Senior Software Engineer - Core Marketing Platforms
FanDuel is a premier US-based gaming destination, offering daily fantasy sports, sports betting, and online casino games. Founded in 2009 to innovate the fantasy sports industry, it has become a leading mobile sports betting operator, allowing users to bet on sports, play online games, and build fantasy teams across a wide array of professional sports leagues.
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About FanDuel
FanDuel is the premier gaming destination and #1 Sportsbook in the United States. What started as a backyard brainstorm in Texas in 2009 has grown into a major force in the gaming industry. The company revolutionized fantasy sports by simplifying the season-long game into daily contests, allowing fans to compete and win daily. Today, with over 12 million registered users, FanDuel offers a wide range of products including sports betting on leagues like the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL; an online casino with blackjack, slots, and live dealer games; daily fantasy sports for various sports like football, baseball, and basketball; and horse racing betting for major events. Additionally, FanDuel provides content through FanDuel TV and insights via FanDuel Research, making every moment of the game more engaging for its users.
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About the Role
You will build and optimize high-performance Java microservices for real-time customer communications, personalized promotions, and targeted campaign delivery. You will design scalable event-driven systems, write secure and maintainable code, lead projects, improve existing systems, participate in technical discussions and on-call support, and coach other engineers.
Requirements
- Degree in Computer Science or a related software engineering field, or equivalent practical experience
- Strong backend experience with Java
- Experience with AWS and DevOps concepts including Infrastructure as Code
- Experience with SNS/SQS or Kafka
- Understanding of relational and non-relational databases, messaging queues, and concurrency
- Experience working with high-volume systems
- Understanding of modern architectures, design patterns, and platform nuances
- Experience with cloud-based infrastructure and technologies
- Understanding of Docker and Kubernetes
- Expert experience with testing concepts and tools
- Familiarity with Agile
Responsibilities
- Design scalable event-driven systems
- Build and optimize high-performance microservices
- Simplify existing systems
- Coach and develop software engineers
- Lead projects aligned with strategic direction
- Define future architecture
- Turn designs into code and deliver on schedule
- Write secure, stable, testable, and maintainable code
- Participate in design, scoping, prioritization, and code reviews
- Resolve complex problems and defects
- Participate in on-call support
- Document software and technical decisions
Benefits
- Salary
- Bonus
- Pension
- Private healthcare
- Share save scheme
- Flexible working
- Holiday policy