Principal Software Engineer

November 9

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DraftKings Inc.

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Fantasy Sports • Web Based Software Engineering • Gaming • sports betting • analytics

1001 - 5000

Description

• Develop high-level product specifications with attention to system integration and feasibility. • Oversee the progress of development teams to ensure consistency with the initial design. • Ensure software meets all requirements of quality, security, modifiability, extensibility, etc. • Define and prioritize the backlog for several Platform teams (consisting of Software and DevOps Engineers). • Effectively communicate the business value of our solutions, such as improved developer efficiency, reduced time to market, or lower costs. • Champion our DevOps culture, leading the adoption of Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD tools, infrastructure as code, and automated testing into the development lifecycle.

Requirements

• Prior technical leadership experience in any of the following roles: Architect, Tech Lead, or Team Lead. • An ability to set and drive the big-picture strategy while also offering detailed technical guidance to the team. • Excellent organizational and communication skills, including translating ambiguous inputs from multiple stakeholders into actionable plans, delivering presentations, and explaining and documenting complex technical decisions in an easy-to-understand way. • Expertise in one or more programming languages (C#, Go, TS, JS). • Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD platforms. • Experience with cloud-based or hybrid architectures - we use AWS and GCP. • Prior experience as a DevOps, SRE, or Technical Product Owner is a plus. • Proficiency in any of the following technologies is a plus: GitOps (Flux), Terraform, Kong, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Vault, Grafana, DataDog, ELK, Jenkins, AI (LLMs).