Ready to take a different path? Passionate about Technology? Love horse racing? Eager to work in a rapidly growing industry? Fascinated by the world of gambling and casinos? If you answered YES to any of these questions, the 1/ST TECHNOLOGY Group could be the right fit for you!

1/ST TECHNOLOGY is a global group of Technology, service, and wagering companies that provides B2B and B2C wagering and betting infrastructure for the horse racing and casino industries. Our companies and products include AmTote, Xpressbet, 1/ST BET, and PariMAX, and we are always eager to add enthusiastic and knowledgeable members to our growing team. Whether you’re a railbird, gamer, or you’re just passionate about Technology, and we’d love to find out if there’s a spot where you can thrive in the 1/ST TECHNOLOGY Group.

At 1/ST Technology, innovation drives us to create dynamic digital experiences in the horse racing and gaming industry.

The Platform Engineer position helps iterate on the current and future versions of the HHR (Historical Horse Racing) system. This role creates and maintains applications to support casino style games and collaborates with senior team members to design and implement system-wide architecture.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Utilizes strong problem-solving skills to design solutions in a production setting
Builds gRPC/RESTful APIs leveraged by internal and external resources
Builds hybrid cloud and on-premises applications to support casino-style gaming
Writes industry-standard unit tests
Helps define the frameworks used for building, testing and deploying software
Works with cross-functional teams to assist with integration
Assists in application deployments
Assists with design and product to craft great product experiences
Participates in peer code reviews and Agile development activities
Works closely with QA to ensure quality of the product
Champions for agile development, continue deployment and integration, elegant design, Teamwork
Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or equivalent; 5+ years of experience needed in lieu of a degree.

3-4 years of experience working in Platform engineering and knowledge of working in a .NET environment or equivalent.
Experience writing Unit Tests.
Proven understanding of Git.
Proven understanding of object-oriented and functional design patterns
Experience in micro service development and architecture design.
Good debugging and strong problem-solving skills both individually and as part of a team.
Passion for learning new technologies and mentoring others on those technologies.
Excellent communication, and interaction skills; collaborating in a team environment and with internal/external stakeholders

Preferred Experience and/or Education: Proven understanding of microservice architecture; Experience with casino style games; Experience working with C#, OAS (Swagger/OpenAPI), Docker, Istio, Kubernetes, gRPC/Protobuf, CircleCI; Experience with .NET.

OTHER INFORMATION:

This position does not have supervisory/management responsibilities
Requires travel up to 10% including travel outside of local area and within the US
The successful candidate’s starting compensation will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications and market conditions.
This role is eligible to participate in the Company’s discretionary bonus program where the bonus amount is at the discretion of Executive Leadership and based on business and individual performance.
Benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k) – with company match, life insurance and disability insurance
PTO (Vacation, Sick, Personal) and Holidays provided by the Company
This posting will be active for a minimum of five (5) business days. The active posting will continue to extend by three (3) business days until the position is filled.

BASE WORK LOCATION:

Position is based at the Hallandale Beach, FL office location (Gulfstream Park). Position classification is “Office”.

We are 1/ST Technology - A fully integrated racing and gaming technology company providing solutions that drive pari-mutuel and fixed-odds wagering world-wide. A leading technology and services provider to the North American pari-mutuel wagering market, with services that include the horse racing industry’s most comprehensive and user-friendly wagering website/platform allowing customers to wager from a computer, phone, or mobile device. Ongoing commitment to the growth and success of the global racing industry through B2C and B2B product innovation, extensive professional services offerings, the broadest integration of hosts for commingled pari-mutuel, and fixed odds and the continued evolution of the preeminent totalizator systems in the world.

1/ST Technology is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

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