Software Engineer

FanDuel•Jersey City, NJ

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

Our roster has an opening with your name on it We're growing our Trader Automation Engineering team that works on some of the coolest software in the industry - the systems that price betting markets for the major US sports! The team you will join works proactively with other teams across the organization to build best in class trader automation tooling, while proactively identifying opportunities for technical innovation within the Risk and Trading organization. Our stakeholders are the people who establish the odds and prices for the #1 sports book in America! As a Software Engineer within FanDuel’s Trading Solutions team, you will be an essential part of a cross functional agile team that directly impacts our business. You will work collaboratively with a team to implement creative, high-quality solutions, scope effort and timelines, and balance priorities of our stakeholders and engineering needs. This team will work closely to deliver exceptionally high-quality software, while taking pride and ownership in testing, deploying, monitoring, and maintaining that software. Our engineers own every part of the software delivery lifecycle. You will work directly with quantitative analysts and sports platform engineering teams at FanDuel to improve the user experience of our trading teams. You will go beyond the software developer role and will be called upon to identify opportunities yourself in the trader automation space to innovate through technology. In addition to the specific responsibilities outlined above, employees may be required to perform other such duties as assigned by the Company. This ensures operational flexibility and allows the Company to meet evolving business needs.

Requirements

Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering or related discipline.
3 or more years of industry experience in an Engineering field.
Proficient in building services with a modern OOP language (C# experience is required).
A fundamental understanding of data structures and algorithms.
Experience working with CI/CD pipeline tooling (BuildKite and GitHub Actions knowledge is beneficial).
Experience working with cloud-based infrastructure and technologies.
Experience interacting and designing relational databases.
Ability to document code, research, and designs clearly.
Proficiency in translating requirements into design and developing applications.
Understanding of containers (e.g. Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes).
Experience with unit testing, testing tools, integrating testing and best-quality practices into an SDLC.
Experience working in an Agile environment.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of infrastructure as code is nice to have, notably Terraform and Helm.
Experience with streaming technologies, like Kafka, is preferable.

Responsibilities

You are a significant and autonomous contributor.
Your work is consistently of high quality.
You solve difficult problems, applying appropriate technologies and best practices.
You work with your team to invent, design and build software that is stable and performant.
You limit the use of short-term workarounds.
You do things with the proper level of complexity the first time (or at least minimize incidental complexity).
You create flexible software without over-engineering.
You make appropriate trade-offs, re-use where possible, and are judicious about introducing dependencies.
You are efficient with resource usage (e.g., system hardware, database, memory/CPU, etc).
We are looking for engineers to actively engage in technical discussions, assist in designing and implementing solutions, and deliver constant improvements to our systems.
We want you to be excited about constantly learning and driving your professional development.
You work in project ideas with stakeholders, and peers
You own parts of product and technology & become subject matter experts
You write simple and extendable code following 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 ticket/metric/COE reviews
You classify, store, and handle data in accordance with FanDuel policies
You track security risks and mitigate and/or escalate them in a timely manner
You focus on operational excellence, constructively identifying problems and proposing solutions
You take on 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
On-call rotation where required. You provide excellent customer support
You keep yourself up to date with market standards, open-source frameworks
Creative problem-solving ability
A passion for learning and always getting better
Most importantly, you are; humble, pragmatic, self-managed, thirsty for knowledge, never satisfied and always challenging the norm. Responsible for the state of the code you both inherit and produce

Benefits

We offer amazing benefits above and beyond the basics.
We have an array of health plans to choose from (some as low as $0 per paycheck) that include programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits.
We offer generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave), annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities (based on performance), 401k with up to a 5% match, commuter benefits , pet insurance, and more - check out all our benefits here: FanDuel Total Rewards.
Benefits differ across location, role, and level.
FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer and we believe, as one of our principles states, “We are One Team!”. As such, 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 any 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.
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.
FanDuel is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please email [email protected].