Senior Backend Engineer, Java

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The Role

Rush Street Interactive (NYSE: RSI) is a market leader in online casino and sports betting, currently operating real-money gaming with our brands: BetRivers.com, PlaySugarHouse.com, and RushBet.co. We’re building bridges between online, social and land-based gaming businesses to create amazing, integrated experiences that keep players in the game.

Are you a skilled and experienced Senior Backend Engineer ready to take on a technical leadership role in a collaborative, high-performance environment? Do you thrive in delivering exceptional engineering practices, driving technical roadmaps, and mentoring others? If so, we’d love to have you join our team as we continue innovating and shaping the future of iGaming! 

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll act as a technical leader within our Player Onboarding team, focusing on player sign-up flow and sign-up integrations with 3rd party services. You will take ownership of designing and developing robust, scalable systems that ensure seamless player experiences. With a strong focus on technical leadership, you will help the team’s technical roadmap and drive improvements to engineering culture, processes, and performance. 

What You'll Do:

  • Architect and develop solutions for player sign-up flow and sign-up integrations with 3rd party services 
  • Take architectural ownership of platform services, mentor junior engineers, and ensure technical alignment across the team. 
  • Diagnose and resolve complex technical challenges, proactively address technical debt, and implement sustainable, long-term solutions. 
  • Develop metrics for observability to ensure service quality. 
  • Ensure code quality through rigorous testing and reviews while improving system scalability and performance. 
  • Research and propose new tools and technologies to improve system performance, reliability, and engineering processes. 
  • Partner with Tech Leads, Product Owners, and QA teams to align technical solutions with business goals and compliance requirements. 

What You'll Bring:

  • Strong experience with Java in production systems, using frameworks like Spring or Dropwizard. Solid understanding of REST, messaging systems, and relational databases. 
  • Demonstrated ability to take full ownership of services, drive technical initiatives, and deliver high-quality outcomes. 
  • Ability to mentor junior engineers, provide technical guidance, and foster a collaborative engineering culture. #LI-HYBRID 
What Makes Us Great:
  • Comprehensive compensation
  • Work-life balance initiatives
  • Autonomy – we embrace personal freedom and responsibility
  • Creativity – we are open to new ideas of how we can be better
  • Growth – we want you to develop personally as well as professionally
  • Top-notch professionals who are passionate about what they do
  • People-oriented environment and supportive atmosphere

As a rapidly growing company in an emerging industry, you’ll have a huge impact on our product and our company. We like proactive team members and strive to have a company of self-disciplined professionals who enjoy collaboration, having fun, and of course, achieving together what others believe to be improbable. We are dedicated to treating everyone with respect and to support your professional and personal growth.

Rush Street Interactive is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity and expression, marital status, family status, lifestyle, age, culture, religion, military and veteran status, citizenship, or disability.

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, Illinois
800 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Rush Street Interactive (NYSE: RSI) is a market leader in online casino and sports betting, currently operating real-money gaming with our brands: BetRivers.com, PlaySugarHouse.com, and RushBet.co. We’re building bridges between online, social and land-based gaming businesses to create amazing, integrated experiences that keep players in the game.

RSI was named the 2022 EGR North America Awards Operator of the Year, Customer Service Operator of the Year, and Social Gaming Operator of the Year. RSI is committed to industry-leading responsible gaming practices and seeks to provide its customers with the resources and services they need to play responsibly. For more information, visit www.rushstreetinteractive.com.

Why Work With Us

RSI is fueled by the people who drive our business day-in and day-out. We're dedicated to treating everyone with respect and trust. We embrace personal freedom and responsibility. We trust our team to make tough decisions - and we empower them to get stuff done. Most importantly, we like having fun along the way.

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