Staff Engineer, Delivery
Aristocrat · Austin, TX · 1 mo ago
HybridManagement$116k–$215k/yrFull-time
At Aristocrat, we are on a mission to bring happiness to life through the power of play! As a leading entertainment and content-building company, we are powered by technology and innovation, delivering world-class mobile and casino games to millions of people daily. Our dynamic culture and goal-focused approach develop an inclusive environment where your contributions matter.
Responsibilities
- Own sprint and achievement planning, ensuring work is accurately sequenced, prioritized, and resourced.
- Assign tasks across the team based on capacity, technical fit, and business priority.
- Proactively surface and remove blockers — whether technical, process-related, or cross-team dependencies — before they become delivery risks.
- Track progress and communicate delivery status clearly to engineering leads and collaborators.
- Hold the team to consistent, predictable execution and flag risks early.
- Stay hands-on in the codebase, contributing to features and systems across our analytics and AI platform alongside the team.
- Conduct detailed, constructive code reviews that raise the quality bar and accelerate team learning.
- Contribute to technical build and architecture discussions, helping the team navigate trade-offs and make well-informed decisions.
- Model and uphold engineering standards around code quality, testing coverage, and documentation.
- Coordinate with other engineering teams, customer success managers, and project managers to manage cross-functional dependencies and align on priorities.
- Represent the team's capacity and commitments accurately in planning and refinement ceremonies.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, supporting their technical development and day-to-day confidence.
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional experience in software development, ideally within data-intensive or analytics-focused products.
- Demonstrated experience coordinating and driving delivery within an agile or sprint-based team environment.
- Hands-on proficiency with Node.js, React, and Python, and experience managing delivery workflows in Jira.
- Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle, including build pipelines, version control workflows, and release processes.
- Proven ability to manage competing priorities and keep multiple workstreks on track without compromising technical quality.
- Comfortable working with limited direction on complex, ambiguous problems and exercising independent judgement to find solutions.
- Strong communication skills — able to present delivery status, risks, and technical context clearly to varied audiences.
- Experience mentoring engineers at earlier career stages and a genuine interest in developing others.
- Collaborative outlook with the ability to influence and gain the cooperation of peers and senior partners.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid time off
- 401(k) plan with employer matching
More details available at https://atibenefits.com/.
Pay
Pay range: $115,500 - $214,500 per year. Our goal is to pay a market competitive salary focusing near the median of our pay ranges. Final offers will be based on experience level, education, skills, work location, and internal pay equity.