Staff Engineer - Booking Engine
Caesars Entertainment - Las Vegas, NV
Hiring: Staff Engineer - Booking Engine Company: Caesars Entertainment Location: Las Vegas, NV Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 00:09:56 Target Skills & Keywords : .NET, API Design, AWS, C, C#, CI/CD, CloudFormation, Docker, Dynatrace, Event-Driven, GDPR, GraphQL, Infrastructure as Code, Java, Kotlin, Kubernetes, Microservices, Next.js, Node.js, Objective-C, PCI DSS, Postman, Python, REST, React Native, SonarQube, Swift, Systems Design, Terraform About the job Experience: •Minimum of 8 years of professional software engineering experience with a track record of increasing scope and technical influence. •Minimum of 2 years operating at a senior level with demonstrated cross-team architectural impact. •Proven track record delivering enterprise-scale systems using modern frameworks and DevOps practices. Required Skills: •Cross-Team Architectural Leadership: Drives technical strategy alignment and ensures architectural consistency across multiple teams. Makes decisions that shape how dozens of engineers approach problems. Establishes patterns and standards adopted across the department. •Complex Problem Resolution: Handles the most complex technical challenges in the department — large-scale redesigns, distributed system optimization, and new technology paradigms. Serves as the escalation point for novel problems that require deep expertise and creative solutions. •High-Leverage Hands-On Work: Writes code regularly, focusing on critical infrastructure, complex algorithms, architectural implementations, and proof-of-concepts. Contributes to the most challenging technical problems, often writing code that unblocks multiple teams. •Technology Evaluation: Independently evaluates and introduces technologies and patterns that affect multiple teams. Leads proof-of-concepts and pilots for new tools, frameworks, and architectural approaches. Provides recommendations grounded in practical experience and organizational context. •Quality & Standards: Reviews architecture and code across teams, setting quality standards. Drives improvements to engineering practices including testing, observability, security, and deployment patterns at the department level. •Mentorship & Technical Growth: Mentors senior engineers and contributes to the technical growth of the department. Shares knowledge through design reviews, technical talks, documentation, and pairing on complex problems. •Demonstrated capacity to translate strategic business objectives into multi-quarter technical roadmaps. •Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to executive leadership. Qualifications: •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; or equal industry experience. •Advanced degree (MS, MBA, or equivalent) preferred. •Relevant technical certifications are highly desirable. •Significant experience delivering high-quality digital products across web and mobile platforms. •Languages & Frameworks: Deep proficiency across multiple technologies in the stack: C# (.NET / .NET Core), Node.js, Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin, Java, React Native, Next.js, and/or Python. Ability to work effectively across the full stack. •Architecture & Systems Design: Extensive experience designing scalable, resilient distributed systems including microservices, event-driven architectures, real-time data processing, and API design (REST, GraphQL). Ability to evaluate and drive architectural decisions at the department level. •Cloud & Infrastructure: Deep experience with cloud platforms (AWS), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation), CI/CD pipelines, and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes). •Quality & Observability: Strong experience with comprehensive testing strategies, static analysis (SonarQube), API testing (Postman), and enterprise monitoring/observability platforms (Dynatrace or similar). •Security & Compliance: Solid understanding of application security, data privacy, and compliance standards. •AI & Tooling: Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and emerging engineering productivity technologies including Python-based tooling (FastMCP or similar). Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!