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draftkings
draftkings

Lead Software Engineer

Location

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Salary Estimate

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Seniority

Lead

Tech stacks

Software Development
Testing
C
+23

Visa

U.S. visa required

Permanent role
2 days ago
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We’re defining what it means to build and deliver the most extraordinary sports and entertainment experiences. Our global team is trailblazing new markets, developing cutting-edge products, and shaping the future of responsible gaming.

Here, “impossible” isn’t part of our vocabulary. You’ll face some of the toughest but most rewarding challenges of your career. They’re worth it. Channeling your inner grit will accelerate your growth, help us win as a team, and create unforgettable moments for our customers.

The Crown Is Yours

We're growing quickly and we’re looking for a Lead Software Engineer to help establish and lead a team-centered around the mission of providing a best-in-class experience for our customers. This position requires strong technical skills and a bias toward collaboration. You will be working across teams, informing business decisions, and helping to expand our enterprise software platform.

What You’ll Do As a Lead Software Engineer

  • Take ownership for the design, development, maintenance, testing strategy, and operations of a backend team, with API services written in C# with a MongoDB database hosted in AWS.
  • Collaborate with business leads across the company to define milestones and deliveries for new functionality to be added to existing applications.
  • 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.
  • Work with your team under fast deadlines to design, build, and deliver innovative applications.
  • Lead your team in design sessions and ensure your team delivers high-quality work that aligns with the missions of our applications and platform.

What You’ll Bring

  • 7+ years of experience with C#/.NET
  • You have experience as the ‘expert’ on a development team where you were responsible for everything from planning to delivering key features and management of those features.
  • Experience writing distributed applications and microservice architecture with a focus on high performance and scalability
  • You have strong non-relational database skills using technologies like MongoDB.
  • Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes
  • Familiarity with services like Consul, Fabio, ELK, Grafana and DataDog are preferred
  • Familiarity with every stage of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle)
  • You also have the ability to write automated comprehensive test suites at all levels of the architecture.
  • Experience with Integration and Load tests
  • Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills
  • Fluency in English.

Join Our Team

We’re a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. As a regulated gaming company, you may be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment. Don’t worry, we’ll guide you through the process if this is relevant to your role.

About draftkings

👥1001-5000
📍Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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How does draftkings work?

DraftKings provides online daily and weekly fantasy sports contests for cash prizes in major sports.

Company culture

Collaboration

We believe helping talented people do what they love not only makes us a better company, it makes us better people. DraftKings is a place where technological innovation drives teamwork and passion.

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