Marketing Core Team Lead

Description

Who we are

Bally's Corporation is a global casino-entertainment company with a growing omni-channel presence. It currently owns and manages 15 casinos across 10 states, a golf course in New York, a horse racetrack in Colorado, and has access to OSB licenses in 18 states. It also owns Bally's Interactive International, formerly Gamesys Group, a leading, global, online gaming operator, Bally Bet, a first-in-class sports betting platform, and Bally Casino, a growing iCasino platform.

With 10,600 employees, the Company's casino operations include approximately 15,300 slot machines, 580 table games and 3,800 hotel rooms. Upon completing the construction of a permanent casino facility in Chicago, IL, and a land-based casino near the Nittany Mall in State College, PA, Bally's will own and/or manage 16 casinos across 11 states. Bally’s also has rights to developable land in Las Vegas post the closure of the Tropicana.

Well, what about the role and the team?

We are developing a brand new, market-leading, real-time, cloud based marketing platform which will power our Sports and Casino sites in all our regions. We build capabilities that support our Marketing operations - offers, campaigns, promotions, rewards, and more.

We are looking for a motivated, experienced, and hands-on Marketing Core Team Lead who will be reporting to the Director of Data Engineering. You will be driving the successful execution of the global Marketing strategy. The role will be leading a team of Java Engineers, together taking responsibility for delivery of the Marketing Core product. The selected candidate is expected to mentor, coach, and empower the team to deliver robust solutions that meet business demands within the stipulated timeframes and quality.

The ideal candidate must possess strong Java expertise and 5+ years of hands-on experience. Our current tech stack includes Java 11/17, Spring, Kafka, Mongo, Graph QL, Debezium, Python, AWS, Terraform, React and Node.

Being a global team, we always strive to achieve regional scalability whilst retaining centralised governance, and as we transition further into a hub-and-spoke model for our Data, ML and Marketing verticals, we believe that such role is fundamental in representing our Marketing Core Team. You will also be playing an active role in improving the core technology and processes by working closely with the operational Marketing teams, Reward and Incentive teams as well as internal Data verticals.

So, what will you be doing?

• Leading a team of Java Engineers to design and develop high quality solutions.
• Guiding and ensuring that team members are following engineering best practices and patterns.
• Working with the team to further break down stories into appropriate technical deliverables as required and unblocking stories that are reliant on external factors such as permission, infrastructure changes, knowledge share etc.
• Ensuring that an acceptable level of documentation is maintained the delivered solutions.
• Guiding engineers to make the right decision by themselves, ensuring the whole picture is fully understood.
• Raising technological and process concerns in a timely manner and continuously improving our solutions with particular focus on agility, security, privacy, and cloud costs.
• Supporting the team as and when required.
• Creating and promoting growth opportunities within the team.
• Carrying out line management duties including 121s, objectives setting, conflict resolution, holiday approvals, on-call approvals, development plans etc.
• Cultivating a strong team culture through appropriate teambuilding and knowledge sharing activities.
• Acting as a role model for other team members.

And what technical skills are we looking for?

• 5+ years of previous software engineering experience.
• Strong Java, Springboot and Microservice engineering experience.
• Experience with containerized workloads.
• Experience with APIs and streaming technologies, such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Experience with NO SQL databases, such as MongoDB.
• Good understanding in Database concepts with strong SQL skills.
• Excellent understanding of software design principles.
• Demonstrable experience in Agile development environments.

It would be great if you had...

• Experience working within the gambling industry.
• Cloud experience in either AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Knowledge in Front-End and/or Python development.

Finally, what do we want to see in you?

• Effective communication skills with a variety of technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• An ability to identify and provide alternatives to process/solutions shortcomings.
• A

commitment to continuous learning and staying up to date on industry trends and technologies.

• A passion for seeing your team succeed, enabling them to grow and navigating any challenges or issues in a constructive way.

This is what you'll get

Different benefits packages are tailored to fit each location, but here’s a taste of what may be on offer:

• Annual bonus
• Pension plan
• Health insurance
• Volunteering days
• Home office allowance
• Wellness or Gym allowance

DNA / Values

At Bally’s Interactive, we are driven by a set of core values that we like to call our DNA. We strive to embody our DNA and keep them at the heart of everything we do!

We are Always Ready to embrace change, adapt, and do what it takes to delight our customers. We believe that You Make the Difference, which is what gives our players the best experience and keeps them coming back. We are All One Team, looking out for each other, respecting diversity while connecting through a common purpose. Our teams are Learning Every Day by showing constant curiosity and the drive to learn from successes, mistakes, new experiences, and the people around us. At Bally’s we Love to Lead by thinking differently, seeking innovation, and always looking for ways to raise our game.

Equal Opportunities

At Bally’s Interactive, we are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and working conditions.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are important to us, and we encourage a culture where everyone can be themselves at work.

We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success, this is our superpower.

We do not discriminate against employees or job applicants on the basis of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, age, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, political opinion or disability.

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