Senior Engineering Manager, Promotions/ 1 week ago
Quick Summary
PENN Entertainment, Inc. is North America's leading provider of integrated entertainment, sports content, and casino gaming experiences. We deliver desired experiences across casinos, racetracks, online gaming, sports betting, and entertainment content.
We seek passionate individuals to create and deliver cutting-edge online gaming and sports media products. Our state-of-the-art platforms, including Hollywood Casino, theScore Bet Sportsbook, and theScore media app, are powered by proprietary in-house technology, central to PENN's omnichannel gaming and entertainment strategy.
Joining PENN Entertainment's digital team means working on cutting-edge platforms via theScore and PENN Interactive. We are committed to supporting your career growth, skill expansion, and exploration of new opportunities.
Build your future with PENN Entertainment across North America. If you are ready to challenge conventions in gaming, media, and entertainment, we encourage you to connect with us.
About the Team
The Promotional team comprises talented individuals focused on delivering best-in-class promotional capabilities. Our goal is to empower marketing leaders to create compelling offers and provide standout guest experiences. We integrate with third-party providers, support client developers in launching promotions and games, and build tools for marketing and operations stakeholders to configure optimal user experiences. We prioritize delivering highly reliable and scalable solutions.
About the Work
- Manage daily activities of software development teams, including goal setting, mentorship, coaching, leadership, guidance, and performance feedback.
- Collaborate with the Product Manager to build roadmaps, define requirements, and ensure team execution.
- Document development deliverables and key decisions in line with design and development processes.
- Support hiring initiatives within the engineering department.
- Identify process issues and contribute to enhancing design, development processes, and system architecture.
- Ensure development adheres to the development process throughout the lifecycle.
- Establish and monitor success metrics (KPIs and SLAs) for team and system performance.
- Work with the team to achieve performance, scalability, and reliability goals.
- Stay updated on relevant trends, techniques, and technology.
- Perform other duties as required.
About You
- A kind individual who prioritizes team outcomes over personal ego.
- Ability to motivate and inspire team members towards execution excellence.
- Minimum 5 years in a leadership or management role.
- At least 10 years of experience in software development.
- Experience leading teams of 10 or more engineers.
- Proven time management, project management, and problem-solving skills.
- Aptitude for communicating complex technical information to diverse stakeholders, including non-technical staff.
- Excellent presentation and communication skills.
- Demonstrated collaborative work style, effectively engaging with all organizational levels.
- Capacity to manage overlapping projects and meet strict deadlines.
- Strong critical and logical thinking, analysis, and reasoning abilities.
- Passion for clean code architecture and software craftsmanship.
- Drive to find simple solutions for complex problems.
- Experience with Kafka, distributed systems, and real-time streaming processing.
- Experience with container orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes.
Nice to Have
- PHP, Next.js, Python
- AWS/Lambda, Elixir
- Building GraphQL APIs (Absinthe), GraphQL schema stitching & subscriptions
- GCP, Kubernetes
- Public speaking
- Contribution to open source software
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package.
- Education and conference reimbursement.
- Opportunities for career progression and mentoring.
This is a remote position. Penn Interactive is an equal opportunity workplace. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. Base pay is part of the Total Rewards, which includes potential commission for sales roles or bonuses for non-sales roles. Penn Interactive offers best-in-class benefits to eligible employees, designed to provide support physically, financially, and emotionally through life's milestones and daily needs.