Careers At Fanduel – Technical Lead

FanDuel Group is a world-class team of brands and products all built with one goal in mind — to give fans new and innovative ways to interact with their favorite games, sports, teams, and leagues. That’s no easy task, which is why we’re so dedicated to building a winning team. And make no mistake, we are here to win, but we believe in winning right. That means we’ll never compromise when it comes to looking out for our teammates. From our many opportunities for professional development to our generous insurance and paid leave policies, we’re committed to making sure our employees get as much out of FanDuel as we ask them to give.

Our Brands Info:

• FanDuel — A game-changing real-money fantasy sports app
• FanDuel Sportsbook — America’s #1 sports betting app
• FanDuel TV — “The Bettor Sports Network” bringing live sports and interactive content to the games fans care about most
• FanDuel Racing — A horse racing app built for the average sports fan
• FanDuel Casino & Betfair Casino — Fan-favorite online casino apps
• FOXBet — A world-class betting platform and affiliate of FanDuel Group
• PokerStars — The premier online poker product and affiliate of FanDuel Group

Job Summery:

Our roster has an opening with your name on it

FanDuel is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join our Organic Growth Team. You’ll build products to help FanDuel reach new audiences by broadening user experiences and distribution channels and play a pivotal part as a technical lead, taking ownership of architecture and influencing best practice.

Job Responsibilities

Everyone on our team has a part to play

In this role, you will be working on FanDuel’s Organic Growth Team driving forward existing and new applications which widen our audience and increase engagement in our product. Our Software Engineering Teams push 10’s of releases to production per day through our automated CI/CD pipelines and closely collaborate with Product, Design, and QE colleagues daily to solve complex problems.

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will be a mix of architect and developer who has an appreciation for providing a system wide view and design guidance but is still hands on around the code and able to help bring other engineers along.

• Coach and mentor team members
• Identify areas for improvement and change
• Build foundations on the gaming engine in FanDuel
• Influence the architecture and system design

Requirements and Experience:

What we’re looking for in our next teammate

We are looking for technical leaders on the team who can take ownership of the architecture and code base. You will, ideally, have experience of influencing the technical direction of a team in a scaling or established technology organisation.

• Skilled in Java and ideally SpringBoot
• Experience working with AWS cloud based infrastructure and technologies
• Good grasp on relational, non relational databases, messaging queues and concurrency
• Familiarity working in an Agile environment
• Understanding of orchestration and containerisation, ideally Kubernetes (K8s)

The Contract:

We treat our team right

Competitive compensation is just the beginning. As part of our team, you can expect:

• An exciting and fun environment committed to driving real growth
• Opportunities to build really cool products that fans love
• Mentorship and professional development resources to help you refine your game
• Flexible vacation allowance to let you refuel
• Hall of Fame benefit programs and platforms

FanDuel Group is an equal opportunities employer. Diversity and inclusion in FanDuel means that we respect and value everyone as individuals. We don’t tolerate bias, judgement or harassment. Our focus is on developing employees so that they reach their full potential.

Company Benefits

• Take advantage of our excellent work/life balance through our flexible holiday allowance and working hours
• Work from our modern technology hubs in Edinburgh or Glasgow or remotely (UK)
• Wide range of benefits including Pension, Private Medical Insurance and Share Save Scheme
• Annual bonus program
• Long Term Incentive share bonus program
• The latest technology and hardware provided
• 10% time back to focus on your personal learning and development

Interview Process

• Recruiter Screen
• Hiring Manager Interview
• Paired Programming + System Design