About this VP, Engineering role at Rush Street Interactive
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.
Rush Street Interactive (RSI) is seeking an experienced, visionary, and hands-on Vice President, Software Engineering, to lead and scale our global engineering organization. This is a strategic leadership role responsible for modernizing our technology platforms through best-in-class software development practices, AI-enabled delivery, and a modern, scalable architecture.
This leader will serve as a trusted partner and advisor to the executive team. The preferred candidate will be located in Estonia, but we are also open to candidates where we have hiring entities across Europe.
What You'll Do:
- Lead engineering strategy, execution, and transformation in close partnership with the CTO and senior leadership.
- Architect and scale highly available, high-performance platforms using modern cloud-native and microservices architectures.
- Drive an AI-powered productivity transformation, introducing AI-assisted development tools and workflows across engineering teams.
- Set and deliver engineering excellence standards across CI/CD, observability, incident response, technical debt reduction, and operational KPIs in alignment with our Platform Engineering strategy.
- Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing, globally distributed engineering organization and senior leadership team.
- Drive a culture of velocity and quality focused on a stellar user experience for our players: mentor engineering leaders, and encourage innovation.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Data Science, Security, Operations, and business leaders to align technology strategy with company objectives.
- Stay connected to the work through hands-on engagement in architecture, code quality, and critical production initiatives.
What You'll Bring:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 15+ years of software engineering experience, including 7+ years in senior leadership roles.
- Proven success leading large, distributed engineering teams in complex or high-growth environments.
- Deep expertise in cloud platforms, distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architectures, and APIs.
- Experience leading large-scale platform modernization; AI/GenAI experience strongly preferred.
- Track record of improving engineering productivity, accelerating delivery, and driving operational excellence.
- Strategic yet hands-on leadership style with a strong bias for action.
- Excellent communication and influence skills, including experience working with executive stakeholders.
- High-energy, empathetic leader who is visible, approachable, and inspiring.
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally, up to 25% annually. #LI-HYBRID #LI-PROMOTE
- 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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Rush Street Interactive uses AI-assisted tools at select stages of the hiring process to enhance efficiency, consistency, and communication. AI does not make hiring decisions - final decisions are made exclusively by our recruiting and hiring teams.
