The Crown Is Yours
As a Lead Infrastructure Engineer, you'll design and scale the infrastructure that powers real-time, high-impact digital experiences. You'll move beyond traditional operations, building, automating, and coding your way to a more resilient, intelligent, and efficient platform. Working at the intersection of DevOps, SRE, and emerging AI tooling, you'll drive how we evolve our infrastructure into a modern, engineering-led ecosystem.
What You'll Do
- Design, build, and manage scalable AWS infrastructure, establishing resilient patterns that improve performance, availability, and efficiency
- Develop Infrastructure-as-Code and automation pipelines to eliminate manual processes and reduce operational toil
- Evolve CI/CD workflows and apply SRE principles across monitoring, alerting, and incident response
- Proactively identify risks in distributed systems and drive solutions end-to-end, including serving as an escalation point
- Design and implement AI-assisted tooling and intelligent automation to enhance incident management, root cause analysis, and system performance
What You'll Bring
- 5+ years of experience across Infrastructure Engineering, DevOps, and/or Site Reliability Engineering
- Strong AWS expertise and experience designing cloud-native, distributed systems
- Proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and scripting (Python or similar)
- Hands-on experience building automation and CI/CD pipelines, with strong troubleshooting skills
- Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to a high-performing, collaborative team
Join Our Team
We're a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. As a regulated gaming company, you may be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment. Don't worry, we'll guide you through the process if this is relevant to your role.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is 124,400.00 USD - 155,500.00 USD, plus bonus, equity, and benefits as applicable. Our ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The compensation information displayed on each job posting reflects the range for new hire pay rates for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range and how that was determined during the hiring process. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
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Parental & Family Support — Company materials highlight 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave globally along with adoption/fostering support, fertility coverage (Progyny), childcare assistance (Care.com), and lactation resources. Feedback suggests these programs provide meaningful, inclusive support for families at different stages.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Health coverage with day-one eligibility is complemented by Lyra therapy/EAP, Calm, wellness programs, and fitness reimbursement, with some offices offering on‑site amenities. Feedback suggests this breadth enhances everyday wellbeing beyond standard medical plans.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with employer match and financial‑planning tools are included as core benefits. Feedback suggests retirement matching offers stable long‑term value within the total rewards mix.
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What We Do
It's simple, at DraftKings, we believe life is more fun when you're in on the action. For that reason, we’re committed to responsibly creating the world’s favorite games and betting experiences. We’re developing the most innovative and entertaining real money products and offers; to forever transform how people experience sports; to be a fully vertically integrated sports betting operator. It's our ultimate goal to build the best, most trusted, and most customer-centric destination for our players. We’re defining what it means to build and deliver the most extraordinary sports and entertainment experiences. Our global team is trailblazing new markets, developing cutting-edge products, and shaping the future of responsible gaming.
Why Work With Us
Here, “impossible” isn’t part of our vocabulary. You’ll face some of the toughest but most rewarding challenges of your career. They’re worth it. Channeling your inner grit will accelerate your growth, help us win as a team, and create unforgettable moments for our customers. Ready to own what’s next?
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