Mission: We're on a mission to make Betting & Gaming Better and build the UK's Best Digital Business.
6 months in the making. 850 people. 5 stages. 18 talks. 50 speakers. What an amazing day #TheGathering2019 was. It was the perfect manifestation of the unique culture we have at SBG. Every day we're learning, collaborating, innovating and having fun. And you could be a part of it... If you're feeling the #FOMO, take a look at our open roles now because #sbglife is here to stay! http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vMEfb #sbglife #1team #jobsinleeds #jobsinsheffield
“I can honestly say that The Gathering 2018 was the best work event I have ever attended in my career. From the moment I got off the bus I was in awe at the size and scale of the event and really taken aback by how much effort had been put in. The most enjoyable aspect of the day was spending time with my colleagues and meeting new people” – Chris, Customer Experience Trainer Don’t want to miss out next year? Find out more at: http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vMFe4 #sbglife #1team #TheGathering
We're a tech company born out of Sky. We’re aiming to be the UK’s best digital business. And we do things the SBG Way.
1400+ colleagues, developing some of the country’s biggest brands in online betting and gaming including SkyBet, SkyVegas, Soccer Saturday Super6 and Sky Sports Fantasy Football.
Constantly innovating we’ve doubled in size over the last 5 years. And we’re not going to stop there. Here, you’ll grow. You’ll be challenged. You’ll be well rewarded. And our fast-track progression will meet your ambitions. Our laid-back culture has replaced suits and ties with casual dress, pool tables and arcade tournaments. We’ve created one of the most exciting environments in the business. It’s no wonder we’ve been named one of the UK’s best companies to work for.
It's been a really exciting journey. Check out our story here...
Here at Sky Betting and Gaming we're driven by a very clear vision: to make betting and gaming better. And we do this through our own unique way of working. Through behaviours that enable us to create brilliant customer experiences and make us one of the best companies to work for in the UK.
It's a bit like riding a bike. You never forget the experience, and you can take your career down any road you like. Put simply, it's the way we roll...
The SBG Way is made up of six Core Ways, which are the behaviours we are all expected to show, day in day out, whatever our role...
Supporting our Core Ways are our seven Ways to Grow, which encourage us to develop our careers and act like leaders of our business.
At Sky Betting & Gaming, we don’t have teams. We have Tribes. Tribes of people who work collaboratively with a shared purpose. Each Tribe is made up of small, agile and autonomous squads. And while each Tribe has a different goal, we’re all working towards one vision; to make betting and gaming better. Our Tribes also help us to tell a powerful and exciting story of what it’s like to work at Sky Betting & Gaming. Together with our Sky brand it's the way we work that makes us a distinctive place to work.
It’s an environment where startup culture, speed to market, agility and continuous improvement (from the game changer to the incremental) are powerful influences. It’s somewhere that values challenge and collaboration, while removing barriers and hierarchy. And it’s driven by an ethos that helps everyone feel like they’re part of something much bigger than their own role.
Being part of a Tribe means being part of a diverse and vibrant mix of people. People who make decisions together, quickly. Individuals flourish here; opinion is encouraged and everyone in the Tribe can make a big personal contribution. Above all else, we focus on doing the right thing for our customers, and on creating brilliant experiences.
It all means that we’ve created the kind of workplace that not only retains talent, but wins awards for it too - including a place on the prestigious Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For list.
The bottom line is that all of our Tribes are committed to achieving our mission of Making Betting and Gaming Better, and to delivering on our ambition to be the UK’s best digital business.
We’re passionate about developing our people to be the best they can be. In fact, we have some of the most talented technologists in the country so it’s vital we keep up our game.
That’s why our Learning and Development team offers tonnes of opportunities for tech and non-tech people to learn new and exciting things to develop you in your role - and beyond.
Ever fancied learning to speak Italian? Or want a personal coach or free access to the most in demand tech-skills? It’s all part of the package here at Sky Betting and Gaming.
There are over 40 internally led training courses run by our own experts to choose from, as well as plenty of external opportunities too. Here’s what we’ve offered our colleagues this year:
It all means we’ve spent over a million pounds on just 1,200 colleagues in 2017/18 alone.
And on top of all of that, if you’re interested in something we haven’t delivered in the past, just ask us - we’re always ready to explore what’s out there to help others learn.
Here at Sky Betting and Gaming, we’ve all got different daily schedules. Different career needs. Different ambitions. And different plans for the future. But what connects us all is our passion for greenfield tech – and the opportunity to drive it forward in a working environment without boundaries.
It’s called working our way. But it’s really about doing things your way, and it offers the flexibility to mix your work with your other commitments (or even to join us with limited experience) and build a tech-focused career that you can take wherever you like.
Here, you’ll push new tech to its limits as you help us deliver resilient, scalable, high performing systems. You’ll work with the industry’s best digital minds as you create innovative products and applications. And you’ll develop systems and software that can handle huge challenges - like 11m financial transactions on a Saturday afternoon.
We’re looking for experience in everything from MongoDB, MySQL, and SQL to React, Node, Kotlin, Kubernetes, Java8, Scala, Akka, Clojure, Chef, Grafana and Splunk. We want expertise in high traffic/availability websites and in scaling event driven architecture. And we need people who can get to grips with a range of tools like LAMP stacks, AWS, Fortigate firewalls, F5 loadbalancers, Icinga, Grafana, Graphite, NewRelic, Redis, kafka, RabbitMQ and more.
But equally, we’re looking for people who are taking the first steps in their tech careers. People who can think big, and act bold in a lively, family-feel working environment that’s supportive, respectful, collaborative, and most of all fun. People who can thrive in a culture that nurtures talent, listens to its people, and trusts them to get on with the job.
People who can work our way.
If you'd like to be part of this growing culture of innovation and delivery you can find out more at skybetcareers.com.
You can even take a virtual tour of our office by clicking here.
Or, for more information about the cool stuff we get up to, follow our engineering team's blog at engineering.skybettingandgaming.com
Our Way means a working life like you've never experienced before. We’ve built a workplace that inspires amazing people to create brilliant experiences – not just for our customers but for our people, too. Here’s what #sbglife is all about…
Here at SBG, we don’t have conferences, we have Festivals. “The Gathering” brought together our people to learn more about future opportunities, where we are investing, and our culture and people. Check out the video below...
Our rewards are as unique as our culture. And you can tailor them to your needs. We want to attract the best people and keep hold of them. So, you can look forward to all of these things and more:
I have been working at Sky Betting & Gaming full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Work-life balance
people
culture
location
environment
A truly great place to work, people and culture are fantastic.
Cons
Not enough meeting rooms
break out space limited
Advice to Management
Act like you want us to be 'The Best' place to work
Application
I applied online. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Sky Betting & Gaming (Liverpool, England) in January 2020.
Interview
The tech academy graduate scheme process was very pleasant! After the initial application you are contacted by a personal recruiter for a short call about general information. You are then contacted by the same recruiter for a phone interview which is straight forward and mostly questions about yourself.
The assessment day was very laid back with ~12 people on each day. You are split into 2 groups and given the same data handling task. It’s sort of technical but there are people there to help and they are more interested in your team skills than if you can do the task.
There is an interview during the day with one technical expert and a previous tech academy grad. Again this is mainly questions about yourself and is very laid back and more of a chat.
Overall the experience was very pleasant and laid back and having the personal recruiter all the way through eases the whole thing.
Interview Questions
