Senior Backend Engineer - Promotions & Rewards

What are we building?

While Hard Rock has been a mainstay for 50 years, Hard Rock Digital is a true start up that’s rapidly expanding our footprint across the US and international gaming markets. Our product and engineering team is based in Austin, where we are a close-knit team of product managers, designers and developers building a better customer experience in the fast-growing online sports betting and iGaming space.

While online gaming is a new industry in the US, the legacy technology powering the industry is not cutting edge. We’re here to change that. We’re a passionate group of sports and casino fans who are building the future of online gaming with customer-focused products and cutting-edge technology.

What’s the position?

We are looking for a senior backend engineer to join our rapidly growing technology team, responsible for continuous growth and support of the online Sportsbook & Casino platform. This position will be able to come in an have a lot of ownership of the shape of the backend implementation. It is an exciting and rewarding opportunity.

As a senior-level backend engineer, you will:

• Be a technical point of contact for various stakeholders
• Be technically talented, able to contribute quality code, and being passionate about the technology
• Be responsible for the quality, scope, and timeliness of all your deliverables

Because we operate with a startup mindset, we will be reliant on your technical skill, but also your passion and ownership over all aspects of your work.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for an engineer who is willing to tackle problems with innovative ideas and quality technical implementations. We believe the perfect candidate isn’t interested in just what we’re building right now, but wants to understand where we’re going and how it impacts the customer to ensure everything we create moves us closer to our goal: delivering the best customer experience.  This role will be in Austin, Texas.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Degree in computer science, a related field, or equivalent work experience (6+ years)
• Strong communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Extensive experience with Java and Spring / SpringBoot
• Extensive experience with reactive programming (Spring Reactive)
• A deep understanding of AWS Cloud technologies and how to create scalable multi-region applications
• Experience with the following technologies:
  AWS Serverless and serverless-supported languages
  DB (ex, Postgresql, CocroachDB)
  Streaming technologies (Amazon Kinesis, Kafka)
  Message Queues (SQS, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ)
• Experience working within an agile development
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, etc)
• Experience with Micro-Service and Monolith architectures
• Experience with Sportsbetting and Casinos is a plus

What’s in it for you?

We offer our employees more than just competitive compensation. Our team benefits include:

• Competitive pay and benefits
• Flexible vacation allowance
• Flexible work from home or office hours
• Startup culture backed by a secure, global brand
• Opportunity to build products enjoyed by millions as part of a passionate team

Roster of Uniques

We care deeply about every interaction our customers have with us, and trust and empower our staff to own and drive their experience. Our vision for our business and customers is built on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where regardless of background or beliefs you feel able to be authentic and bring all your talent into play. We want to celebrate you being you (we are an equal opportunities employer)