Senior Software Engineer, Backend – FOX Bet

ABOUT FANDUEL GROUP

FanDuel Group is a world-class team of brands and products all built with one goal in mind — to give fans new and innovative ways to interact with their favorite games, sports, teams, and leagues.

That’s no easy task, which is why we’re so dedicated to building a winning team.

And make no mistake, we are here to win, but we believe in winning right.

That means we’ll never compromise when it comes to looking out for our teammates.

From 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.

FanDuel Group is based in New York, with offices in California, New Jersey, Atlanta, Florida, Oregon and Scotland.

Our brands include:

  • FanDuel — A game-changing real-money fantasy sports app
  • FanDuel Sportsbook — America’s #1 sports betting app
  • TVG — The best-in-class horse racing TV/media network and betting platform
  • FanDuel Racing — A horse racing app built for the average sports fan
  • FanDuel Casino & Betfair Casino — Fan-favorite online casino apps
  • FOXBet — A world-class betting platform and affiliate of FanDuel Group
  • PokerStars — The premier online poker product and affiliate of FanDuel Group

THE POSITION 
Our roster has an opening with your name on it 

We’re looking for passionate 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 on our FOX Bet Free-To-Play products, you will be developing innovative backend solutions for mobile games that are enjoyed by millions of players all over the world.  You will be creating state-of-the-art highly scalable and concurrent distributed software systems driving best-of-breed sports products for huge audiences.  Your applications will engage millions of users helping them experience the thrill of live sports games.

You will take innovative product ideas and features and design and implement consumer-facing solutions as well as building tools and applications for internal stakeholders to operate those products.   You write secure, stable, testable, maintainable code with minimal defects.

You take accountability for the operations of your products and focus on continuously improving scalability and resiliency.  You are a passionate advocate for our customers.

THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play

  • Make significant and autonomous contributions to the free to play contest platform
  • Solve difficult problems, applying appropriate technologies and best practices
  • Work with your team to invent, design and build software that is stable and performant at scale
  • Proficiently use a broad range of design approaches and know when it is appropriate to apply them and when it is not
  • Build pragmatic solutions balancing simplicity and efficacy against performance and scale
  • Consider the legacy of the code you produce and write code that an engineer unfamiliar with the system can understand
  • Limit the use of short-term workarounds
  • Create flexible software without over-engineering
  • Make appropriate trade-offs, re-use where possible, and are judicious about introducing dependencies

THE STATS
What we’re looking for in our next teammate 

  • Degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent work experience.
  • Proficient in developing solutions using a broad range of data structures and algorithms.
  • Experience and passion for writing distributed, highly scalable and available backend systems & APIs using Java or similar programming languages ideally with experience in actor-based systems such as Akka
  • Experience working with cloud-based infrastructure and technologies in AWS such as Lambda, API Gateway, Kinesis and Cognito
  • Understating of containers (e.g.

    Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes).

  • Experience with relational and NoSQL data stores such as MySQL, Cassandra and MongoDB
  • A focus on quality and test automation including unit, functional and performance testing and tolls such as Junit/TestNG/JMeter
  • Familiarity with web development technologies including HTML, Javascript, AngularJS and React
  • Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
  • Demonstrated abilities driving operational excellence and best practices.

THE CONTRACT 
We treat our team right

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
  • Flexible vacation allowance to let you refuel
  • Hall of Fame benefit programs and platforms

FanDuel Group is an equal opportunities employer.

Diversity and inclusion in FanDuel means that we respect and value everyone as individuals.

We don’t tolerate bias, judgement or harassment.

 Our focus is on developing employees so that they reach their full potential.

More Information on Fanduel

Fanduel operates in the Gaming industry.

The company is located in New York, NY.

Fanduel was founded in 2009.

It has 1480 total employees.

It offers perks and benefits such as Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Disability Insurance, Dental Benefits, Vision Benefits, Health Insurance Benefits and Life Insurance.

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