Underdog aims to build the best products in the sports industry, and this role is crucial for developing the data ecosystem that powers their various sports products, enabling faster decision-making and better fan experiences.
Requirements
- Backend Engineer with at least 3 years of experience building microservices heavy backend systems and APIs for internal applications on a cloud environment (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Advanced proficiency with Go
- Experience building and scaling backend systems and designing enterprise scale APIs for external and internal applications
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, or ECS
- Experience with DevOps practices such as CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. Terraform, CDK)
Responsibilities
- Build the backbone of Underdog’s data ecosystem—design and deploy internal APIs and workflows that power seamless communication across our services.
- Create robust, scalable microservices to serve real-time, high-volume data needs for our internal teams, enabling faster decision-making and better fan experiences.
- Own greenfield projects that shape the future of our business—architecting backend systems built for scale, resilience, and speed.
- Partner cross-functionally with engineers, product owners, and data scientists to turn complex challenges into elegant, scalable solutions.
- Safeguard system reliability by building smart monitoring, alerting, and logging tools that keep our infrastructure healthy and performant.
- Drive impactful technical initiatives from start to finish in a fast-moving, high-stakes environment where your leadership makes a real difference.
- Champion engineering excellence by leading code reviews, sharing best practices, and helping level up the team through mentorship and feedback.
Other
- Highly focused on delivering results for internal and external stakeholders in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
- Excellent communication skills with ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders
- Strong interest in sports
- Prior experience in the sports betting industry
- This position may require sports betting licensure based on certain state regulations.
