Lead Software Engineer – Fullstack (NodeJS/React)

ABOUT FANDUEL GROUP

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 include:

• 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

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

We’re looking for passionate & experienced technologists, strong communicators and those with a commitment to continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will have the confidence to propose pragmatic solutions to complex problems and be eager to learn from and educate others.

As a Lead Software Engineer working for our Sportsbook vertical, you will work in empowered, multidisciplinary teams, autonomously tackling complex challenges that provide the very best experiences and products as we build out an exciting and innovative customer experience within the fast paced and growing sports betting environment.

You will own and become subject matter experts of areas of your product and technology stack and will be the go to person for those areas. You are considered a technical leader on your team. You work efficiently and routinely deliver the right things with limited guidance. Your work focuses on complex, ambiguous problem areas in existing or new software initiatives. You take the long-term view. You consider where each system is at in its life cycle and where appropriate, proactively fix architecture deficiencies. You can take the lead on new initiatives and large projects that require the work of your team. You know how to divide a software project into parallel work that can be performed by you and other software engineers and then reassembled successfully into a cohesive launch. You enjoy coaching and developing other software engineers' technical skills.

You will primarily be working on our BFF (Backend for Frontend) services as well as our CMS, focused on our Sportsbook application, leveraging React, React Native and NodeJS. You’ll play a pivotal part in making our platform highly usable and will write clear, scalable code. You will work continuously to improve our processes with a view to driving quality and efficiency gains across the department.

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 
• Write simple, exemplary code that motivates team write quality code & following best standards 

• 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 find the best way forward and influence others to follow that path (build consensus) 
• Actively recruit and help others leverage your expertise, by coaching and mentoring in your organization (or at your location) 
• Provide technical assessments for promotion to Sr. SE & Lead SE 
• Contribute to the professional development of colleagues, improving their technical knowledge and the engineering practices 
• Ensure your team is stronger because of your presence but does not require your presence to be successful 
• You provide excellent customer support on an on-call rotation where required 
• Most importantly, you are humble, pragmatic, self-managed, thirsty for knowledge, never satisfied and always challenging the norm. You’re responsible for the state of the code you both inherit and produce. 

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

• Degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent work experience. 
• 5 or more years of Software Development experience 
• Demonstrable knowledge and exposure to BFF service development 

• Proficient in the following: 

• Experienced in writing APIs using NodeJS (or similar) 
• Building and supporting CMS (Content Management System) systems. 
• Development within React or AngularJS frameworks 
• Release process of BFF services via CI / CD deployment pipelines. 

• A fundamental understanding of data structures and algorithms. 
• Experience working with cloud-based infrastructure and technologies, preferably AWS. 
• Understanding of technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes. 
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive. 
• Demonstrated abilities driving operational excellence and best practices. 
• Experience in shipping high quality products and services 
• Experience with testing concepts, test tools, and integrating testing and best practices into the SDLC 
• Experience working in an Agile environment. 
• You are passionate about working within a fast-paced environments and can adapt to change  

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.

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