Software Engineer
As a Software Engineer you'll build scalable data-driven systems that power real-time experiences for millions of customers. From day one, you'll ship production-ready code, deliver features with speed and consistency, and own end-to-end services in a fast-moving, always-on environment. You'll work alongside passionate engineers, architects, and product leaders who value quality, speed, and impact.
- Design and build internal tools and services in Python that surface engineering metrics and organizational insights
- Lead the technical strategy for measuring AI impact across DraftKings Engineering tooling, data pipelines, and dashboards
- Own features end-to-end - from requirements through deployment and observability
- Partner with engineering leadership, data, and delivery teams to define what to measure and how to act on it
- Set technical direction within your squad and contribute to cross-team architectural decisions
- 2+ years of software engineering experience in Python (required)
- Experience building internal tools, data pipelines, or analytics-adjacent services (required)
- Comfortable working with APIs, data stores, and dashboarding/visualization layers (required)
- Solid engineering fundamentals writing maintainable and tested code while thinking carefully about data modeling (required)
- Exposure to working in a team-based environment, through internships, projects, or prior roles (required)
- A passion for building great software and improving continuously. (required)
- Comprehensive health benefits, including a fully paid medical plan
- Free access to wellbeing programs such as free therapy sessions with Lyra Mental Health Solution, Lyra Employee Assistance Program, the Calm App, Virtual Yoga Classes, and many more
- 14 weeks of 100% paid parental leave to all global team members and offer workplace lactation support
- A range of benefits that support family planning, including adoption, surrogacy, fertility treatments, or other family planning
- Programs like Origin Financial to help plan for your financial future and success
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.
