Software Engineer - Fanduel, Hybrid

Software Engineer- FanDuel, Hybrid Software Engineer Mid 1

Betfair Romania Development is the largest technology hub of Flutter Entertainment, with over 2,000 people powering the world's leading sports betting and iGaming brands. Exciting, immersive and safe experiences are delivered to over 18 million customers worldwide, from our office in Cluj-Napoca. Driven by relentless innovation and commitment to excellence, we operate our own unbeatable portfolio of diverse proprietary brands such as FanDuel, PokerStars, SportsBet, Betfair, Paddy Power, or Sky Betting & Gaming.

The values we share at Betfair Romania Development define what makes us unique as a team. They empower us by giving meaning to our contributions, and they ensure that we consistently strive for excellence in everything we do. We are looking for passionate individuals who align with our values and are committed to making a difference.

Win Together | Raise the Bar | Got Your Back | Own It | Positive Impact

FanDuel is a leading force in the sports-tech entertainment industry, redefining how fans engage with their favourite sports, teams, and leagues. As the premier gaming destination in North America, FanDuel operates across multiple verticals, including sports betting, daily fantasy sports, online gaming, advance-deposit wagering, and media.

Exposure to emerging innovative technologies in business applications is an advantage!

What we're Looking For?

We are looking for a passionate and adaptable software engineer who enjoys solving problems, writing clean and reliable code, and continuously learning. You will be part of a cross-functional team developing distributed, high-performance systems that power our large-scale, real-time products.

The ideal candidate will bring a strong technical foundation, a collaborative mindset, and the curiosity to grow their skills further. You take ownership of your work, care about writing maintainable code, and are proactive in improving software quality and team practices. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, contribute to technical discussions, and work closely with engineers across teams to deliver exceptional solutions for our customers.

This position involves working within a cross-skilled development team, and having regular contact with teams looking after other aspects of Fanduel products & tools.

What will you do?

• You write simple and extendable code following our standards and best practices. You test your code thoroughly. You help balance customer requirements with the team requirements.
• You help your team evolve by actively participating in the code review process, design discussions, team planning, and support ticket reviews.
• You take on small projects and make software enhancements that improve the team software and processes.
• You work to resolve the root cause of complex problems, leaving software better and easier to maintain than when you found it.
• You estimate stories/tasks accurately and deliver them in time. You keep yourself up to date with industry tools, utilities, and open-source frameworks.
• You write technical documentation that shares knowledge effectively.
• You support your software as part of an on-call rotation.

Desired Experience & Qualifications:

Essential:

• Proven experience writing distributed, highly scalable, and available backend systems & APIs using Java SE and/or Java EE: beans, concurrency, transactions, I/O, servlets, messaging, application monitoring, ORM (Hibernate, JPA);
• Knowledge of release process best practices for APIs and services within production systems - build tools (e.g. BuildKite, Maven, Gradle), version control (e.g. git) and continuous integration systems (e.g. Jenkins).
• Experience working with cloud-based infrastructure and technologies, preferably AWS.
• A fundamental understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Hands-on experience with unit testing/mocking frameworks (e.g. junit, mockito).
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
• Demonstrated abilities driving operational excellence and software best practices.
• Experience with testing concepts, test tools, and integrating testing and best practices in the SDLC
• Desire to learn and develop your skills through a growth mindset
• Passion for working within a fast-paced environment and can adapt to change

Desirable:

• Experience with using AI coding assistants and agentic models such as CoPilot, Cursor in a business setting
• Exposure to Linux operating systems.
• Experience using non relational databases (e.g. MongoDB, Redis, Couchbase).
• Familiarity with AWS / Cloud Computing (e.g. S3, SQS, SNS);
• Experience with analysis & monitoring tools (e.g. DataDog, NewRelic);
• Contact with messaging technologies (e.g. RabbitMQ, Kafka);
• Container experience (e.g. Docker);
• Knowledge of caching systems (e.g. Redis);
• Understanding of the full development cycle and some experience of Agile development methodologies and supporting tools e.g. JIRA, Confluence.

Benefits:

• Hybrid & remote working options
• €1,000 per year for self-development
• Company share scheme
• 25 days of annual leave per year
• 20 days per year to work abroad
• 5 personal days/year
• Flexible benefits: travel, sports, hobbies
• Extended health, dental and travel insurances
• Customized well-being programmes
• Career growth sessions
• Thousands of online courses through Udemy
• A variety of engaging office events

Disclaimer:

We are an inclusive employer. By embracing diverse experiences and perspectives, we create a lasting, positive impact for our employees, customers, and the communities we're part of. You don't have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role. If you need any adjustments to make this role work for you, let us know, and we'll see how we can accommodate them.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only the candidates who best meet the job requirements will be contacted for an interview.

By submitting your application online, you agree that your details will be used to progress your application for employment. If your application is successful, your details will be used to administer your personnel record. If your application is unsuccessful, we will retain your details for a period no longer than three years, to consider you for prospective roles within the company.