The Crown Is Yours
As a Senior Software Engineering Manager, you'll lead Engineering teams driving high-impact product initiatives across a dynamic, fast-paced environment. You'll define technical strategy, scale architecture, and shape execution to support long-term business growth. Collaborating closely with cross-functional partners, you'll ensure engineering efforts align with broader company goals while mentoring leaders and fostering a culture of ownership, inclusion, and technical excellence. Your leadership will empower teams to deliver innovative, scalable solutions that continuously elevate the customer experience.
What You'll Do
- Lead Engineering teams responsible for core product areas and high-impact initiatives, ensuring consistent delivery across a complex, fast-paced environment.
- Drive strategic alignment and execution across Engineering and Business teams, establishing clear priorities and communication channels with global stakeholders.
- Guide technical direction and architectural planning, partnering with technical leads to innovate and evolve critical systems that support long-term business growth.
- Mentor, coach, and develop engineering managers and senior-level individual contributors through career development planning, regular feedback, and succession planning.
- Foster a high-performing, inclusive team culture rooted in ownership, continuous learning, and technical excellence.
- Own hiring strategy and play an active role in the interview and selection process to scale and strengthen the team.
- Champion software quality and technical best practices, advocating for sustainable investment in infrastructure, reliability, and performance.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Business team stakeholders to ensure engineering efforts directly support product vision and company goals.
- Facilitate technical discovery and hands-on involvement in system design, enabling teams to make thoughtful, scalable decisions that keep pace with evolving demands.
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
- At least 5 years of experience in a full-stack environment at a large-scale, growth-oriented company, including 4+ years managing Software Engineering teams.
- A proven ability to lead and scale multiple engineering teams across concurrent workstreams, while mentoring individual contributors and other Engineering Managers.
- Deep expertise in at least one object-oriented programming language such as C# or Java, with hands-on experience in .NET Framework or .NET Core.
- A strong background in deploying and maintaining high-throughput, cloud-based systems, ideally within AWS.
- Experience with distributed systems architecture and message brokers like Kafka.
- A collaborative approach to working with cross-functional stakeholders to influence product strategy and deliver against business goals.
- A remote-first leadership mindset, with a successful track record of managing and growing distributed teams across time zones.
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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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a suitable combination of education, experience, and training
- At least 5 years of experience in a full-stack environment at a large-scale, growth-oriented company
- At least 4 years managing Software Engineering teams
- Experience leading and scaling multiple engineering teams across concurrent workstreams
- Experience mentoring individual contributors and Engineering Managers
- Deep expertise in at least one object-oriented programming language, such as C# or Java
- Hands-on experience with .NET Framework or .NET Core
- Experience deploying and maintaining high-throughput, cloud-based systems
- Experience with AWS
- Experience with distributed systems architecture and message brokers such as Kafka
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to influence product strategy and deliver business goals
- Successful track record managing and growing distributed teams across time zones
- Ability to obtain a gaming license if required by the applicable state agency
What the Team is Saying
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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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
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