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Development Architect – Backend Systems (Sportsbook)
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Employment Type: Direct Hire
Environment: High-volume enterprise sportsbook & gaming technology platform
Position Summary
Key Responsibilities
Required Skills & Experience
Preferred Qualifications
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Employment Type: Direct Hire
Environment: High-volume enterprise sportsbook & gaming technology platform
Position Summary
- A large casino and hotel enterprise is seeking a Development Architect to lead the design and evolution of large-scale backend .NET systems supporting sportsbook and wagering technology. This role requires an architect who can guide engineering teams across high-availability platforms, ensure exceptional code quality, and drive architectural best practices in an Agile environment.
- We highly prefer candidates with experience in sports betting technology or similar mobile application ecosystems involving real-time data, high-volume transactions, or regulated digital products.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and evolve the technical architecture for backend systems powering sportsbook and wagering operations.
- Provide architectural leadership across .NET Core backend services, APIs, microservices, and event-driven components.
- Champion engineering excellence, including code quality, testing standards, design patterns, and best practices.
- Lead solution design discussions, technical planning, and architectural reviews.
- Work closely with development teams to ensure adherence to architecture, performance requirements, and security guidelines.
- Support modernization initiatives, transitioning legacy systems into scalable, cloud-ready microservices.
- Contribute to CI/CD, DevOps, and automation initiatives that improve development flow and production reliability.
- Collaborate with product leaders to align architecture with roadmap goals.
- Identify performance bottlenecks, evaluate new technologies, and drive continuous platform improvement.
- Mentor engineers and strengthen overall engineering culture.
Required Skills & Experience
- 8 years of professional software engineering experience with 3 years in an architecture or principal engineering role.
- Strong expertise in backend .NET development (.NET Core preferred).
- Experience designing or supporting large-scale, high-availability systems.
- Highly preferred: Experience with sports betting platforms or similar mobile applications involving real-time data, high-volume user traffic, or regulated digital systems.
- Deep understanding of microservices, distributed systems, APIs, messaging, and event-driven architecture.
- Hands-on experience in Agile development environments.
- Strong focus on code quality, patterns, testing strategies, and development standards.
- Experience with cloud technologies (Azure or AWS), containerization, CI/CD, and DevOps processes.
- Excellent communication and architectural documentation skills.
- Ability to work onsite Monday–Friday in Las Vegas.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with odds engines, wagering workflows, player account services, or regulatory compliance systems.
- Strong SQL/database design and performance tuning knowledge.
- Exposure to front-end or mobile architecture concepts for end-to-end solution awareness.