Senior Engineering Manager - Quantitative Sports

Hard Rock Digital

45d•Remote

About The Position

Hard Rock Digital is a team focused on becoming the best online sportsbook, casino, and social gaming company in the world. We're building a team that resonates passion for learning, operating, and building new products and technologies for millions of consumers. We care about each customer's interaction, experience, behavior, and insight and strive to ensure we're always acting authentically. Rooted in the kindred spirits of Hard Rock and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the new Hard Rock Digital taps a brand known the world over as the leader in gaming, entertainment, and hospitality. We're taking that foundation of success and bringing it to the digital space — ready to join us? As the Senior Engineering Manager you will lead a cross-functional engineering team working within the Quantitative Sports department. This is a critical leadership position responsible for architecting and scaling systems that ingest, process, calculate and distribute pricing feeds with ultra-low latency and high reliability to power cutting-edge sports betting experiences. This role requires an individual who has both the technical expertise and leadership experience to empower and inspire a team of engineers who alongside the Quantitative Developers will deliver our pricing platform.

Requirements

Experience in leadership of an engineering team
Proven track record in developing and maintaining a low-latency trading platform
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Deep proficiency in Python
Experience in management and development of data-heavy pipelines
Experience in deploying and managing cloud-based systems and infrastructure
Strong knowledge of messaging systems (eg Kafka) and pipeline architecture
Strong Linux skills
Self-driven, meticulous, and ability to prioritize in a complex and fast-paced environment
Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in Engineering, Computer Science or other related scientific, technical or business discipline
Minimum of 3 years management experience
Minimum of 10 years job related experience

Nice To Haves

Understanding of pricing engines, trading algorithms, or live odds generation.
Strong interest in sports and sport analytics
SQL experience

Responsibilities

Lead engineering efforts on a scalable platform designed to perform reliably under intense user and data load
Lead the engineering team through prioritization and distribution of work
Be a key stakeholder and contributor in architecture discussions regarding the pricing platform
Spearhead the drive to reduce the latency within the system
Work closely with the product team to create and maintain technical roadmaps aligned with company strategy
Ensure a full testing structure is in place to create confidence and resilience in the system
Foster team collaboration and knowledge sharing
Work closely with the quantitative developers to ensure best practices and alignment within the wider department
Build operational tools and applications to support teams as required