Lead Developer

Join the Exciting Journey at tombola!

Are you ready to be a part of something extraordinary? As tombola continues its remarkable growth, we're on the hunt for dynamic and innovative Lead Developers to work in our Game Studio division. This is your chance to dive headfirst into the heart of innovation, powered by cutting-edge AWS Cloud Technologies.

We are looking for a Lead Developer to mentor and manage an established game engine team, supporting them to develop engaging game mechanics and the technical platform to bring them to our players.

You will be involved in the technical direction of the team and responsible for planning and delivering the content to meet the product roadmap.

A key part of the role is to make sure that our products and solutions are easily transferrable across teams to ensure timely content delivery across multiple territories.

Find your bounce at tombola!

At tombola, we're not just another player in the game; we're the creators of the game. Our approach is revolutionary – we craft every element of our software in-house, from concept to execution. We take pride in the ingenuity of our developers and designers, united by their passion for pushing boundaries and shaping the future.

It’s not just our digital bingo balls that have loads of bounce. Our people do, too. Whatever your role, it’s the kind of place that can put a spring in your step.

Whether you're developing game mechanics, keeping our players safe, testing our products or sponsoring one of the UK's biggest TV shows, how high and how far you bounce really is up to you.

What do we offer? 

We champion a culture of inclusivity, flexibility, personal development, and mental wellbeing! 

As well as a salary that will be more than agreeable for you, we offer market leading benefits such as quarterly bonus, tombola merch, free breakfast and lunches in the office, private healthcare, hybrid working and much more. 

You can find out more about our benefits and what it's like to work for us here.

Sounds great! What will I be doing? 

Lead and growing a team of developers, supporting content delivery and innovation through performance and reliability. Actively participating, contributing and overseeing the team to deliver products as part of the content roadmap. Engaging with senior stakeholders across various departments, understanding their needs and delivering impactful technical and procedural solutions. Working with other teams to develop collaborative ways of working that make better products, consolidate processes and improve delivery timelines. Improving the technical landscape with the focus on observability.

What will I be doing (but in bullet points)

• Utilising your technical expertise to be part of a development team to solve complex problems and build reliable, well documented and highly available cloud solutions
• Manage the lifecycle of key technical projects from inception to deployment. Apply problem solving techniques to find solutions to develop engaging game mechanics.
• Continually innovating and strategizing. Be deeply involved in the planning of technical projects and review software design and implementations, promoting an environment of continuous improvement.
• Demonstrate technical leadership by mentoring a team, promoting a collaborative and innovative work environment. Ensure professional growth and skill development.
• Actively participate in designing and developing complex technical solutions
  
  

What does good look like for us?

Knowledge And Experience We Need You To Have…

• Excellent knowledge of an Object-Orientated Programming language
• Strong background in T-SQL
• Good understanding of Cloud Computing
• Demonstratable experience with all aspects of delivering high volume API’s.
• Automated testing (unit, integration)
• Estimating complex technical stories and breaking them down
• Track record of implementing CI/CD pipelines
• Prior experience developing solutions and integrating with legacy systems.
• Pragmatic and able to adapt working in a fast-paced environment.
  
  

We’d love you to have experience in these areas, but it’s not essential

• iGaming knowledge and experience
• Industry experience working with financial transactions.
• Working with monolithic databases
• Understanding of working in regulated space
  
  

At tombola we know that our differences make us stronger and that thinking differently is key to long term success. We work hard to create a culture of inclusivity where everyone can celebrate our Free to be me value. We are committed to creating opportunities for everyone here at tombola, we welcome applications from all backgrounds and encourage individuals to apply, even if you don’t meet every requirement.