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Bally's Intralot supplies integrated gaming and transaction processing systems, innovative game content, and value-added services to state-licensed gaming organizations. Drawing on extensive know-how, advanced product development standards, and substantial experience operating lottery games, the company delivers custom-built integrated solutions that combine operational efficiency with rigorous security and regulatory compliance.

Our games library includes more than 400 game types: numerical lotteries, TV lottery games, sports lotteries, fixed odds betting, instant lotteries, pari-mutuel, video lottery, and monitor games.

This role sits on the team building and operating our next-generation lottery platform — a cloud-native, containerized, microservices-based system with a React front end, Node.js services, and a MySQL data tier, deployed through automated CI/CD pipelines onto Kubernetes. Engineers on this team work across the full delivery lifecycle, from design and implementation through automated testing, deployment, and production support of a high-availability, real-time transaction platform.

• B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of training and experience

• 2–3 years of experience as a Software Engineer, with demonstrated continual increase in responsibilities

• At least 2 years of hands‑on experience building web applications with JavaScript/TypeScript, including React on the front end and Node.js on the back end

• At least 1 year of experience with a relational database, preferably MySQL

• Practical experience with containerized applications (Docker) and with source control and CI/CD tooling (Git, automated build and deployment pipelines)

• Exposure to microservices architectures and container orchestration (Kubernetes) is strongly preferred

• Knowledge of standard software engineering concepts, practices, and procedures, including code review, version control branching strategies, and automated testing

• In-depth knowledge of JavaScript and TypeScript, with strong React experience (component design, state management, hooks, responsive UI)

• Strong server-side development experience in Node.js, including RESTful API design, authentication and authorization, and integration with downstream services

• Experience designing and consuming service-to-service interfaces (REST, JSON, and message-based/event-driven integration)

• Familiarity with front‑end build tooling, package management, and modern testing frameworks (for example Jest and end‑to‑end UI testing tools)

• Working knowledge of additional languages such as Java, C, C++, Python, or shell scripting is an advantage

• Very strong SQL skills, including schema design, indexing, query tuning, and stored procedures

• Experience with MySQL administration fundamentals: migrations, backup/restore concepts, replication, and performance troubleshooting

• Experience developing and deploying operational and business reports in a web environment; experience with JReports (or a comparable enterprise reporting platform such as Jasper, BIRT, or Crystal Reports) is preferred

• Understanding of data warehousing, analytical/OLAP reporting, and data reconciliation concepts

• Hands‑on experience containerizing applications with Docker and running workloads on Kubernetes; familiarity with Helm charts, config maps, secrets, and service discovery

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment, and with promoting releases across environments

• Understanding of microservices design concerns: service boundaries, versioning, resilience, idempotency, and backward compatibility

• Familiarity with observability practices — structured logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting — and with using them to diagnose production issues

• Working knowledge of Linux/UNIX environments; comfort on the command line

• Awareness of secure development practices relevant to regulated gaming: secrets management, least‑privilege access, secure handling of credentials, and audit logging

• Product software development experience, with a strong track record of delivering and supporting production systems

• Experience coding for real‑time, high‑volume, event‑driven transaction processing systems

• Understanding of high‑availability and disaster‑recovery concepts in a mission‑critical environment

• Ability to work effectively both independently and as a team member in an Agile delivery model

• Good oral and written communication skills, including the ability to document designs and explain technical topics to non‑technical stakeholders

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software applications, microservices, and specialized utility programs for the lottery platform

• Build and maintain React front‑end applications and Node.js services that meet functional, performance, and security requirements

• Design and optimize MySQL schemas, queries, and data access layers supporting high‑volume transaction processing

• Develop and maintain operational and regulatory reports using the platform reporting toolset

• Containerize services and maintain Kubernetes deployment manifests and configuration across environments

• Create and maintain CI/CD pipeline definitions, automated tests, and quality gates to support frequent, low‑risk releases

• Analyze lottery and customer requirements and translate them into technical designs that optimize operational efficiency and efficacy

• Participate in code reviews, design reviews, testing, analysis, and the certification of software for regulated jurisdictions

• Support software installation, release deployment, and configuration in customer and internal environments

• Troubleshoot and resolve defects and production incidents, including participation in an on‑call or escalation rotation as required

• Produce and maintain technical documentation for the systems and components owned by the team

• Other duties as assigned

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

• 6% 401k Match

• Paid Holidays & Vacation

• Paid Sick, Short/Long Term Disability

• Employee Assistance Program

• Maternity/Paternity Leave

• Discount Programs

Some travel required.