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.
As a Senior Lead Software Engineer in our iGaming vertical, you’ll help direct our engineering teams and influence our product roadmap. In this role, you will have an opportunity to collaborate across teams, informing our business decisions, and creatively finding solutions to all of our scaling challenges.
Take technical ownership for the design, development, maintenance, testing strategy of the iGaming platform.
Collaborate with business leads across the company to define milestones and deliverables 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.
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 experience with containerized microservices, auto-scaling, and managed infrastructures.
Expertise with at least one object-oriented language like C# or Java.
Strong relational database skills using technologies like MySQL and/or PostgreSQL.
Familiarity with AWS services, Kubernetes and on-premise servers.
Ability to design systems and components and, most importantly, communicate that knowledge to other team members via tech plans and mentoring.
Strong experience in incident handling and working in On-Call.
Excellent troubleshooting skills, real-time decision making, and responsiveness to problem-solving that put the customer experience first.
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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.