Tech Lead, Backend - Growth

Caesars Entertainment

full-time

Posted on: 9/16/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $150,000 - $200,000 per year

Senior

AWSCassandraCloudDistributed SystemsKafkaPostgresRedisScalaSplunk

About the role

Manage a team of engineers and act as their direct manager, conducting regular 1:1s, providing mentorship, and delivering constructive feedback.
Ensure smooth delivery within a Scrum framework and ensure adherence to Agile/Scrum best practices.
Build, test, and maintain robust backend systems using Scala.
Advocate for and oversee delivery of high-quality software with high unit test coverage and reliable end-to-end automation.
Perform quality control via code reviews and address technical debt alongside product development.
Collaborate with Solutions Architects to create and review architectural documentation.
Work closely with product managers and stakeholders to develop features that enhance user experience and system capabilities.
Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code; pick up user stories to keep the team on track.
Support developers through refinement, breaking down requirements into technical tasks, creating user stories, and providing estimations.
Field external requests, address blocking issues, and get ahead of upcoming work.
Support hiring and people management initiatives to maintain a high-performing team.

5+ years of progressive experience as a software engineer, preferably within high-growth or real-time systems like betting or transactional platforms.
Proven ability to mentor, guide, and develop engineers; 1+ year experience managing software engineers preferred.
Extensive engineering experience in Scala and related frameworks.
Experience building and maintaining APIs for high-throughput, real-time applications.
Experience utilizing AWS for cloud-native architectures.
Experience with Kafka and other NRT messaging platforms.
Experience with OLTP systems critical to real-time transaction processing.
Experience with relational and non-relational databases like Cassandra, Redis, Postgresql.
Experience with observability tools like Splunk and NewRelic.
Experience designing software architecture for scalable, distributed systems.
Strong expertise in Agile product delivery and Scrum methodologies.
Demonstrated bias toward action and ownership over key initiatives with a delivery-focused mindset.