Senior Android Software Engineer, Bally's Interactive
+ Annual bonus
2-3 days a week in office
Digital arm of entertainment provider, Bally's Corporation
Posted today
Digital arm of entertainment provider, Bally's Corporation
1001+ employees
Posted today
+ Annual bonus
2-3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To power Bally's Corporation's omnichannel efforts with an unmatched ecosystem of products across the sports betting, iGaming, free-to-play, and daily fantasy spectrum.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of Android development experience, with at least 3 years using Kotlin professionally
- Expert in Jetpack Compose, ViewModel, Navigation, Room, and other Jetpack libraries
- Strong experience with video streaming and media playback
- Solid understanding of Gradle, including custom plugins and performance tuning
- Proficient in integrating and managing Firebase services across multiple app modules
- Experience with mobile game development (e.g., mini-games, gamification mechanics, or full games) using Android-native tools or hybrid engines
- Strong debugging, profiling, and performance analysis skills (memory leaks, rendering time, etc.)
- Familiar with asynchronous programming patterns (Coroutines)
- Comfortable working in agile environments and collaborating across time zones
Desirable
- Knowledge of Android TV or casting protocols like Google Cast
- Knowledge of video DRM, offline media storage, and adaptive bitrate streaming
- Experience working with video encoding/decoding, or adaptive streaming (HLS)
- Understanding of design systems and accessibility standards
What the job involves
- The team is responsible for the development and delivery of the Bally Sports LIVE & Stadium streaming video platform
- We are looking for a Senior Android Software Engineer with a passion for building high performance, visually engaging Android applications
- You will be responsible for developing cutting-edge features for both video streaming apps and interactive games using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and Firebase, while shaping architecture, tooling, and performance optimization across projects
- Lead the development, and delivery of Android applications with a focus on live video streaming and game mechanics
- Manage scalable and modular components using Jetpack Compose and modern Android libraries
- Integrate and optimize video playback and real-time communication tools (e.g., WebRTC or Firebase)
- Implement Firebase services for feature flag toggle capability
- Familiarity with Datadog and Crashlytics for logging, monitoring, and incident response workflows
- Collaborate with product managers, UI/UX designers, and backend engineers to define and implement intuitive features and interactions
- Develop build and release pipelines using Gradle, and maintain GIT and CI/CD processes
- Champion Android best practices around performance, offline-first design, battery/network optimization, and accessibility
- Champion and contribute to code reviews, architecture decisions, and internal documentation
Our take
Bally’s Interactive is the digital arm of one of the world’s leading entertainment providers, Bally's Corporation, with tens of millions of players across the globe and an ecosystem of products across sports betting, iGaming, free-to-play, and daily fantasy sports spectrum.
Its brands and sites include market movers and shakers like Sportcaller, Monkey Knife Fight, Vera&John, Virgin Casino, Jackpotjoy and many more. Beyond iGaming and sports, Bally’s also operates a chain of properties in live entertainment, bars, restaurants, conference space, shops, hotels, pools and nightclubs across the United States.
In 2024, Standard General acquired Bally's for $4.6 billion. In the same year, the company sold its Asian business arm after facing struggles in Japan after the devaluation of the yen. Moving forward, Bally's Interactive will continue to focus its efforts on North America and Europe.
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Insights
99% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Up to 10% annual bonus
- Career pathways and development opportunities
- Private healthcare scheme
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity/Adoption leave pay
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Wellhub
- Life Assurance (3 x salary)
- Contributory Pension Plans
- Bally’s Perks - employee discounts portal
Company HQ
Pool Dam, Newcastle-under-Lyme
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Leadership
Robeson Reeves
(CEO)Progressed from Quantitative Analyst & Games Statistician of Gamesys to COO in 10 years. Became President of Bally's Interactive when Gamesys was acquired by Bally's Corporation.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Bally's Interactive
- To continue to raise the bar on Diversity and Inclusion at Bally's Interactive, we have created an umbrella brand for this body of work, B+I, which stands for Bally's and Inclusion, but the ‘I’ also represents each of us as individuals, embracing, celebrating, supporting, listening, and learning from each other, as one beautiful, diverse Bally's team!
- We have four active and vibrant employee networks. Pride represents the LGBTQ+ community; our Parents Network is a space for working mums and dads; the Global League of Women (GLOW) promotes gender equality; and BAME is the voice for Black, Asian and minority ethnic employees. These networks give our colleagues a channel to provide input into policy making, as well as supporting information exchange, education, and community events. They also provide a platform for mentoring and a safe place for discussion to take place
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