Senior Software Engineer, iCasino
Penn Interactive2 months ago
Remote, CanadaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, scale, and performance-tune GraphQL APIs, low-latency gRPC services, and SQL queries powering casino lobbies, game launches, and real-money wagering flows.
- Own high-scope technical problems by drafting proposals and presenting them to leadership and partner teams.
- Design, architect, and deliver features and third-party game-provider integrations end to end.
- Identify production bottlenecks and risks and drive changes that improve platform scalability.
- Set up and refine monitoring and alerting in DataDog.
- Investigate and remediate CPU hotspots, latency regressions, and other production performance issues in high-throughput services.
- Participate in on-call rotations and own release cycles end to end.
- Mentor engineers through technical specifications, pairing, and code review.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of software engineering experience.
- At least 2 years of experience building applications in Elixir.
- At least 2 years of experience designing and evolving GraphQL schemas.
- Strong knowledge of data structures, distributed systems, algorithms, and software design.
- Experience with production systems at scale, load testing, tracing, and performance improvement.
- Experience with relational databases, including PostgreSQL and MySQL.
- Experience with Kubernetes and containerized service environments.
- Comfort working in the terminal, with Git, GitHub or similar tools, and an editor of choice.
- Experience with testing frameworks such as ExUnit, RSpec, Jest, pytest, or equivalent.
- Experience with background job processing such as Oban, Exq, Sidekiq, Celery, or Beanstalk.
- Experience with asynchronous event-handling infrastructure such as Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS SQS/SNS, or Google Cloud Pub/Sub.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience authoring technical specifications, runbooks, and cross-team design documents.
- Nice-to-have experience includes iCasino, sports betting, regulated real-money domains, game-provider or wallet integrations, hexagonal architecture, Domain Driven Development, open-source contributions, startup experience, or casino, sports, and esports interest.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package.
- Fun, relaxed work environment.
- Education and conference reimbursements.
- Career progression and mentoring opportunities.
- Remote position, as indicated by #LI-REMOTE.
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About Penn Interactive
Penn Interactive is the digital product and engineering arm of PENN Entertainment (NASDAQ: PENN), developing and operating online sportsbook and iCasino platforms for regulated markets in North America. Its portfolio includes ESPN BET in the U.S., theScore Bet in Ontario, and Hollywood Casino online, all built on proprietary tech. Backed by a parent company headquartered in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania that operates 40+ casinos across 20 states, it connects online play with on-property experiences.