Staff AI Software Engineer

About the role

The ideal candidate will have the confidence to propose pragmatic solutions to complex problems and be eager to learn from and educate others. As an AI software engineer, you will work in empowered, multidisciplinary teams, autonomously tackling complex challenges that provide the very best experiences and products for a growing community of millions of players as we build out an exciting and innovative customer experience within the fast paced and growing sports betting environment.

Responsibilities

• Rapidly prototype, experiment, and demonstrate production-like capabilities
• Work on project ideas and strategy with customers, stakeholders, and peers, balancing customer requirements with the team requirements, and strive to become a subject matter expert
• Seek incremental delivery and pivot when necessary
• Help lead your team when it comes to code quality and roadmap, by owning your team’s tech debt & tech improvement roadmaps
• Drive engineering engagement best practices (e.g., Operational Excellence, Security, Quality, etc.) and set standards
• Self-manage your craft by deliberately owning the outcome of key initiatives, delegating to and empowering teammates, pairing with your engineering manager to improve delivery, and proud to represent your team and Sportsbook
• Foster a constructive dialogue and seek resolutions in a professional way
• Keep yourself up to date with market standards and open-source frameworks
• Provide excellent customer support on an on-call rotation where required

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related software engineering field, or equivalent practical experience
• 7+ years of relevant work experience
• Experience designing and delivering production-grade LLM/agent workflows, including tool/function calling, orchestration patterns, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), with clear strategies for prompt/version management, latency/cost controls, and reliability
• Proven track record operationalizing LLM systems end-to-end, including automated evaluation (offline + online), telemetry/monitoring, guardrails, and incident response/playbooks to maintain quality over time
• Experience integrating LLM capabilities into existing services and SDLC, including CI/CD, testing strategies (unit/integration + LLM evals), and safe rollout patterns (feature flags, canaries, A/B tests)
• Solid experience building and designing highly scalable, fault tolerant and always available systems
• Understanding of modern architectures, design patterns, and platform nuances
• Expertise in at least one higher level language (Python, JS, Java, .NET)
• Fullstack experience owning building and designing highly scalable, fault tolerant and always available systems in React, React Native, Native and Node.js backend
• Experience working with cloud-based infrastructure and technologies, preferably AWS
• Experience working with software engineering teams across Web, Mobile, and/or connected devices spaces
• Strong experience helping lead software engineering teams across Web, Mobile, and/or connected devices spaces
• Passion for quality and understanding of quality best practices within an SDLC, with experience in unit testing, testing tools, or integrating testing
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive with demonstrated abilities driving operational excellence and best practices
• Passionate about the fast-paced, innovative, and growing Sports Betting industry

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related software engineering field, or equivalent practical experience
• 7+ years of relevant work experience

Skills

• Research and build proof of concepts using new and innovative technologies to provide new and cutting-edge customer experiences and drive internal innovations for the business
• Write secure, stable, testable, maintainable code with minimal defects
• Participate in team design, scoping, and prioritization discussions
• Identify opportunities and put them into action quickly, and be willing to move fast
• Make appropriate implementation trade-off decisions
• Seek to learn the business context and technologies behind your team's software
• Work effectively with other team members & identify any opportunities/problems arising from technical decisions
• Invent, refine, and develop your solutions to ensure they are meeting customer needs and team goals
• Be a passionate advocate for our customers

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• A 401(k) matching program
• Among other employee benefits

Pay

The applicable salary range for this position is $170,000 - $213,000 USD, which is dependent on a variety of factors including relevant experience, location, business needs and market demand.

Schedule

This role may offer the following benefits: paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays.