Staff Software Developer, Platform Core

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, we deliver the experiences people want, how and where they want them.

We’re always on the lookout for those who are passionate about creating and delivering cutting-edge online gaming and sports media products. Whether it’s through ESPN BET, Hollywood Casino, theScore Bet Sportsbook & Casino, or theScore media app, we’re excited to push the boundaries of what’s possible. These state-of-the-art platforms are powered by proprietary in-house technology, a key component of PENN’s omnichannel gaming and entertainment strategy.

When you join PENN Entertainment’s digital team, you’ll not only work on these cutting-edge platforms through theScore and PENN Interactive, but you’ll also be part of a company that truly cares about your career growth. We’re committed to supporting you as you expand your skills and explore new opportunities.

With locations throughout North America, you can build a future at PENN Entertainment wherever you are. If you want to challenge conventions in gaming, media and entertainment, we want to talk to you.

About the Role & Team

As part of the Platform Core team at Penn Interactive/theScore, you will be working with a group of talented and friendly individuals. Our goal is to design and build foundational components that improve reliability and scalability of our backend services. The Platform Core team helps accelerate other backend teams at Penn Interactive/theScore by building internal tools and libraries for their use. We take pride in our craft by using tools that help us keep a high standard of quality within our codebase and application. We’re also a team that enjoys learning and sharing knowledge. We like to keep our documentation up to date and take time out of our day to learn new technologies.

About the Work

As a key member of the Platform Core team you will:

• Design and build foundational components that improve the reliability and scalability of our backend services.
• Build internal tools and libraries to help accelerate other backend teams.
• Collaborate regularly with other teams to ensure what we’re building serves their needs.
• Contribute to improving and evolving software development across the organization.
• Solve technical problems of the highest scope and complexity.
• Advocate for improvements to product quality, security and performance that have impact across the organization.
• Strives to reduce technical debt, while communicating with teammates about any larger refactor.
• Collaborate with the team to define and improve our internal style guide, maintainability and best practices for web applications.
• Provider mentorship for all of our developers.
• Actively participate in Engineering efforts that help streamline the experience of our Products.
• Guide other developers on how to set up systems and drive execution plans for features and system improvements.
• Helps drive innovation on the team with a willingness to experiment and deal with hard problems with high complexity and scope.

About You

• A solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, distributed systems, algorithms and software design.
• Passionate about clean code architecture and software craftsmanship.
• Experience with:
  • Kubernetes
  • Kafka
  • Java
• An interest in designing, building, and optimizing distributed systems.
• Excellent communication skills, including solid technical writing abilities.
• Passion for building services and tools for other developers.
• A drive for finding simple solutions to complex problems.
• Knowledge and familiarity with caching strategies and tools.
• Always trying to understand why things happen at a deeper level.
• NICE TO HAVE: Experience with gRPC, RocksDB, experience with functional programming and desire to contribute to open source projects.

What We Offer

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

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Recently being recognized as a top workplace in the United States, we believe people work their best when they can be themselves. We are looking for hungry, innovative thinkers to help us challenge the status quo of the gaming industry.  Diversity, equity, and inclusion are vital to all of our processes, programs, and structures. Your story, who you are, and your experience matter here.