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PENN Entertainment, Inc.

Staff Software Developer

RemoteUnited States only
Published
Role
Backend
Experience
Staff
Employment
Full-time
Company size
Enterprise
$170k–$220k/yr
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No BS summary

Staff Software Developer with 7+ years of experience sought for the Enablement team. Must be a first-principles thinker, comfortable with polyglot codebases (Elixir, Java, Rust, TypeScript), and skilled in distributed systems, SQL (PostgreSQL), and API design (gRPC, GraphQL). Experience in high-throughput domains like sports betting or gaming is required, as is Kubernetes and AI familiarity.

Core skills

distributed systemsevent-driven architectureFederated GraphQL API

Required skills

ElixirJavaRustTypeScriptgRPCGraphQLSQLPostgreSQLDataDogBugsnagKubernetesAI

Optional skills

sports bettinggamingfinancial servicescaching strategies

Required languages

English

What you'll do

  • 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

What they require

  • 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

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package
  • Fun, relaxed work environment
  • Education and conference reimbursements.
  • Opportunities for career progression and mentoring others

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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$170k–$220k/yr