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BettingJobs are working with an established sports betting odds provider who are based in London who are looking to add a Data Acquisition Engineer to their team.
Responsibilities:
- Develop, test, run and monitor software that consumes data efficiently from approved sources.
- Ensure proper documentation is written and up to date.
- Adopt and follow a good pace of software refactoring ensuring fast delivery of accurate data.
- Use internal tools to evaluate and validate all data acquired.
- Ensure all data shipped to the customers meets the quality standards.
- Quickly address customer issues following escalation from the Client Services Team
- Keep learning and improving, sharing the acquired knowledge with the wider group.
- Maintain good relationships with wider Data Acquisition Team.
- Maintain clear and open path of communication with Client Services Team.
Requirements:
- Coding proficiency preferably in Scala; alternatively Java, Python or any other high level language.
- A Bachelors degree in Computer Science from an accredited University.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with competing and alternating priorities but constant focus on delivery.
- Logical and structured approach to problem-solving in both tactical and strategic initiatives.
- Proactive, open-minded, and keen to learn and develop.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Good knowledge of sports and exposure to sporting data information or sports betting domains.
- Some evening and weekend work required in line with the sports calendar.
- Experience working with Linux use for service hosting and day-to-day use.
- Experience working with various data SQL and NoSQL stores.
- Exposure to financial, trading, and risk management systems is an advantage.
