About the Work
As a staff engineer on the Enablement team, you will
Lead the design, architecture, and delivery of new platform capabilities in a collaborative agile environment
Build, support, and maintain key services that drive our Federated GraphQL API, event-driven architecture, and regulatory compliance tooling
Drive integrations with internal services by partnering closely with engineering teams and stakeholders across the organization
Support teams developing features in our customer-facing applications (theScore, theScore Bet, Hollywood Casino) by helping define scope, contributing to technical specs, and identifying edge cases and performance improvements through code and design review
Develop, scale, and optimize gRPC endpoints, GraphQL APIs, and SQL queries
Own observability practices across our systems, including monitoring, alerting, and incident response (DataDog, Bugsnag)
Proactively identify bottlenecks and areas of systemic risk, and lead efforts to address them before they impact reliability or scale
Mentor engineers across the organization and contribute to a culture of technical excellence
About You
7+ years in a software engineering role
A first-principles thinker who digs into root causes rather than surface symptoms
A track record of owning complex systems end-to-end
Comfortable working across a polyglot codebase that includes Elixir, Java, Rust, and TypeScript
Driven to design, build, and optimize distributed systems that hold up under real-world load
Knows the difference between an API that exposes a data model and one that expresses a domain, and has strong opinions about which to build
A solid foundation in computer science, with deep competencies in data structures, distributed systems, algorithms, and software design
Holds teams to a high bar for code quality and architecture, and can articulate why it matters
Strong experience with relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL
Familiarity with caching strategies and the tradeoffs involved in applying them at scale
Experience with testing frameworks such as ExUnit, RSpec, Jest, pytest, or equivalent
Experience with high-throughput or real-time domains such as sports betting, gaming, or financial services
Experience with Kubernetes
Experience with AI
What We Offer
Competitive compensation package
Fun, relaxed work environment
Education and conference reimbursements.
Opportunities for career progression and mentoring others
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Salary Range
$170,000—$220,000 USD
Penn Interactive is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Penn Interactive provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Penn Interactive provides best-in-class benefits to eligible employees. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality – to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life.
