Senior Engineer, Application Development

Who are we?

We are the IT Division of HKJC, a vibrant community of over 1,500 dedicated professionals working collaboratively across Hong Kong and Shenzhen.

Our team is a diverse mix of individuals from various backgrounds, from all across the world. We embrace our humanity, recognizing that each of us brings unique strengths and perspectives. This diversity not only enriches our work environment but also drives our innovation and creativity as we strive to achieve our collective goals.

What do we do?

We design, build, and operate the technology that powers the Club. Our primary focus is on delivering the service that supports our hospitality, racing and wagering operations, to ensure that our customers and members enjoy exceptional experiences.

We also deliver the changes necessary to drive business growth through new products and services. And, we are committed to safeguarding the Club by protecting it from external threats, providing a secure and resilient technological environment.

The Department

The Department of Application Delivery & Support leads the end-to-end management and delivery of all Omni Channel experiences for the Jockey Club. It oversees a diverse team of technical professionals across Hong Kong and Shenzhen, collaborating closely with both global and local software partners. The department plays a vital role in delivering innovative and seamless digital experiences, while supporting the Club’s strategic objectives through robust, scalable, and secure technology solutions.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Customer & Member Digital: Omni channel retail and digital experience
• Sports Wagering: Fixed Odds sports back office, trading, and middleware systems
• Racing Wagering & Lottery: PMU Horse Racing platform and Mark 6 lottery systems
• Racing Equine: Stable management, veterinary laboratories, and racing information systems
• Hospitality & CRM: Venue, table, and recreation management, catering systems, and customer relationship management
• Data & Analytics
• Wagering Architecture: Fixed Odds and PMU/Lottery platforms
• Identity Management: Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) leveraging Ping/ForgeRock
• Enterprise/Corporate Systems: Including HR, Charity, Finance, and Treasury systems
• Shenzhen Development Centre

The Job

You will:

• Engage in effort estimation, service and application design, code construction, testing, maintenance and support of high-volume customer-facing web channel applications, comprising client, server and database components
• Design, enhance, develop and maintain a database to support the business and IT requirements
• Conducting feasibility studies to evaluate or pilot new business-enabling technology
• Performing software development and conducting reviews according to business requirements and defined Club IT processes and standards
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, system assurance, project managers and operations team to deliver high-quality mobile and web systems on time and budget
• Work closely with Shenzhen development teams, System Assurance, Infrastructure and Operation teams to deliver high-quality systems

About You

You should have:

• Degree or above in Computer Sciences, IT or related discipline
• Minimum of 2 years' experience in systems analysis, design, software development and support experience
• 2 years' solid development experience in Linux, Java, messaging and MS SQL server
• Development experience in OpenAPI, RESTful API, JMS, Spring framework, Hibernate, WebSocket, OAuth2, JSON, XML, YAML, Python, JavaScript and shell script
• Experience in Web Service-Oriented Applications and developing large-scale and high-performance software are essentials
• Preferred experience in integrating with GraphQL and Solace messaging
• Experience in ReactJS, AngularJS, VueJS, Node.js would be a plus
• Experience in Kubernetes, Istio, AWS Cloud platform, and AppDynamics is an advantage

Terms of Employment

The level of appointment will be commensurate with qualification and experience.

Enquiries

We are an equal opportunity employer. Personal data provided by job applicants will be used strictly in accordance with the Club's notice to employees and prospective employees relating to the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance. A copy of which will be provided immediately upon request.