Senior Software Engineer
Description
As a Senior Software Engineer you'll build scalable data-driven systems that power real-time experiences for millions of customers. From day one, you'll ship production-ready code, deliver features with speed and consistency, and own end-to-end services in a fast-moving, always-on environment. You'll work alongside passionate engineers, architects, and product leaders who value quality, speed, and impact. Your ideas will shape what comes next and your growth won't slow down.
Responsibilities
- Design and build internal tools and services in Python that surface engineering metrics and organizational insights.
- Lead the technical strategy for measuring AI impact across DraftKings Engineering tooling, data pipelines, and dashboards.
- Own features end-to-end — from requirements through deployment and observability.
- Partner with engineering leadership, data, and delivery teams to define what to measure and how to act on it.
- Set technical direction within your squad and contribute to cross-team architectural decisions.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code review, design feedback, and pairing.
Requirements
- 4+ years of software engineering experience (required)
- 3+ years in Python (required)
- Experience building internal tools, data pipelines, or analytics-adjacent services (required)
- Comfortable working with APIs, data stores, and dashboarding/visualization layers (required)
- Solid engineering fundamentals writing maintainable and tested code while thinking carefully about data modeling (required)
- Track record of owning and delivering complex projects with ambiguous requirements (required)
- Strong communication skills with the ability to translate fuzzy organizational questions into concrete technical solutions (required)
Benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits, including a fully paid medical plan.
- Free access to wellbeing programs such as free therapy sessions with Lyra Mental Health Solution, Lyra Employee Assistance Program, the Calm App, Virtual Yoga Classes, and many more.
- 14 weeks of 100% paid parental leave to all global team members.
- Workplace lactation support.
- A range of benefits that support family planning.
- Financial planning programs like Origin Financial.