Jackpocket is hiring a
Lead Software Engineer

Summary

The job is for an experienced engineer to help scale Jackpocket's fulfillment systems as the company introduces new products and expands into new markets. The role involves working with developers, SRE, fulfillment operations team, and the product team to implement requirements, document policies, participate in architectural evolution, profile systems, provide support for live systems, and own the scoping and execution of major features.

Requirements

• 5+ years as a Software Engineer or a comparable position working with highly scalable systems
• Experience with Elixir
• Experience with full lifecycle design, development, testing, through to deployment
• Hands-on experience with event-driven systems like RabbitMQ or Kafka
• Proficiency with Liveview
• Proficiency with SQL and knowledge of RDBMs such as Postgres
• Experience with multi-threading, concurrency, and building resilient systems
• Knowledge of functional programming and architectural design principles
• Able to diagnose live systems and trace errors

Responsibilities

• Work alongside developers and SRE to ensure that the system is stable and scaling as designed
• Work with the fulfillment operations team, retailers, and the product team to implement requirements
• Document operations policies and instructions to aid in troubleshooting
• Participate in the architectural evolution of the Jackpocket system
• Profile systems to determine bottlenecks and to forecast system capacity
• Provide support to local lottery fulfillment operations to ensure live systems are performing properly
• Own the scoping and execution of major features from start to finish

Benefits

The base compensation range for this role is $155,000 - $170,000