FanDuel is looking for a Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain production-ready systems and tools that drive trading operations and sports modeling, improving scalability, performance, and reliability across services.
Requirements
- Experience and passion working with web libraries and frameworks, such as React, Typescript, and/or Bootstrap
- Experience writing distributed, highly 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
- Experience with testing concepts, test tools, and integrating testing and best practices in the SDLC
- Desire to learn and develop skills through a growth mindset
- Experience with designing and building software that is stable and performant
- Proficiency in a broad range of design approaches and knowledge of when to use them
Responsibilities
- Collaborate closely with data scientists and traders to design, build, and maintain production-ready systems and tools
- Develop and support data ingestion pipelines that capture and process large-scale, real-time sports data from multiple external providers
- Develop and support backend APIs that power internal models and tools by exposing accurate, performant, and reliable sports data
- Develop and support web applications used by traders to manage risk, adjust lines, and monitor markets efficiently
- Develop and support integration tooling and infrastructure that allow modeling and trading systems to operate seamlessly in production environments
- Identify opportunities to improve scalability, performance, and reliability across services
- Maintain close alignment with data science workflows
Other
- BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related software engineering field, or equivalent practical experience
- Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
- Demonstrated abilities driving operational excellence and software best practices
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to change
- Commitment 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 any other characteristic protected by state, local or federal law
