FanDuel is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join their Tax Engineering team. This team is responsible for consolidating user and bet data from various sources to generate accurate tax forms for each product. They also collaborate with regulatory partners to file these forms and deliver them electronically to users. The core problem is ensuring the correct generation and filing of tax forms for millions of players, requiring robust data handling and regulatory compliance.
Requirements
- Experience and passion for writing distributed, highly scalable, and available backend systems & APIs using Java and/or Python.
- Knowledge of release process best practices for APIs and services within production systems.
- Experience working with cloud-based infrastructure and technologies, preferably AWS.
- Understanding DevOps concepts such as containers (e.g. Docker), orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes), and Infrastructure as Code (e.g. CloudFormation or Terraform).
- Knowledge of testing concepts, test tools, and integrating testing and best practices in the SDLC.
- You are proficient in a broad range of design approaches and know when it is appropriate to use them and when it is not.
- You consider the legacy of the code you produce and write code that an Engineer unfamiliar with the system can understand.
Responsibilities
- You use technology to solve straightforward problems, seeking input and guidance from team members.
- You may create or have responsibility to improve or invent small tools or applications.
- You can take defined design and turn it into code and deliver it on schedule, applying appropriate technologies and current software engineering best practices.
- You write secure, stable, testable, maintainable code with minimal defects.
- You are proficient in a broad range of data structures and algorithms, knowing when it is appropriate to use them and when it is not.
- You make appropriate implementation trade-off decisions.
- You participate in team design, scoping and prioritization discussions.
Other
- 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.
- Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
- Demonstrated abilities driving operational excellence and best practices.
- Passion for working within a fast-paced environment and can adapt to change.
