Senior Software Engineer

The Crown Is Yours

At DraftKings, our Marketing Platform Engineering team is at the heart of delivering personalized, real-time, and data-driven marketing experiences to millions of our customers. We build and maintain the systems that drive our campaigns, promotions, targeting, and customer engagement across multiple channels and products. As a Senior Software Engineer on this team, you'll help shape the next generation of our MarTech infrastructure by building scalable systems and automating our marketing stack.

What You'll Do As A Senior Software Engineer

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services that power personalized marketing experiences for millions of DraftKings customers.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Data Scientists, Data Analysts, and Marketing stakeholders to implement systems that tailor campaigns and content to customer preferences.
• Lead initiatives to modernize and automate our internal MarTech stack, increasing efficiency and innovation velocity.
• Own services deployed in a cloud-native environment, ensuring reliability, performance, and maintainability at scale.
• Contribute to system architecture and design discussions with a focus on scalability, performance, and fault tolerance.
• Write clean, maintainable code, and participate in code reviews to uphold high engineering standards.
• Mentor junior engineers and lead by example in technical design, development, and cross-functional collaboration.

What You'll Bring

• 3+ years of experience working in an object-oriented programming language such as Java or C#.
• 3+ years of experience working with both relational and NoSQL databases.
• Hands-on experience with JavaScript and front-end integration (experience with React or similar frameworks is a plus).
• 3+ years of experience building, deploying, and operating systems in a cloud environment (AWS, GCP, or Azure preferred).
• A strong understanding of distributed systems, performance optimization, and scalability challenges.
• Experience working in a fast-paced Agile environment and collaborating across multiple teams.
• Passion for data-driven decision-making, marketing automation, and personalization technologies.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.

Join Our Team

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.