Senior Engineering Manager - Quantitative Sports

What are we building?

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?

What's the position?

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.

Key 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

What are we looking for?

• 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

Qualifications:

• 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

Preferred:

• Understanding of pricing engines, trading algorithms, or live odds generation.

• Strong interest in sports and sport analytics

• SQL experience

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

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 opportunity employer)