Backend Engineer, Senior

SeaWorld is a world-renowned leader in the themed-park and entertainment industry. Our success is built on a passion for caring for animals and a dedication to delivering positive, memorable experiences to people from around the world. Were also committed to helping ambitious people achieve their professional best. We''re always seeking exceptionally skilled and knowledgeable individuals to join our team.

Company Overview

United Parks & Resorts Inc. (NYSE: PRKS) is a leading theme park and entertainment company with a world-class portfolio of seven brands across 13 parks in the United States and Abu Dhabi. The Company's award-winning portfolio of iconic brands includes SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, Discovery Cove, Sesame Place, Water Country USA, Adventure Island, and Aquatica.

Role Summary

United Parks & Resorts is hiring a Backend Engineer to build secure, scalable backend services and APIs that power our customer-facing digital experiences. This role works closely with our Sitecore-based platform and supports key E-Commerce journeys end-to-end, with an emphasis on reliability, performance, and automated testing. This position is eligible for Remote Work.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services and APIs supporting customer-facing digital experiences
• Integrate backend services with CMS-driven experiences, enabling content-driven and configurable experiences across the platform
• Design stable API contracts with clear versioning, backward compatibility, and predictable behavior
• Build cloud-native services on Azure or other major cloud platforms, with attention to observability, resiliency, and performance
• Drive technical design discussions, code reviews, and continuous improvement of development practices
• Own quality end-to-end through automated testing and the right level of code coverage
• Use modern AI-assisted development tools responsibly to improve productivity, code quality, and developer velocity

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on development experience in C#/.NET, including building REST APIs with ASP.NET Core, dependency injection, async programming, validation, and secure API development
• Production experience building backend services with Node.js, including API frameworks and asynchronous service behavior
• Experience supporting CMS-based Web platforms through backend services, integrations, and content delivery patterns
• Experience building and maintaining automated test coverage as part of delivery, including unit tests and integration/API tests for critical workflows
• Expertise in xUnit, NUnit, Jest, or MSTest with mocking frameworks such as Moq
• Cloud-native development experience using Azure, AWS, or GCP, including deployments, configuration, and secrets management
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills in distributed systems
• Experience working across backend, web, and mobile layers, with an understanding of how these systems interact in production.
• Communicates technical designs and decisions clearly, enabling alignment across engineering and cross-functional teams.
• Comfortable integrating and evolving legacy systems while maintaining reliability and stability.

Perks of the position

• Paid Floating Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Complimentary Park Tickets and Passes
• Park Discounts on Food and Merchandise
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401K Retirement plan
• Voluntary Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Disability Benefits
• Dependent and Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Legal Assistance Plan

EEO Employer: UNITED PARKS & RESORTS INC. IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. ALL APPLICANTS WILL BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT REGARD TO AGE, RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, PREGNANCY, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, DISABILITY, OR COVERED VETERAN STATUS.

The perks of the position

• Paid Time Off
• Complimentary Park Tickets and Passes
• Park Discounts on Food and Merchandise
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401K Retirement plan
• Voluntary Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Disability Benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Dependent and Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Legal Assistance Plan

EEO Employer

SEAWORLD PARKS & ENTERTAINMENT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. ALL APPLICANTS WILL BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT REGARD TO AGE, RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, PREGNANCY, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, DISABILITY OR COVERED VETERAN STATUS.

Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amusement Parks, Analysis Skills, Application Programming Interface (API), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud Computing, Code Coverage, Code Reviews, Configuration Management, Content Delivery/Distribution, Content Management Systems (CMS), Continuous Improvement, Cross-Functional, Customer Relations, Customer Support/Service, Dental Insurance, Dependency Injection, Distributed Computing, Entertainment and Media, GCP (Good Clinical Practices), Home Automation, Identify Issues, Integration Testing, Legal, Life Insurance, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft ASP.NET (Active Server Page), Microsoft C# (C Sharp), Microsoft Windows Azure, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, NUnit, Node.js, Performance Testing, Production Systems, Productivity Management, Programming Tools, REST (Representational State Transfer), Rational Visual Test, Root Cause Analysis, Scalable System Development, Systems Analysis, Systems Reliability, Technical Recruiting, Technical/Engineering Design, Test Automation, Testing, Unit Test, Vision Plan, eCommerce

About the Company

United Parks & Resorts Inc