Backend Engineer
As a Backend Engineer, the successful candidate will build and scale the real-time systems that power nonstop experiences for millions of customers. From day one, the engineer will ship production code and help drive the performance of high-traffic platforms used 24/7.
The role involves working alongside talented engineers, product managers, and designers to bring new features to life, solve tough challenges at scale, and support systems that customers count on. This is an opportunity to accelerate professional growth, sharpen technical craft, and help shape the future of sports and entertainment.
- Build and maintain scalable, reliable back-end systems and APIs that support high-traffic applications used by customers around the clock.
- Contribute to production code from day one, working on systems that power a 24/7 real-time sports betting experience.
- Triage, debug, and resolve software issues, ensuring performance and reliability in a fast-paced environment.
- Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and designers to launch new features quickly and efficiently.
- Adapt to changing priorities with agility, balancing speed of delivery with technical excellence.
- Use modern tools and best practices to solve complex problems at scale.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or any suitable combination of education, experience, and training (required).
- At least 1 year of professional experience in object-oriented backend development using languages such as C# or Java, with solid knowledge of OOP principles, design patterns, and backend system fundamentals (required).
- Exposure to designing and supporting scalable distributed systems in Cloud environments such as AWS or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) (required).
- Experience writing and maintaining automated test suites including unit, integration, and performance tests for backend services (required).
- A collaborative approach to contributing in code reviews, design discussions, and hands-on debugging with team members (required).
- Comprehensive health benefits, including various medical plans, dental, and vision.
- Wellbeing program including free therapy sessions with Lyra Mental Health Solution, Lyra Employee Assistance Program, the Calm App, and Virtual Yoga Classes.
- 14 weeks of 100% paid parental leave and workplace lactation support.
- Family planning support for adoption, surrogacy, fertility treatments, and other needs.
- 25 vacation days per year.
- 200 BGN food vouchers per month.
- 50% coverage of a monthly MultiSport card.
- Financial planning programs such as Origin Financial.
- Commuter benefits to help lower daily travel costs.
DraftKings Inc. is a leading American digital sports entertainment and gaming company, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 2012, it started in daily fantasy sports and has grown into one of the largest US online sportsbook and iGaming operators. The company offers mobile sports betting, online casino and daily fantasy contests across regulated North American markets. DraftKings is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange and employs several thousand people.
