Software Developer

theScore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PENN Entertainment , empowers millions of sports fans through its digital media and sports betting products. Its media app ‘theScore’ is one of the most popular in North America, delivering fans highly personalized live scores, news, stats, and betting information from their favorite teams, leagues, and players. theScore’s sports betting app ‘theScore Bet Sportsbook & Casino’ delivers an immersive and holistic mobile sports betting and iCasino experience. theScore Bet is currently live in the Company's home province of Ontario. theScore also creates and distributes innovative digital content through its web, social and esports platforms.

Work-term: January 6, 2025 - April 25, 2025

Number of Openings: 1

About the Team & Role

As part of the theScore team, you will be working with a team of smart, friendly, and dedicated Engineers, Product Managers and Designers determined to deliver some of the best apps the market has to offer. We want you to be challenged and to get the full experience of what it’s like to work at theScore!

About the Work

• Working with our preferred technology stack (Primarily Elixir/Phoenix, LiveView).
• Develop, scale, and optimize amazing GraphQL, RESTful and gRPC APIs.
• Be part of our backend service teams supporting web and mobile clients.
• Participate in the design, architecture, and delivery of new features in a collaborative agile/scrum environment.
• Other duties as required.

About You

• You’re a computer science or related field undergraduate looking to get hands on experience with data structures, distributed systems, algorithms and software design.
• Passionate about clean code architecture and software craftsmanship.
• Familiar with Git and GitHub or similar.
• You’re familiar with relational databases; like PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Comfortable working in the terminal.
• Proficiency within an editor of your choice.
• Consuming and integrating with third party APIs.
• NICE TO HAVE: Elixir, building GraphQL APIs (Absinthe), GraphQL schema stitching & subscriptions, GCP, Kubernetes, JavaScript SSR, contribution to open source software, experience working at startups, passion for sports and/or esports.

What We Offer:

• Fun, relaxed work environment
• A voice. We're dedicated to open communication which empowers our employees to drive the company's culture
• A company that encourages a culture of inclusion and diversity
• Opportunity to work on large scale consumer-facing applications with millions of users
• Career growth. Mentorship from some of the brightest people in the industry

Candidates residing in Ontario requiring special accommodation can email accessibilityoffice@thescore.com

theScore is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability or age.