Staff Backend Engineer - Sportsbook
What are we building?
Hard Rock Digital is a team focused on becoming the best online sportsbook, casino, and social gaming company in the world. We’re building a team that resonates passion for learning, operating and building new products and technologies for millions of consumers. We care about each customer's interaction, experience, behavior, and insight and strive to ensure we’re always acting authentically.
Rooted in the kindred spirits of Hard Rock and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the new Hard Rock Digital taps a brand known the world over as the leader in gaming, entertainment, and hospitality. We’re taking that foundation of success and bringing it to the digital space — ready to join us?
What’s the position?
We are looking for a Staff Backend Engineer - Sportsbook, to join our rapidly growing technology team, responsible for the continuous growth and support of our Sportsbook. This position will be able to come in an have a lot of ownership of the shape of the backend implementation. It is an exciting and rewarding opportunity.
As a staff-level backend engineer, you will:
Be a technical point of contact for various stakeholders
Be technically talented, able to contribute quality code, and being passionate about the technology
Be responsible for the quality, scope, and timeliness of all your deliverables
Because we operate with a startup mindset, we will be reliant on your technical skill, but also your passion and ownership over all aspects of your work.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for an engineer who is willing to tackle problems with innovative ideas and quality technical implementations. We believe the perfect candidate isn’t interested in just what we’re building right now, but wants to understand where we’re going and how it impacts the customer to ensure everything we create moves us closer to our goal: delivering the best customer experience.
The ideal candidate will have:
Min of 8+ years work experience
Strong communication skills (both written and verbal)
Extensive experience with Java and Spring / SpringBoot
Extensive experience with reactive programming (Spring Reactive)
A deep understanding of AWS Cloud technologies and how to create scalable multi-region applications
Experience with the following technologies:
o AWS Serverless and serverless-supported languages
o DB (ex, Postgresql, CocroachDB)
o Streaming technologies (Amazon Kinesis, Kafka)
o Message Queues (SQS, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ)
Experience working within an agile development
Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, etc)
Experience with Micro-Service and Service oriented architectures
Experience with Core Services around player journeys and experiences
Nice to have experience with Sportsbetting, Trading Development and Casino software
Nice to have knowledge around general trading rules and feed providers
Nice to have knowledge with odds feeds such-as Radar, Genius, Swich, & Simplebet
What’s in it for you?
We offer our employees more than just competitive compensation. Our team benefits include:
Competitive pay and benefits
Flexible vacation allowance
Flexible work from home or office hours
Startup culture backed by a secure, global brand
Opportunity to build products enjoyed by millions as part of a passionate team
Roster of Uniques
We care deeply about every interaction our customers have with us, and trust and empower our staff to own and drive their experience. Our vision for our business and customers is built on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where regardless of background or beliefs you feel able to be authentic and bring all your talent into play. We want to celebrate you being you (we are an equal opportunities employer)