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Who are we?

We are DraftKings. We’re inspired by our shared passion for developing creative solutions to complex challenges and empowering the people around us to do their best work. We are industry leaders in the digital entertainment and technology space propelled by constant curiosity and diverse perspectives.

Our teams are fueled by innovation. We are looking ahead, building what’s next, and continuously reinventing the industry. We’re a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston, with teams around the world and an expanding global presence.

In April 2020, we combined with SBTech, award-winning sports betting product provider, to create the only vertically integrated pure-play sports betting and online gaming company based in the United States.

Your role:

The Lead Software Engineer will be part of the Platform Unit and will lead a small team of developers and Automation QAs who will implement rule-based business cases for our new real time fraud detection. The position is combination of leadership and hands-on development that contributes to our already existing distributed processing engine by using Apache Flink which can processes tons of data and produces instructions to alert in case of fraudulent activity. Qualified indivituals will have a solid background in designing, implementing and delivering of such products to our customers.

Sounds good to you? Join us.

What you’ll do as a Lead Software Engineer?

• Lead the implementation and support of technical solutions
• Manage your team’s software development life cycle — requirements gathering, planning, architectural design, implementation, code review, testing and deployment
• Adhere to quality standards and working procedures
• Initiate improvements and adjust development methodology
• Distribute expertise and skills amongst teammates
• Support and evolve the technical documentation
• Ensure and provision the quality of the developed solutions on production

REQUIREMENTS

• 6+ years of experience in designing commercial software products
• 5 + Experience with Java or/and Scala
• 1+ years of experience as a Technical Team Leader or similar position
• Good knowledge of data structures and algorithms
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Experience handling large data sets
• Knowledge and experience in distributed systems is considered a plus
• Knowledge of any distributed stream processing frameworks is regarded as a plus (Spark, Storm, Flink is a huge plus)
• Knowledge in Confluent platform – Kafka, Schema registry
• Knowledge of one or more non-relational data stores – key/value, columnar, document (Redshift, Cassandra is a plus)
• Fluent in English

WHY JOIN OUR DREAM TEAM?

We strive to create a place where all feel safe, empowered, engaged, championed, and inspired. DraftKings is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. This means we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of your gender identity, race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, or status as an individual with a disability.

THE COMPANY OFFERS EXCELLENT BENEFITS

• Being a part of an international team focused on excellence in product development
• Very good remuneration
• Comprehensive health insurance + Multisport card
• Monthly parking coverage OR Public transport card
• Team building and fun activities
• High and modern office facilities
• Dynamic and friendly work environment
• Open and transparent communication
• Long term career growth opportunities
• Professional growth, extra education opportunities and cross-location knowledge sharing
• English classes
• Fruits and snacks at the office