Backend Engineer, Penn Game Studios
About The Position
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 Hollywood Casino, theScore Bet Sportsbook, 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 Team: Penn Game Studios (PGS) is searching for an experienced and enthusiastic backend engineer to work on our cutting edge remote gaming systems. Work often includes writing rules engines, adding and maintaining platform features, and writing tools to help our internal and external teams. The right candidate will promote best practices and work closely with project managers to define and prioritize tasks About the Work Write best in class code for our game and platform servers. Use data storage layers, such as PostgreSQL and Redis, to store and cache important data. Work closely with the platform and dev ops team to implement new functionality. Manage tasks and communicate with producers and teammates. Work with teammates to design high quality solutions for novel problems. Research and apply new technologies when appropriate. Maintain technical documentation of solutions. Work with client engineers to define API contracts and troubleshoot issues Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- 2+ Years of software engineering experience is required
- Experience with standard back end technologies (such as SQL, Key-Value Caching, HTTP) is required
- Practical knowledge of scalable server architectures.
- Practical knowledge of threads, microservices, and distributed locking.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to solve technical problems with practical constraints.
- Experience with Go is required
- Experience with Docker and / or Kubernetes is required
- Experience Rust, C++, C#, Java, Python, Objective-C, Smalltalk or similar required.
Nice To Haves
- Understanding of statistics and probability is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Write best in class code for our game and platform servers.
- Use data storage layers, such as PostgreSQL and Redis, to store and cache important data.
- Work closely with the platform and dev ops team to implement new functionality.
- Manage tasks and communicate with producers and teammates.
- Work with teammates to design high quality solutions for novel problems.
- Research and apply new technologies when appropriate.
- Maintain technical documentation of solutions.
- Work with client engineers to define API contracts and troubleshoot issues
- Other duties as assigned
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- Fun, relaxed work environment
- Education and conference reimbursements.
- Opportunities for career progression and mentoring others
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
