Senior Software Engineer
FanDuel
- Atlanta, GA
- Permanent
- Full-time
Our roster has an opening with your name on itWe're looking for passionate & experienced technologists, strong communicators, and those with a commitment to continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will have the confidence to propose pragmatic solutions to complex problems and be eager to learn from and educate others. As a Senior Software Engineer working for our Sportsbook vertical, you will work in empowered, multidisciplinary teams, autonomously tackling complex challenges that provide the very best experiences and products as we build out an exciting and innovative customer experience within the fast paced and growing sports betting environment. You will own and become subject matter experts of areas of your product and technology stack and will be the go-to person for those areas. You are considered a Senior Engineer on your team. You work efficiently and routinely deliver the right things with limited guidance. Your work focuses on complex, ambiguous problem areas in existing or new software initiatives. You take the long-term view. You consider where each system is at in its life cycle and where appropriate, proactively fix architecture deficiencies. You can take the lead on new features and deliver it End to End. You enjoy coaching and developing other software engineers' technical skills.THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play
- You work on project ideas with customers, stakeholders, and peers, balancing customer requirements with the team requirements.
- You help your team evolve by actively participating, and leading, in the code review process, design discussions, team planning, and ticket/metric/COE reviews.
- Write simple, exemplary code that motivates team write quality code & following best standards
- Drive engineering engagement best practices (e.g., Operational Excellence, Security, Quality, etc.) and set standards
- Work to resolve the root cause of endemic problems including areas where your team limits the innovation of other teams (bottlenecks). This may require you to influence software decisions made by other teams
- When confronted with discordant views, you are able to find the best way forward and influence others to follow that path (build consensus)
- You foster a constructive dialogue and seek resolutions in a professional way.
- You keep yourself up to date with market standards and open-source frameworks.
- You provide excellent customer support on an on-call rotation where required
- Most importantly, you are humble, pragmatic, self-managed, thirsty for knowledge, never satisfied and always challenging the norm. You're responsible for the state of the code you both inherit and produce.
What we're looking for in our next teammate
- Degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent work experience
- Full stack experience building and designing highly scalable, fault tolerant and always available systems.
- Proficient in building engaging, performant, and forward-thinking web frontends in React.
- Experienced in React Native with full stack experience, preferably in a Node.js based backend.
- Proficient in building RESTful services
- Experience working with GitOps patterns, CI/CD pipeline tooling (preferably Buildkite), and familiarity with Git, GitHub, Jira, Confluence, and OpenAPI.
- Experience working with cloud-based infrastructure and technologies, preferably AWS
- Experience in shipping high quality products & services within the Web, Mobile, and/or connected devices spaces
- Passion for quality, with experience in unit testing, testing tools (preferably Postman), and integrating testing and best-quality practices into an SDLC.
- Understanding of modern architectures, design patterns, and platform nuances.
- Good grasp in a broad range of data structures and algorithms.
- Familiarity working in an Agile environment.
- Experience working with a high concurrency/high transactional/highly available platform.
- Ability to understand the dependencies between components and how they combine to deliver service to the consumers and businesses
- Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive with demonstrated abilities driving operational excellence and best practices.
We treat our team rightFrom our many opportunities for professional development to our generous insurance and paid leave policies, we're committed to making sure our employees get as much out of FanDuel as we ask them to give. Competitive compensation is just the beginning. As part of our team, you can expect:
- An exciting and fun environment committed to driving real growth
- Opportunities to build really cool products that fans love
- Mentorship and professional development resources to help you refine your game
- Be well, save well and live well - with FanDuel Total Rewards your benefits are one highlight reel after another