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PENN Entertainment, Inc.

Senior Software Engineer, iCasino

RemoteCanada only
Published
Role
Backend
Experience
Senior
CAD 145k–CAD 193k/yr
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Senior Elixir backend engineer for PENN Entertainment's online casino platform. Requires 5+ yrs software engineering, 2+ yrs Elixir, 2+ yrs GraphQL. Remote in Canada, $145k–$193k CAD.

Core skills

ElixirGraphQL

Required skills

PostgreSQLMySQLKubernetesGitGitHubExUnit/RSpec/Jest/pytestOban/Exq/Sidekiq/Celery/BeanstalkApache Kafka/RabbitMQ/AWS SQS/SNS/Google Cloud Pub/Sub

Optional skills

hexagonal architectureDomain Driven Development

What you'll do

  • Design, scale, and performance-tune GraphQL APIs, low-latency gRPC services, and SQL queries powering the casino lobby, game launch, and real-money wagering flows
  • Own technical problems of the highest scope and complexity, drafting proposals and presenting them to leadership and partner teams for feedback
  • Design, architect, and deliver new features and game provider integrations end-to-end in a collaborative agile/scrum environment
  • Identify bottlenecks and areas of risk in production, and drive the changes that make the platform more scalable
  • Set up and refine monitoring and alerting in DataDog for the systems you own
  • Mentor engineers on the team and across teams that ship into our codebase, through specs, pairing, and code review
  • Other duties as required

What they require

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in Software engineering
  • 2+ Years of experience building applications in Elixir
  • 2+ Years of experience designing and evolving GraphQL schemas
  • Solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, distributed systems, algorithms, and software design
  • Strong grasp of production systems at scale, and experience identifying areas of improvement in a production environment through load testing and tracing
  • Experience investigating and remediating production performance regressions, including CPU hotspots and latency regressions in high-throughput services
  • Experience with on-call rotations for a production service, including owning release cycles end-to-end
  • Passionate about clean code architecture and software craftsmanship
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of authoring tech specs, runbooks, and cross-team design docs that stand up to scrutiny
  • Experience in iCasino, sports betting or another regulated real-money domain
  • Familiarity with game provider and wallet integrations
  • Contribution to open source software
  • Experience working at startups
  • Passion for casino gaming, sports and/or esports

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package
  • Fun, relaxed work environment
  • Education and conference reimbursements
  • Opportunities for career progression and mentoring others
  • Base pay plus Bonus for non-sales positions
  • Best-in-class benefits (physical, financial, emotional support)

PENN Entertainment, Inc. is North America’s leading provider of integrated entertainment, sports content, and casino gaming experiences. From casinos and racetracks to online gaming, sports betting and entertainment content, it delivers online gaming and sports media products through platforms including Hollywood Casino, theScore Bet Sportsbook, and theScore media app.

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CAD 145k–CAD 193k/yr