Senior Lead Software Engineer, Jackpocket

• 7-8+ 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

• As a member of Jackpocket’s Fulfillment Tech Team, you will help the company scale its fulfillment systems as it introduces new products and expands into new markets
• We’re looking for an experienced and collaborative engineer who can contribute on a strategic level to mission critical initiatives to improve and scale Jackpocket’s tech infrastructure as the business continues rapid growth
• 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

• 401(k) Matching
• Stock Options
• Health Insurance Coverage up to 100%
• Career Growth and Promotion from Within
• Commuter Benefits
• Citi Bike Membership
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Flexible Work Schedule
• Stocked Kitchen & Catered Lunches
• Cold Brew & More on Tap

Total funding: $199.8m

Buying lottery tickets is expected to be a $450 billion global industry by 2027, and the process is going mobile. This is benefitting younger generations of lottery buyers as many considered the old-fashioned purchasing process to be inaccessible.