Software Engineer – Core Marketing Platforms
FanDuel is looking for a 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 work focuses on designing highly scalable, event-driven systems that process large volumes of real-time data, delivering intelligent insights to marketing partners. The engineer will help enable data-driven, personalised experiences for millions of customers across the platform. The role involves working within a modern microservices and event-driven architecture, building Martech solutions enhanced by AI to drive customer engagement and retention.
- Make existing systems simpler by consolidating redundant systems, deleting unnecessary code, or updating out of date documentation.
- Solve well-defined problems independently, knowing when to seek input or guidance from the wider team.
- Translate technical designs into clean, well-tested code using appropriate technologies and current software engineering best practices, delivered on schedule.
- Write secure, stable, testable, maintainable code with minimal defects.
- Contribute to team discussion on technical design, scoping and prioritisation.
- Collaborate effectively across the team, surfacing risks and opportunities that arise from technical decisions.
- Propose pragmatic solutions and share knowledge and learnings with the wider team.
- Own parts of product and technology and strive to become a subject matter expert.
- Write simple and extendable code following standards and best practices.
- Help the team evolve by actively participating in the code review process, design discussions, team planning, and support ticket reviews.
- 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 identify a swift resolution.
- Provide excellent customer support.
- Estimate stories/tasks and deliver them on time.
- Participate in the on-call support rotation for the organisation.
- Degree in Computer Science or related software engineering field, or equivalent practical experience (required)
- 2+ years of relevant work experience (required)
- Strong backend experience with Java (required)
- Understanding of AWS as well as DevOps concepts such as IaC (Terraform) (required)
- Some 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)
- Understanding of modern architectures, design patterns, and platform nuances (required)
- Appreciation of orchestration and containerisation, ideally Kubernetes (K8s) (required)
- Experience working with cloud-based infrastructure and technologies (required)
- Experience with testing concepts, test tools, and integrating testing and best practices in the SDLC (required)
- Familiarity working in an Agile environment (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 time dedicated to learning.
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).