Technical Lead - Angular / AI

Entain•Jersey City, NJ

3h•Hybrid

About The Position

Entain Group and MGM Resorts International have created BetMGM, a brand focused on making sports betting, gaming, and entertainment unforgettable. They are leading change in the interactive entertainment industry by prioritizing people, innovation, and technology. As a Technical Lead – Frontend (Angular), you will be responsible for the technical direction and end-to-end delivery of frontend solutions built with Angular, guiding teams through the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). Reporting to the Engineering Manager, this role combines hands-on development, technical leadership, and people management to deliver high-quality, scalable products. A key aspect of this position involves embedding AI-assisted development practices into daily engineering workflows, utilizing AI tools responsibly to accelerate delivery, improve code quality, and enhance decision-making across design, implementation, testing, and documentation. The role offers an opportunity to shape the future of digital entertainment while collaborating with one of the world's largest online gaming and entertainment groups.

Requirements

Strong hands-on experience with Angular and modern frontend development practices.
Proficiency in distributed systems, object-oriented design, and data structures.
Solid understanding of SDLC, API integration, and relational databases (SQL).
Experience with clean code principles, version control, and application monitoring.
Knowledge of software testing strategies, test automation, and CI/CD pipelines.
Familiarity with performance optimization, Docker/Kubernetes, and cloud-native environments.
Experience working with microservices and event-driven architectures.
Strong grasp of Agile methodologies and iterative delivery.
Proven experience with Java and modern backend frameworks.
Understanding of secure coding practices, authentication/authorization, and vulnerability management.
Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
A proactive leader who balances hands-on delivery with strategic thinking.

Nice To Haves

Experience using AI-assisted coding tools in professional software development.
Ability to evaluate, validate, and safely integrate AI-generated code and recommendations.
Interest in prompt engineering, automation, and AI-driven developer productivity.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, deploy, and maintain moderately to highly complex frontend features using Angular and modern web technologies.
Own end-to-end delivery across design, implementation, testing, release, and production support.
Lead technical design discussions, RFCs, and architectural decision-making.
Debug and resolve issues across development, test, and production environments, acting as the primary on-call escalation point.
Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, performant, and aligned with platform and architectural standards.
Leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., code generation, refactoring, test creation, documentation, and debugging prompts) to improve engineering velocity and quality.
Define and promote best practices for prompt engineering, validation of AI-generated outputs, and safe usage of AI within SDLC.
Use AI to support code reviews, technical analysis, performance optimization, and incident investigation—while ensuring human accountability and quality control.
Explore and champion opportunities to integrate AI into frontend workflows, automation, and developer experience initiatives.
Enforce clean, maintainable, reusable, and well-tested code aligned with engineering standards.
Promote secure coding practices, vulnerability management, and performance optimization.
Champion CI/CD best practices, automation, and continuous improvement across the team.
Ensure observability through effective logging, monitoring, and alerting.
Set and communicate clear technical and delivery goals aligned with business strategy.
Manage story lifecycles, dependencies, and priorities in collaboration with Product, QA, and other Tech Leads.
Mentor and develop engineers, fostering a high-performance, learning-focused team culture.
Lead team ceremonies, technical workshops, and knowledge-sharing sessions.
Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and technical assessment of new team members.