadening your software development skills.
• The successful incumbent will contribute to the success of delivering betting solutions on a global basis as the business continues to expand their global footprint. You will develop, deliver and support high transactional volume applications for systems using processes that are controlled, effective and efficient in an environment that supports personal growth!

You Bring:

• Minimum 1 years’ experience within a development environment.
• 1 year of database experience or 1 - 2 years of server/ client-side language.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail.

What You’ll Do:

• Design solutions using the most appropriate, approved architectural pattern.
• Design solutions for multi-tier architectures.
• Ensure designs meet best practices and are test, DevOps and support friendly.
• Identify and establish objectives for self.
• Work on objectives or goals within the timeline.
• Consider all reasonable factors, impediments and obstacles.
• Identify potential alternative strategies and refactor approach for maximum benefit within the shortest possible time.
• Deliver a complete solution that covers all the agreed specified tasks and user objectives.
• Deliver a correct solution that provides the correct results with the needed degree of precision.
• Deliver an appropriate solution that facilitates the accomplishments of specified tasks and objectives comprehensively yet excluding unnecessary steps.
• Ensure checked code is reviewed to ensure standards are met and the code base is sound.
• Deliver a solution in which throughput rates & response and processing times meet stated requirements.
• Deliver a solution in which effective/efficient resource utilisation of system resources occurs during operation.
• Deliver a solution that ensures the maximum operational capacity requirement is achieved or exceeded
• Ensure the user/s of the solution can achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction.
• Ensure the solution protects the user against making errors.
• Ensure the user interface is pleasing and presents a satisfying interaction for the user.
• Ensure the solution is accessible and can be used by people with the widest range of characteristics, capabilities, cultures and languages where appropriate.
• Ensure the solution performs appropriately under agreed conditions for extended periods of time without the need for intervention (despite potential attacks)
• Ensure all steps are taken to reduce the occurrence of faults due to misunderstood requirements, design errors, and implementation errors.
• Respond to outages and failures when and where needed.
• Improve fault tolerance even when operational conditions are not optimal.
• Ensure the solution is maintainable, and actively seek methods to reduce downtime.
• Ensure the solution is durable so that as user volumes and requirements change the solution can evolve over the long term.
• Ensure the solution simplifies support and maintenance support through traceability, and effective error messaging.
• Ensure the solution is secure, and confidential by protecting all information and data (also data transmission).
• Ensure persons or other solutions have the degree of access appropriate to their level of authorization and types.
• Ensure the solution has high integrity where the solution prevents unauthorised access to, modification of computer programs, data or settings.
• Ensure the solution has a high degree of survivability despite 3rd-Party interventions (attacks, human errors, hardware or software faults).
• Employ logs and records so that actions and events can be proven to have taken place, and cannot be disputed/ repudiated later.
• Ensure wherever possible actions can be traced uniquely to the entity which performed it.
• Ensure wherever possible the identity of an entity can be proved to be the correct one.
• Ensure relevant documentation is provided to support Teams to reduce the development support burden.
• Ensure the solution is delivered completely and with the additional assets which are required to make installation/deployment as seamless and easy as possible.
• Ensure the adaptable solution delivered is appropriate for different or evolving hardware, software or other operational usage environments.
• Provide proactive support to Team Members, Testing, Dev Support and Operational Teams so the number of escalations to the Development Team is reduced, thereby maximising development time.
• Provide support to the Dev Support when required during operational events and create or assist with the creation of SOP’s.
• Be available to handle emergency outages and failures for your or your Team’s solutions.
• Perform troubleshooting and effectively resolve issues to increase solution stability and reduce intervention required over time.
• Recommend and execute approved improvements to development methods and solutions.
• Provide quick resolutions to app/system issues, driving stability, efficiency and effectiveness.
• Maintain solutions that have completed development and are in the operations phase
• Develop and maintain technical support documentation.
• Assess risk and impact of production issues/changes and take appropriate steps to mitigate risk.
• When required supply appropriate information, domain knowledge and access to partners.
• Provide timely, relevant and constructive feedback to assist the partner to achieve success.
• Take corrective action when deviation from the plan is observed.
• Take all appropriate steps to ensure organisational success.
   

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• We Want You:
• We’re on the search for a skilled Senior Software Quality Engineer to join our All-Star Team!
• The Senior Software Quality Engineer will be responsible for architecting new automated test strategies and frameworks, in addition to creating, implementing, and automating testing in support of software test requirements.
• This role works with SQA Engineers and QA Analysts to develop, maintain, and enhance the test automation framework and automation infrastructure. In addition, the Senior Software Quality Engineer will execute and report on planned tests, report and manage defects, regress software fixes for new and existing products, assist development with replicating and debugging problems and develop new test automation solutions as needed. The Senior Software Quality Engineer demonstrates innovation, leadership, and mentorship skills in addition to possessing a strong technical and programming/test automation skillset.

You Bring:

• BSc, BCom and Ndip.
• ISTQB Technical Test Analyst or ISTQB Test Automation Engineer or ISTQB Performance Testing or relevant programming certification e.g. JavaScript.
• At least 3 years of Technical Testing experience.

What You’ll Do:

• Coach and mentor SQA Engineers and QA Analysts in execution of testing efforts.
• Coordinate the work efforts of Engineers and Analysts in the execution of testing efforts.
• Lead effort to review product specifications and work with others to develop appropriate test strategies and detailed test plans and test architectures.
• Lead formal reviews of test plans, designs and requirement documents with cross-functional Teams.
• Accurately predict the amount of effort required for projects and tasks. Develop plans and schedules based on these predictions.
• Architect, implement and manage automated suites of black-box and white-box test scripts.
• Identify product issues and write detailed bug reports during the product development cycle.
• Communicate and coordinate with peers and senior level individuals in cross-functional groups to articulate and compare alternative testing approaches.
• Lead defect management and maintenance. Review defects that escaped to the field to learn how they could have been prevented or detected.
• Lead documentation reviews during product release cycle to ensure quality and comprehensive product documentation.
• Lead monitoring of test execution across multiple code branches and multiple platforms.
• Research, Develop and/or Recommend tools to assist SQA Engineers and QA Analysts in test planning, execution and reporting.
• Utilise tools such as code coverage tools to assess the coverage of test suites and make recommendations for additional test cases.

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We Want You:

• The search is on for a Senior Software Quality Analyst who will support our company’s growth strategy by ensuring that our software packages are error-free. We want someone who is hawk-eyed to spot any imperfections and to be at the forefront of leading or participating in the testing of systems.
• We want someone who is going to conduct manual functional testing on projects. A person with extensive test lead experience who can handle the demands of multiple projects including resource management and capacity. Are you up for the challenge?

You Bring:

• BSc, BCom, Ndip.
• ISTQB Advanced Certified.
• At least 5 years of QA-related experience.

What You’ll Do:

• Apply approaches to achieving effective test coverage.
• Define regression testing strategies.
• Review test basis and extract test requirements.
• Produce test plans and test completion reports
• Execute test cases and log defects.
• Conduct retesting and regression testing.
• Leverage best practices and test design techniques.
• Maintain the regression test pack.
• Contribute to training initiatives and knowledge sharing within the Team.
• Implement ways to leverage test metrics to provide visibility, improve the QA process and lead to improved product quality.
• Leverage test management tools to achieve objectives efficiently and effectively.
• Shape the direction of the Team from a strategic level via test process improvement initiatives, training, and mentorship.
• Own career development initiatives from a Team perspective.
• Conduct basic API testing.
   

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We Want You:

• Do you see yourself as an expert who can design, as well as build software that is stable, scalable and performant? Would you be comfortable developing, delivering, and supporting applications, where data is received from, or rapidly made available to users of the systems? Can you do this with the highest degree of integrity possible? Then we're looking for you!
• As our Software Development Engineer, you should enjoy solving challenging problems of scale and availability. You should also have a demonstrated capacity for technical leadership, while meeting business goals.
• If you have strong programming fundamentals, and are excited to learn about current and future technologies, why not join us? You’ll be contributing to a wide range of projects in a highly collaborative and fast-paced environment, and you will become part of an industry-leading team creating solutions on a massive scale!

You Bring:

• At least 3-5 years’ experience within a development environment;
• 2 - 5 years database experience or 3 -5 years server/client- side language;
• Good written and verbal communication skills;

Strong attention to detail.

What You’ll Do

• Design Fit for Purpose Solutions & Algorithms;
• Perform Planning;
• Implementation - Ensure the Solution is Functionally Complete;
• Implementation – Ensure the Solution Performs Efficiently;
• Implementation – Ensure the Solution has a High Usability Factor;
• Implementation – Ensure the Solution is Reliable;
• Implementation – Ensure the Solution has Effective Security;
• Implementation - Ensure the Solution is Maintainable;
• Verify Deployed Solutions;
• Respond to Outages & Failures;
• Direct 3rd Party Development Partners.