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.
The Crown Is Yours
As a Software Engineer, you'll help build and scale the real-time event tracking infrastructure that powers communications, analytics, and data science models across DraftKings. These systems process millions of events per second, ensuring timely, accurate data delivery to consumers across the company. You'll join a team focused on high performance, scalability, and operational excellence in a modern, cloud-native environment.
What you'll do as a Software Engineer
- Contribute to backend services written in C# in a microservices-based environment.
- Help build and support real-time data pipelines and streaming infrastructure using industry-standard messaging tools.
- Write clean, maintainable code using established design patterns and solid development practices.
- Support internal consumers by ensuring event accuracy, consistency, and timely delivery across systems.
- Participate in code reviews, performance tuning, and improvements to observability and monitoring.
What you'll bring
- 1-2 years of professional experience or strong project work in C# or another object-oriented language.
- Exposure to distributed systems, streaming data, or messaging tools (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Kinesis) is a plus.
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes and cloud environments like AWS, or strong interest in learning them.
- Curiosity about how real-time data powers applications, and a desire to work on systems that scale.
- A collaborative approach, strong problem-solving skills, and eagerness to grow as an engineer.
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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.
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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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