AI-Driven Sportsbook Backend Engineering Manager (Remote)

Hard Rock Digital; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Flexible vacation

Hybrid/Remote work

Startup culture

Job summary

Hard Rock Digital is seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead the Sportsbook Experience backend team. You will own people leadership, team health, and engineering excellence for Java/Spring services powering event data, pricing, and bet placement across web, native, and retail clients.

You will partner with Product Owners and Directors, promote AI‑driven development, and help shape an AI‑first culture while maintaining reliability, latency, and compliance in a real‑money sportsbook

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience in technology, mentoring engineers, and delivering through others.
• Backend engineering background with production systems in Java/Spring and microservices.
• Experience scaling systems for real‑time high‑throughput workloads is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Sportsbook Experience backend pod and own people leadership, team health, and engineering excellence.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Directors, and other EMs to align delivery with product priorities.
• Review code, contribute to design/architecture, and ensure solutions meet standards and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure reliability, latency, and observability for high‑volume services during peak events.
• Champion AI‑augmented development and responsible AI practices within the team.

Skills

Leadership experience

Backend engineering

Java/Spring

AWS/Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Java/Spring Boot

Kafka

REST APIs

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Hard Rock Digital is seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead the Sportsbook Experience backend team. You will own people leadership, team health, and engineering excellence for Java/Spring services powering event data, pricing, and bet placement across web, native, and retail clients.

You will partner with Product Owners and Directors, promote AI‑driven development, and help shape an AI‑first culture while maintaining reliability, latency, and compliance in a real‑money sportsbook