Senior Platform Engineer

undefined ago • 4 Years + • Devops

Job Summary

Job Description

At DraftKings, AI is integral to our present and future, powering work, guiding decisions, and sparking ideas. It transforms customer experiences, streamlines operations, and unlocks new possibilities. Our teams embrace innovation and emerging technology, actively shaping the future. DraftKings is rapidly growing and seeking a Senior Platform Engineer for a crucial Platform Engineering team. This role involves developing and enhancing tools and systems to uphold operational excellence, delivering essential features, and improving existing systems for peak performance and reliability. You will craft and optimize software solutions, collaborate with teams, and contribute to industry-leading products, ideal for an experienced engineer building scalable systems and automating infrastructure.
Must have:
  • Contribute to the development lifecycle, from concept and design to implementation, testing, deployment and maintenance.
  • Write clean, efficient, and high-quality code, primarily in C# and .NET Core, following best practices for software engineering.
  • Conduct thorough code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and mentor junior engineers to help grow technical capabilities across the team.
  • Work closely with stakeholders to gather requirements, clarify specifications, and ensure technical solutions meet the needs of the business.
  • Build and improve platform infrastructure through software development, enabling scalable, reliable, and efficient systems to support engineering workflows and application delivery.
  • Apply GitOps practices to streamline deployment processes.
  • Manage Kubernetes-based infrastructure and automate application deployments using Helm Charts.
Good to have:
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP
  • Understanding of GitOps methodologies for managing and automating infrastructure and application deployments
  • Familiarity with observability platforms such as DataDog and ELK stack

Job Details

At DraftKings, AI is becoming an integral part of both our present and future, powering how work gets done today, guiding smarter decisions, and sparking bold ideas. It’s transforming how we enhance customer experiences, streamline operations, and unlock new possibilities. Our teams are energized by innovation and readily embrace emerging technology. We’re not waiting for the future to arrive. We’re shaping it, one bold step at a time. To those who see AI as a driver of progress, come build the future together.

The Crown Is Yours

DraftKings is on a rapid growth trajectory, and we’re seeking a Senior Platform Engineer for one of our crucial Platform Engineering teams. This team focuses on developing and enhancing tools and systems that are used across the entire company to uphold our high standards of operational excellence. You will be responsible for delivering essential features and improving existing systems to ensure peak performance and reliability.

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will play a key role in crafting and optimizing our software solutions, collaborating with multiple teams, and contributing to the evolution of our industry-leading products. This position is ideal for an experienced engineer who enjoys building scalable systems and contributing to infrastructure automation using Platform Engineering practices.

What you’ll do as a Senior Platform Engineer

  • Contribute to the development lifecycle, from concept and design to implementation, testing, deployment and maintenance.
  • Write clean, efficient, and high-quality code, primarily in C# and .NET Core, following best practices for software engineering.
  • Conduct thorough code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and mentor junior engineers to help grow technical capabilities across the team.
  • Work closely with stakeholders to gather requirements, clarify specifications, and ensure technical solutions meet the needs of the business.
  • Build and improve platform infrastructure through software development, enabling scalable, reliable, and efficient systems to support engineering workflows and application delivery.
  • Apply GitOps practices to streamline deployment processes.
  • Manage Kubernetes-based infrastructure and automate application deployments using Helm Charts.

What You’ll Bring

  • 4+ years of professional software development experience, ideally with experience in C# and .NET Core.
  • Experience working with distributed systems and microservice architecture, building scalable and resilient solutions.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills for software applications, with an ability to diagnose and resolve issues in complex distributed environments.
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerization.
  • Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and modern deployment strategies (e.g., canary and blue-green deployments).
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP would be a strong asset.
  • Understanding of GitOps methodologies for managing and automating infrastructure and application deployments is highly desirable.
  • Familiarity with observability platforms such as DataDog and ELK stack.
  • Excellent communication skills and fluency in English.

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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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