Senior Software Engineer, Backend
As a Senior Backend Software Engineer, you’ll be part of one of our multidisciplinary teams where you’ll work closely with designers, product managers, data engineers and data scientists. You’ll be a creative contributor to our processes and decision-making so when we build new features, we can ensure scalability and availability of the entire platform.
As a backend developer, you will be developing systems and APIs that power a rich set of applications used by a large and passionate group of users every day. Care about agility as much as you care about scalability. We roll out products very quickly and are looking for a team that can pivot at a moment’s notice. We’re constantly growing and forming new teams; you will be able to lead either as an engineer or transition into a manager role.
- developing systems and APIs that power a rich set of applications used by a large and passionate group of users every day
- Care about agility as much as you care about scalability
- pivot at a moment’s notice
- lead either as an engineer or transition into a manager role
- 3+ years of development experience in object-oriented programming using languages such as C# or Java
- performance-oriented technologies such as Rust
- strong knowledge of OOP and REST design principles
- 2+ years of relational database experience including schema design and SQL
- Experience with data streaming technologies (Apache, Kafka) and distributed systems
- experience writing and maintaining a comprehensive suite of unit and integration tests
- Experience writing distributed systems in a Cloud Computing environment such as AWS strongly preferred
- Ability to grow other engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and over-the-shoulder debugging
- Familiarty with AI Tools is preferred
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.