Software Engineer, Full Stack Developer, Backend Developer

THE POSITIONOur roster has an opening with your name on it

We're looking for passionate & experienced technologists, strong communicators, and those with a commitment to continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will have the confidence to propose pragmatic solutions to complex problems and be eager to learn from and educate others as a Software Engineer working

for our Sports book domain, you are able to take defined designs and turn them into secure, stable, testable, maintainable code with minimal defects.

You will be working Fan Duel Sports book application, providing our customers with a best-in-class experience. You'll play a pivotal part in making our platform highly usable and will write clear, scalable, and high-quality code. You will work continuously to improve architecture and processes to improve quality and efficiency. 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.

THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play

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 are proficient in a broad range of design approaches and know when it is appropriate to use them and when it is not. Your solutions are pragmatic.

You consider the legacy of the code you produce and write code that an Engineer unfamiliar with the system can understand. 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).
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 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.
You estimate stories/tasks accurately and deliver them in time.
You keep yourself up to date with market standards, open-source frameworks.
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

THE STATS
What we're looking for in our next teammate

Required
Degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
2+ years of software development experience building and maintaining mobile applications using React and React Native.
Strong proficiency in JavaScript/Type Script and core web technologies (HTML and CSS).
Experience delivering high-quality user interfaces with attention to performance, accessibility, and responsive design.
Experience working with Node.js services, ideally using a backend-for-frontend (BFF) pattern.
A solid understanding of data structures and algorithms.
Experience translating requirements into thoughtful design and delivering maintainable, testable code.
Familiarity with modern development workflows including Git/Github, pull requests, and code reviews.
Experience working with CI/CD pipelines, preferably Jenkins or Build Kite.
Experience working with cloud-based infrastructure, preferably AWS, including API Gateway and serverless patterns (e.g. Lambda).
Experience working with SQL databases.
Familiarity with container-based development (e.g. Docker) and a basic understanding of container orchestration concepts (e.g.…