Senior Software Engineering Manager, Backend
As a Senior Software Engineering Manager, the successful candidate will lead multiple engineering teams driving high-impact product initiatives across a dynamic, fast-paced environment. The role involves defining technical strategy, scaling architecture, and shaping execution to support long-term business growth.
Collaborating closely with cross-functional partners, the manager will ensure engineering efforts align with broader company goals while mentoring leaders and fostering a culture of ownership, inclusion, and technical excellence. This leadership position empowers teams to deliver innovative, scalable solutions that continuously elevate the customer experience.
- Lead multiple Engineering teams responsible for core product areas and high-impact initiatives, ensuring consistent delivery across a complex, fast-paced environment.
- Drive strategic alignment and execution across Engineering and Business teams, establishing clear priorities and communication channels with global stakeholders.
- Guide technical direction and architectural planning, partnering with technical leads to innovate and evolve critical systems that support long-term business growth.
- Mentor, coach, and develop engineering managers and senior-level individual contributors through career development planning, regular feedback, and succession planning.
- Foster a high-performing, inclusive team culture rooted in ownership, continuous learning, and technical excellence.
- Own hiring strategy and play an active role in the interview and selection process to scale and strengthen the team.
- Champion software quality and technical best practices, advocating for sustainable investment in infrastructure, reliability, and performance.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Business team stakeholders to ensure engineering efforts directly support product vision and company goals.
- Facilitate technical discovery and hands-on involvement in system design, enabling teams to make thoughtful, scalable decisions that keep pace with evolving demands.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or any suitable combination of education, experience, and training (required).
- At least 5 years of experience in a full-stack environment at a large-scale, growth-oriented company (required).
- 4+ years managing Software Engineering teams (required).
- A proven ability to lead and scale multiple engineering teams across concurrent workstreams, while mentoring individual contributors and other Engineering Managers (required).
- Deep expertise in at least one object-oriented programming language such as C# or Java, with hands-on experience in .NET Framework or .NET Core (required).
- A strong background in deploying and maintaining high-throughput, cloud-based systems, ideally within GCP or equivalent (required).
- Experience with distributed systems architecture and message brokers like Kafka (required).
- A collaborative approach to working with cross-functional stakeholders to influence product strategy and deliver against business goals (required).
- A remote-first leadership mindset, with a successful track record of managing and growing distributed teams across time zones (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 including adoption, surrogacy, and fertility treatments.
- 25 vacation days per year.
- 200 BGN food vouchers per month.
- 50% coverage of monthly sports card for a wide network of sports facilities.
- Financial planning programs such as Origin Financial.
- Commuter benefits.
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.