Director of Architecture, Digital Products

Come collaborate with us in creating the digital experience for the most iconic gaming resorts in Las Vegas and around the world! 

Experienced by millions of guests each year, the Caesars Entertainment eCommerce & Digital Products team crafts customer experiences that fuel the imaginations of our guests on the Strip in Las Vegas and across the US. Our iconic brands include Caesars Palace, The Flamingo, The Row, Horseshoe, Eldorado, Harrah’s, Paris, and more.

Based in Las Vegas or Remote, this leadership role will work alongside our Director of Engineering and is responsible for 1) designing Caesars Entertainment e-commerce digital architecture, 2) leading the system design of multi-channel digital experiences, 3) onboarding, coaching, and inspiring engineers to deliver hospitality and loyalty solutions. This is an opportunity to collaborate closely with a cross-functional leadership team as you uphold architectural excellence across several fully dedicated, cross-functional digital software development teams. This role’s primary functions are to ensure that our e-commerce & digital platform remains: 1) scalable, 2) high-performing, 3) secure, and 4) capable of delivering unparalleled, personalized, customer experiences.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of leading engineers within organizations that deliver modern, immersive, and engaging digital experiences built with React, React Native, and React Native Web, AWS, Builder.io, Playwright, and the Akeneo PIM. The Director of Architecture will be responsible for designing and implementing scalable, high-performance solutions that support: our digital eCommerce initiatives across all digital channels: web/app/tv/kiosk; and all teams in the eCommerce & Hospitality Digital Products department. This leader must also excel at coaching and mentoring developers across our department; and is responsible for actively collaborating in our Engineering community of practice – which include: 1) bi-weekly discussions, 2) reading/actively listening to associated books & podcasts, 3) consuming other forms of digital media, 4) leading/participating in conversations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Day-to-day: lead a department of Engineers responsible for creating and deploying high-quality software for Caesars Entertainment digital e-commerce experiences.
2. Coaching: Provide leadership to Engineers within our department while researching and solving technical problems independently.
3. Cross team consistency: Set standards and assist in maintaining consistent usage of standardized technology patterns across multiple Product teams.
4. Getting to Ready: Assist in translating Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) into Epics/Features that solve business problems. 
5. Architecture: Design technical solutions for our digital products across multiple teams.  Understand Caesars overall IT Architecture and champion a culture of collaboration outside our department. 
6. Community Leader: Assist in leading the Caesars Engineering community (i.e., Lodging Management. Systems, Martech and Content Operations (IT Ops, CyberSecurity, etc.) while empowering the support and iterative development of production systems.
7. Delivery: Empower the continuous delivery of Epics/Features in concert with our department’s priorities.
8. Communication: Actively engage to define, prioritize, and collaborate the various needs of our guests. Communicate with Caesars IT teams to ensure alignment.
9. Standards: Define, execute, and improve Caesars Digital Product Engineering principles, standards, and practices.
10. Quality: Responsible for the design and delivery of high-quality hospitality products to our guests.
11. People Management: Responsible for attracting, hiring, retaining, and motivating team members. 
12. Coordination: Requests for Proposal, contract negotiations, regulatory compliance, and other legal considerations for area of responsibility.
13. Vendor Management: Evaluate and manage vendors for the area of responsibility.

Qualifications:

• 12-15 years of professional software development experience, preferably with API-based development
• 5+ years’ experience in web development with a React JS framework and Single Page Architecture
• Deep Experience in designing and engineering with React Native and/or React Native Web
• Experience designing architecture for, and building omni-channel Digital experiences with React Native/React Native Web
• Comfortable creating gestures, micro-interactions, animations and deep-linking in React Native
• Experience with developer