ABOUT FANDUEL
FanDuel Group is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States and Canada. FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across mobile wagering including: America’s #1 Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook; its leading iGaming platform, FanDuel Casino; the industry’s unquestioned leader in horse racing and advance-deposit wagering, FanDuel Racing; and its daily fantasy sports product.
In addition, FanDuel Group operates FanDuel TV, its broadly distributed linear cable television network and FanDuel TV+, its leading direct-to-consumer OTT platform. FanDuel Group has a presence across all 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
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).
THE POSITION
Our roster has an opening with your name on it
In addition to the specific responsibilities outlined above, employees may be required to perform other such duties as assigned by the Company. This ensures operational flexibility and allows the Company to meet evolving business needs.
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 software engineer, you will work in empowered, multidisciplinary teams, autonomously tackling complex challenges that provide the very best experiences and products for a growing community of millions of players as we build out an exciting and innovative customer experience within the fast paced and growing sports betting environment.
As and entry-level Software Engineer in Sportsbook, you will execute on defined tasks and contribute to solving problems. You will work on the scope of engineering team tasked to translate ideas into clearly written code, participate in code reviews, while maintaining high coding standards and overall quality.
When a successful solution is identified, you’ll help the team to build it for scale and longevity for our rapidly growing company. You will participate in the team’s various ceremonies, delivering sprint commitments, and will work with other Software Engineers and Quality Analyst on a product roadmap. Most importantly, you are a driven engineer seeking growth, collaboration, and are a passionate advocate for our customers.
THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play
- You will translate ideas into clear code, written to be read as well as executed
- You’ll participate in code reviews and raise questions to help me learn the codebases and technologies relevant to my work.
- You will be asked to write code that is free of glaring errors, well documented, and well tested with appropriate use of testing.
- You’ll be expected to follow through on your sprint commitments, take responsibility for your work, and deliver thee work on time.
- You’ll be expected to proactively share relevant information on your tasks, including difficulty level, status updates, and potential trade-offs that could impact a roadmap.
- You’ll be expected to raise concerns when I am suspicious that there has been a regression in service, and I advocate for declaring an incident if a problem is found.
- You can effectively collaborate and adopt necessary tools (e.g. pair programming) to get work done.
- You will drive discussions with your manager about aspirational goals and seek out opportunities to learn and grow
THE STATS
What we're looking for in our next teammate
- Experience and passionate about working with web & native libraries and frameworks, such as React, React Native, Typescript, Kotlin, Bootstrap, etc.
- Experience writing distributed, scalable, and available backend systems & APIs using at least one higher level language (Python, JS, Java, .NET)
- A fundamental understanding of data structures and algorithms.
- Involvement working on an engineering team working within an Agile methodology; taking part in ceremonies such as Stand-up, Refinement, Sprint Planning, etc.
- Familiar with various monitoring tools (i.e DataDog, Sentry, etc.) and testing practices (i.e SonarQube, Unit Testing, Manual, Automation testing) to ensure high standards around code and software quality.
- Experienced and comfortable with voicing opinions or concerns around things like bugs found, declaring a problem, offering suggestions on solutions, during problem solving discussions, etc.
- Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive. Demonstrable accountability for the work you commit to, and delivering it on time without jeopardizing the overall quality of the software.
- Desire to learn and develop your skills through a growth mindset
- BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related software engineering field, or equivalent practical experience.
PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right
We offer amazing benefits above and beyond the basics. We have an array of health plans to choose from (some as low as $0 per paycheck) that include programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits. We offer generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave), annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities (based on performance), 401k with up to a 5% match, commuter benefits , pet insurance, and more - check out all our benefits here: FanDuel Total Rewards. *Benefits differ across location, role, and level.
FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer and we believe, as one of our principles states, “We are One Team!”. As such, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or another other characteristic protected by state, local or federal law. We believe FanDuel is strongest and best able to compete if all employees feel valued, respected, and included.
The applicable salary range for this position is $82,000 - $103,000 USD, which is dependent on a variety of factors including relevant experience, location, business needs and market demand. This role may offer the following benefits: medical, vision, and dental insurance; life insurance; disability insurance; a 401(k) matching program; among other employee benefits. This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses and stock program participation. This role includes paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays. FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.
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