Senior Lead Software Engineer (Elixir)

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Hiring Remotely in USA
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170K-185K Annually
5-7 Years Experience
Consumer Web • Gaming • Mobile • News + Entertainment • Software
Jackpocket gives lottery fans an easy, secure way to order lottery tickets from their phone.
The Role
As a Lead Software Engineer at Jackpocket, you will be responsible for scaling the fulfillment systems, collaborating with various teams, architecting system evolution, profiling systems for bottlenecks, and owning major feature execution. Requires 5+ years of experience and proficiency in Elixir, event-driven systems, SQL, multi-threading, concurrency, and functional programming.
Summary Generated by Built In

Jackpocket is the first mobile lottery app in the U.S. that offers players a secure way to order official state lottery tickets, such as Powerball, Mega Millions, and more, via their smartphones. We're creating a more convenient, fun, and responsible way to play the lottery by modernizing the $300B global lottery market with a mobile platform that everyone, including grandma, can feel good about.

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

  • 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

The base compensation range for this role is $170,000-$185,000

This is a full-time exempt position and is not eligible for overtime under FLSA requirements. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Jackpocket is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact [email protected].

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The Company
New York, NY
226 Employees
Remote Workplace
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

Jackpocket is creating a more convenient, fun, and responsible way to take part in the lottery. The first licensed third-party lottery courier app in the United States, Jackpocket offers players a secure way to order official state lottery tickets, such as Powerball, Mega Millions, and more.

Lottery players use Jackpocket to place ticket orders for their favorite games, check lottery results, join lottery pools with other Jackpocket players, and turn on Auto Order so they never miss a drawing.

Jackpocket is available in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Washington DC and West Virginia, with many new markets on the horizon.

Why Work With Us

Our dedicated team of superhumans (and an adorable office pup or two) are making waves in an $80 billion industry. We believe transparency, teamwork, and a healthy dose of daily fun are key to creating Worktopia.

Jackpocketeers are supportive, forward-thinking, and truly enjoy spending time together. Come join us for the long haul!

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