Senior Software Engineer

Role Overview: 

Have you ever thought of joining a company where your contribution to its product will help redefine its position within its industry. We are one of the fastest growing companies in our sector, using innovative technology and solving the hardest problems to bring African sports fans unrivalled digital sports and gaming entertainment experiences, online, offline, 24/7. 

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be joining a team focused on ensuring that our gaming products are highly resilient, extremely low latency and scalable to massive volume, all while providing a first-class customer experience. You and your team will work hand-in-glove with the Product Managers to design, build, deliver and run our gaming platforms and products. 

Part of our rapidly growing Tech team, you will have the opportunity to play a crucial role in taking the KingMakers products to the next level! 

What You Need for This Role:  

• In-depth knowledge of MS Technologies C# (.Net 7 preferably).
• In-depth knowledge of SQL Server (Azure Managed).
• Experience writing your own automated tests (Unit Tests or Integration).
• Experience working with containerization technologies (AKS/Kubernetes preferred).  
• Practical experience working with messaging technologies (preferably Kafka)
• Good understanding of architectural design patterns and best practice (CI/CD, APM, SRE).
• Experience mentoring other engineers

It would be great if you had experience with:

• Cloud-based technologies (preferably Azure). 
• Working with NoSQL Technologies (MongoDB, ElasticSearch or CosmosDB preferred).
• Infrastructure as code (Terraform).
• A passion for detail and problem solving, with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

 How you do it – Expectations for fulfilling your role:  

As a general rule at KingMakers we want people to be: 

• Customer Focus: We keep the customer at the center of everything we do.  
• Passion & Dedication: We are passionate about what we do, employing only smart, honest, dedicated, and results oriented team players.  
• Openness, Honesty & Directness: We embrace a culture of candor and work together towards the right solution whilst being open, honest, and willing to give and receive feedback, judgment-free. We play the ball, not the person.  
• Innovation & Big Thinking: We always look for ways to innovate whilst not losing sight of what's important. The bigger we think, the more we inspire, the better the outcome.   
• Ownership & Accountability: We think like owners. If we see a problem, we find a solution. We are pragmatic and always strive to do more with less. 
• Speed & Focus: We plan, we strategize, but mostly, we DO. Without doing, there is no progress, we can always change direction but only if we start moving. Fast beats slow.  
• Low Ego: The best solutions are achieved when we leave our egos at the door. We always seek opportunities to learn in every situation. No job too small.  
• Fun: On balance, we believe in having fun whilst working. We maintain perspective as best as we can, and together, we celebrate our successes.