Frontend Engineer

Rush Street Interactive (NYSE: RSI) is a market leader in online casino and sports betting, currently operating real-money gaming with our brands: BetRivers.com, PlaySugarHouse.com, and RushBet.co. We’re building bridges between online, social and land-based gaming businesses to create amazing, integrated experiences that keep players in the game.

The Frontend Engineer is expected to deliver the highest-quality code and impactful products to the team, effectively leading complex technical projects and simplifying complex systems through expert design. 

Frontend Engineer maintains high-quality standards in the team's work, including well-documented code, proper unit testing, and regular participation in code reviews. They set the standards for coding within the team and provide constructive feedback during code reviews to promote consistent and efficient coding practices. Frontend Engineer plays a key role in documenting team processes. Frontend Engineer plays a crucial role in supporting the Product Owner and Engineering Manager and working closely with Technical Lead. 

The Frontend Engineer should also take a wider level of participation in Engineering Department technical discussions, and regularly participate in guild conversations. The Frontend Engineer should ultimately be more than simply a strong individual contributor; they must help the entire engineering department improve.

What You'll Do:

• Main features
• technical leadership within the team
• proficiency in engineering
• excellent problem solving skills
• Contributes to architecture in meaningful way
• Contributes to improving engineering culture
• Leads the development of big / complex features
• Splits up big features into tasks
• works closely with PO to scope the feature in deliverable way
• is able to clear most roadblocks from the feature development
• Can estimate the effort for most of the tasks
• or proposes introductory task (e.g PoC) for better estimation
• Can mentor/coach other team members
• Can diagnose and solve the hardest problems / bugs
• Can define and implement automated tests for features with minimal QA support
• Can deliver to the highest engineering practices standard including
• code quality (simplicity, readability)
• test coverage including corner cases
• improves the code testability and improves existing test frameworks
• proposes (and implements) refactoring tasks while implementing new features
• Drives engineering best practices to high level
• contributes to coding conventions
• Drives bigger technical roadmap initiatives
• Gives accurate status updates about ongoing tasks
• Takes the initiative to fix issues before being assigned them.
• Seeks empirical evidence through proof of concepts, tests and external research
• Delivers complex products to QA that they believe are well-baked and bug-free
• Interview prospective candidates and provide thoughtful evaluations and feedback
• Promotes monitoring service health and key performance indicators within the team
• Participate in technical challenge portion of interviews
• Participation in guild activities

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field. 
• 5+ years in Software Engineering
• High level of proficiency in programming languages used by the team
• Strong knowledge of all domains handled by the team
• Ability to coach and mentor more junior engineers
• High level of craftsmanship about their work, the end experience of the user, and impact on overall product
• Frontend Engineer is expected to embody the company values of Excellence, Collaboration, Transparency, and Empathy:
  • Excellence: Frontend Engineer demonstrates excellency through delivering high-quality engineering solutions that are scalable, performant, tested, resilient, and observable (providing an excellent way to monitor the system through metrics, logs, and other data points). They exhibit outstanding leadership qualities through coaching and expressing interest in the product's architecture. They are role models in creating value and following the best industry and internal standards, including security.
  • Collaboration: Frontend Engineer efficiently balances individual work with providing guidance and support to the team. They are approachable, communicate effectively with team members, and seek feedback. Frontend Engineer’s are expected to be open-minded and let go of ego in the interest of collaborating with others. They master setting clear expectations for availability and being mindful of behavior and relationships within the team.
  • Transparency: Frontend Engineer’s are setting the team's direction, sharing work, and promoting openness. They prioritize relationships and are mindful of their behavior and that of their peers. They give clear feedback and are transparent about documenting features and code. 
  • Empathy: Frontend Engineer demonstrates empathy by guiding and helping others while remaining humble and respectful with feedback. The Frontend Engineer understands the demands placed on their Engineering Manager and shows understanding towards peers. #LI-HYBRID

• Comprehensive compensation
• Work-life balance initiatives
• Autonomy – we embrace personal freedom and responsibility
• Creativity – we are open to new ideas of how we can be better
• Growth – we want you to develop personally as well as professionally
• Top-notch professionals who are passionate about what they do
• People-oriented environment and supportive atmosphere

As a rapidly growing company in an emerging industry, you’ll have a huge impact on our product and our company. We like proactive team members and strive to have a company of self-disciplined professionals who enjoy collaboration, having fun, and of course, achieving together what others believe to be improbable. We are dedicated to treating everyone with respect and to support your professional and personal growth.

Rush Street Interactive is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity and expression, marital status, family status, lifestyle, age, culture, religion, military and veteran status, citizenship, or disability.

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