Sr Backend Engineer

Penn Interactive Ventures (PI) is a real-money interactive gaming company headquartered in Philadelphia. As the digital arm to Penn National Gaming (NASDAQ: PENN), the largest regional casino operator in the U.S., we are poised for fast-paced growth in the sports betting and online casino space and are looking for a Sr Backend Engineer to join our expanding Sportsbook team!

The Senior Backend Engineer will work on a small, cross-functional team to develop the backend and various APIs for a one-of-a-kind, native sports betting experience. Candidates for this role will work with multiple client teams to build a revolutionary sportsbook from the ground up. Previous work in the gaming industry is not important but we do expect your work-product will reflect a strong technical background and a dedication to concise, scalable code.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Demonstrate best-in-class programming skills to develop secure, tested, optimized, scalable code.
• Translate business requirements into code.
• Collaborate with designers, product managers, ops engineers, client engineers, QA engineers and various other teams and stakeholders to solve innovative problems utilizing out-of-the-box solutions.
• Communicate clearly and effectively using Github, Slack, Google Docs, JIRA, so as to keep all stakeholders in-the-loop regarding relevant issues.
• Interact thoughtfully and professionally with everyone including non-technical colleagues.
• Ability to work in a highly regulated environment and develop code according to regulatory requirements

*QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS *

• Experience with Django/Flask/Python, or Golang.
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining backend systems and building and consuming APIs.
• Experience with deploying code in Linux based environments such as Debian or Ubuntu
• Experience with Git or other distributed version control systems.
• Experience writing well tested code or experience with practices like TDD
• General computing knowledge -- familiarity with the standard suite of Web Protocols (HTTP, TCP, etc.).
• Familiar with virtualization (ex. Docker, rkt) BONUS POINTS
• BSc or MSc in Computer Science or another STEM field.
• Experience administering AWS Core Services (S3, SQS, EC2, ECS, etc.).
• Experience deploying code via Kubernetes
• A passion for sports or betting.