Senior Software Engineer
FanDuel is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join one of its Core Marketing Platforms teams. The role involves building and optimising high-performance microservices that power FanDuel's marketing ecosystem. The engineer will work on systems enabling critical capabilities such as real-time customer communications, personalised promotions, and targeted campaign delivery.
The engineer will focus on designing highly scalable, event-driven systems that process large volumes of real-time data, delivering intelligent insights to marketing partners. This position requires a long-term view on system capacity and a commitment to simplifying existing infrastructure by consolidating redundant systems, deleting unnecessary code, or removing/updating out-of-date documentation. The role also involves coaching and developing other software engineers' technical skills and leading projects with a holistic view of the strategic direction of the vertical.
FanDuel expects the engineer to define the architecture of the future, enabling systems to utilise modern technologies to their fullest while achieving goals, balanced with time to focus on operationally improving existing systems. The role requires solving complex problems, taking defined designs and turning them into code, and delivering on schedule using appropriate technologies and current software engineering best practices. The engineer will write secure, stable, testable, and maintainable code with minimal defects and participate in team design, scoping, and prioritisation discussions, working effectively with other team members and identifying opportunities or problems arising from technical decisions. The engineer will also participate in the on-call support rotation for the organisation and contribute to the professional development of colleagues.
- Build and optimise high-performance microservices that power FanDuel's marketing ecosystem.
- Work on systems enabling critical capabilities such as real-time customer communications, personalised promotions, and targeted campaign delivery.
- Design highly scalable, event-driven systems that process large volumes of real-time data, delivering intelligent insights to marketing partners.
- Enable data-driven, personalised experiences for millions of customers across the platform.
- Work within a modern microservices and event-driven architecture, building Martech solutions enhanced by AI to drive customer engagement and retention.
- Take the long-term view and consider system capacity today versus in three years.
- Make existing systems simpler by consolidating redundant systems, deleting unnecessary code, or removing/updating out-of-date documentation.
- Coach and develop other software engineers' technical skills.
- Lead projects with a holistic view of the strategic direction of the vertical.
- Define the architecture of the future, enabling systems to utilise modern technologies to their fullest whilst achieving goals, while ensuring that it is balanced with enough time to focus on operationally improving existing systems.
- Solve complex problems, seeking input and guidance from team members.
- Take defined designs and turn them into code and deliver it on schedule, applying appropriate technologies and current software engineering best practices.
- Write secure, stable, testable, maintainable code with minimal defects.
- Participate in team design, scoping, and prioritisation discussions.
- Work effectively with other team members & identify any opportunities/problems arising from technical decisions.
- Participate in the on-call support rotation for your organisation.
- Contribute to the professional development of colleagues, improving their technical knowledge and the engineering practices.
- Clearly document software to ensure that future generations of developers understand the intention behind the features and components built.
- In the event of a problem, troubleshoot and thoroughly resolve defects.
- Degree in Computer Science or related software engineering field, or equivalent practical experience (required)
- Strong backend experience with Java (required)
- Experience with AWS (required)
- Understanding of DevOps concepts such as IaC (we use Terraform) (required)
- Experience with event streaming technologies such as SNS/SQS or Kafka (required)
- Good grasp on relational, non-relational databases, messaging queues and handling concurrency (required)
- Experience working with high volume systems (required)
- Understanding of modern architectures, design patterns, and platform nuances (required)
- Understanding of containers (e.g., Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes) (required)
- Expert experience with testing concepts, test tools, and integrating testing and best practices in the SDLC (required)
- Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive (required)
- Familiarity working in an Agile environment (required)
- Passion for working within a fast-paced environment and can adapt to change (required)
- Great financial package - Including salary, bonus, pension, private healthcare, share save scheme, flexible working & holiday policy along with a number of other benefits.
- 10% of your time to dedicate to your learning.
- Clear and defined career pathways for every role at every level.
FanDuel Group is an innovative sports-tech entertainment company that is changing the way consumers engage with their favorite sports, teams, and leagues. The premier gaming destination in the North America, FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across gaming, sports betting, daily fantasy sports, advance-deposit wagering, and TV/media, including FanDuel, Stardust Casino and TVG. The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Jersey City, as well as global offices in Canada and Scotland. The company’s affiliates have offices worldwide, including in Ireland, Portugal, Romania, and Australia. FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).