Lead Software Engineer

ABOUT FANDUEL

FanDuel Group (“FanDuel") is an innovative sports-tech entertainment company that is changing the way consumers engage with their favorite sports, teams, and leagues. The premier gaming destination in the United States, FanDuel consists of a portfolio of leading brands across gaming, sports betting, daily fantasy sports, advance-deposit wagering, and TV/media. 

FanDuel has a presence across all 50 states with approximately 17 million customers and 28 retail locations. FanDuel is based in New York with offices in New Jersey, Georgia, California, Oregon, Canada and Scotland.

Its networks FanDuel TV and FanDuel+ are broadly distributed on linear cable television and through its relationships with leading direct-to-consumer over-the-top platforms.

FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment plc, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).

THE ROSTER
At FanDuel, we give fans a new and innovative way to interact with their favorite games, sports and teams. We’re dedicated to building a winning team and we pride ourselves on being able to make every moment mean more, especially when it comes to your career. So, what does “winning” look like at FanDuel? It’s recognition for your hard-earned results, a culture that brings out your best work—and a roster full of talented coworkers. 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 creatives professionals to cutting edge technology innovators, FanDuel offers a wide range of career opportunities, best in class benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. At FanDuel, our principle of “We Are One Team” runs through all our offices across the globe, and you can expect to be a part of an exciting company with many opportunities to grow and be successful.

THE POSITION
Our roster has an opening with your name on it

We’re looking for a Lead Software Engineer for our Payments Frontend team, building features relating to deposits, withdrawals and refunds. You'll be responsible for leading the UI strategy for FanDuel's payments systems, ensuring security, flexibility and a great customer experience. Your work focuses on complex, ambiguous problem areas in existing or new software initiatives.

• Take the long-term view and consider where each system is at in its life cycle and where appropriate, proactively fix architecture deficiencies.
• Make existing systems simpler (e.g. by consolidating redundant systems, deleting unnecessary code, or removing/updating out of date documentation). 
• Dividing a software project into parallel work that can be performed by you and other software engineers and then reassembled successfully into a cohesive launch. 
• Coaching and developing other software engineers' technical skills.
  

THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play

• You take ownership of team architecture, providing a system-wide view and design guidance.
• You write simple and extendable code following standards and best practices. You test your code thoroughly.
• Drive engineering engagement best practices (e.g., Operational Excellence, Security, Quality, etc.) and set standards.
• Work to resolve the root cause of endemic problems including areas where your team limits the innovation of other teams (bottlenecks). This may require you to influence software decisions made by other teams.
• When confronted with discordant views, you can find the best way forward and influence others to follow that path.
• Actively help others leverage your expertise through coaching and mentoring.
• You understand proper data storage, classification, optimization techniques.
• You understand the maintenance characteristics, run-time properties, and dependencies of your team's software, including hardware platform, operating system and build dependencies.
• You establish and participate in the on-call support rotation for your organization.
• Contribute to the professional development of colleagues, improving their technical knowledge and the engineering practices.
• You clearly document your software to ensure that future generations of developers understand the intention behind the features and components you build.
• In the event of a problem, you can troubleshoot and thoroughly resolve defects.
• Ensure your team is stronger because of your presence but does not require your presence to be successful.
  

THE STATS
What we're looking for in our next teammate

• Degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent work experience.

• Experience developing mainly frontend applications with React, React Native, TypeScript, JavaScript or similar (Angular/Vue).
• Experience ideally across mobile and web applications with regular releases.

• Good grasp on relational, non-relational databases, messaging queues and handling concurrency.
• Understanding of modern architectures, design patterns, and platform nuances.
• Knowledge of release process best practices for APIs and services within production systems.
• Strong experience working with cloud-based infrastructure and technologies, preferably AWS.
• Understating of containers (e.g., Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Expert experience with testing concepts, test tools, and integrating testing and best practices in the SDLC.
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
• Familiarity working in an Agile environment.
• Passion for working within a fast-paced environment and can adapt to change.
  

PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right

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. 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
• Career and professional development resources to help you refine your game plan for owning and driving your career and development
• Be well, save well and live well - with FanDuel Total Rewards your benefits are one highlight reel after another
  

FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer and we believe, as one of our principal states, “We Are One Team!”  We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, Veteran status, or another other characteristic protected by state, local or federal law. We believe FanDuel is strongest and best able to compete if all employees feel valued, respected, and included.  We want our team to include diverse individuals because diversity of thought, diversity of perspectives, and diversity of experiences leads to better performance.  Having a diverse and inclusive workforce is a core value that we believe makes FanDuel stronger and more competitive as One Team!

The applicable salary range for this position is $150,000 - $200,000, which is dependent on a variety of factors including relevant experience, location, business needs and market demand. This role may offer the following benefits: medical, vision, and dental insurance; life insurance; disability insurance; a 401(k) matching program; among other employee benefits. This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses and stock program participation. This role includes paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays. FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.

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