Senior Lead Software Engineer, Backend

3 Months ago • 4-8 Years • Backend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

DraftKings seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to lead backend engineering teams and influence the product roadmap. Responsibilities include owning the design, development, maintenance, testing, and operations of API services (primarily C# with SQL and NoSQL databases on AWS). This role requires collaboration with business leads, defining milestones, acting as the engineering voice for owned systems, leading design sessions, and ensuring high-quality deliverables aligned with DraftKings' strategy. The ideal candidate will possess expertise in cloud-native technologies, object-oriented programming (C# or Java), relational databases, AWS services, and automated testing. Experience scaling a rapidly growing company is a plus.
Must have:
  • C#/.NET expertise
  • AWS experience
  • SQL/NoSQL database skills
  • Microservices architecture
  • Team leadership
  • API development
  • Automated testing
Good to have:
  • Experience scaling a rapidly growing company
  • Java experience

Job Details

We’re defining what it means to build and deliver the most extraordinary sports and entertainment experiences. Our global team is trailblazing new markets, developing cutting-edge products, and shaping the future of responsible gaming.

Here, “impossible” isn’t part of our vocabulary. You’ll face some of the toughest but most rewarding challenges of your career. They’re worth it. Channeling your inner grit will accelerate your growth, help us win as a team, and create unforgettable moments for our customers.

The Crown Is Yours

DraftKings is growing quickly and we’re looking for a Senior Lead Software Engineer to direct our engineering teams and influence our product roadmap. This is more than a technical position, though. You’ll be collaborating across teams, informing our business decisions, and creatively finding solutions to all of our scaling challenges.

What you’ll do as a Senior Lead Software Engineer

  • Take ownership for the design, development, maintenance, testing strategy, and operations of API services written primarily in C# with SQL and NoSQL databases hosted in AWS.

  • Collaborate with business leads across the company to define milestones and deliveries on very short time frames for new functionality to be added to existing systems.

  • You will be the first voice for the engineering organization on the systems your team owns.

  • Lead your team in design sessions and ensure your team delivers high-quality work that aligns with DraftKings' engineering strategy.

What you’ll bring

  • Ideally, you have experience as the ‘expert’ on a development team where you were responsible for everything from planning to delivering key features and management of those features.

  • Solid cloud-native experience with containerized microservices, data grids, auto-scaling, and managed infrastructures.

  • Expertise with at least one object-oriented language like C# or Java.

  • You have strong relational database skills using technologies like MySQL or SQL Server.

  • Familiarity with AWS services and infrastructure.

  • You also have the ability to write automated comprehensive test suites at all levels of the architecture.

  • Prior experience helping scale a rapidly growing company is a plus.

  • Excellent troubleshooting skills, real-time decision-making, and responsiveness to problem-solving that put the customer experience first.

Join Our Team

We’re a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. As a regulated gaming company, you may be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment. Don’t worry, we’ll guide you through the process if this is relevant to your role.

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About The Company

DraftKings Inc. (Nasdaq: DKNG) is a digital sports entertainment and gaming company. It’s simple, at DraftKings, we believe life’s more fun with skin in the game. For that reason, we’re committed to responsibly creating the world’s favorite games and betting experiences. Headquartered in Boston, with offices around the globe, we believe we can continue to define what it means to be a technology company in sports entertainment. We love what we do, and think you will too.

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