Software Engineer, DraftKings

Account Platform

Salary not provided

Java

Junior, Mid and Senior level

Boston

Digital sports betting platform

Job no longer available

Digital sports betting platform

1001+ employees

B2CGamingGambling

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

Java

Junior, Mid and Senior level

Boston

1001+ employees

B2CGamingGambling

Company mission

DraftKings' mission is to provide sports fans with exciting and engaging sports entertainment, with skin in the game.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Experience across multiple courses where writing software is a primary element
Hands-on experience with Git in a shared repository
Comfort in picking up new languages and technologies quickly
Exposure to object-oriented languages (e.g. Java, C#)
Collaborative, team-based implementation, either in an internship or project setting
Experience writing unit tests

What the job involves

You will be developing systems and APIs that power a rich set of applications used by a large and passionate group of users every day
Care about agility as much as you care about scalability. We roll out products very quickly and are looking for a team that can pivot at a moment’s notice
Triage and debug software application issues
Work with modern technologies on scalable, reliable systems that people use in a 24/7 sports betting market
Contribute to production code immediately

Our take

DraftKings is a sports betting company. It allowing users to enter a wide variety of different fantasy and non-fantasy sport competitions. In 2021 the platform had 8+ million customers and was live in 12 U.S. states, there is good potential to enter 10+ other states where sports betting has recently been made legal.

The company's Sportsbook offers mobile and retail betting for major U.S. and international sports. There are leagues for fantasy football, baseball, basketball, hockey, golf, college football, and college basketball.

In 2021 DraftKings announced they plan on launching an NFT collectables marketplace where they will create sports and entertainment-themed collectibles. They are further hoping to make the purchase of NFTs simpler by allowing customers to buy in USD rather than cryptocurrency. Whilst it is a high risk, entering the NFT market could be massively profitable for the company.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

20% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.85)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Mar 2017

$118m

SERIES E

Sep 2016

$150m

SERIES E

Total funding: $633m

Company benefits

Vision and dental insurance
Flexible working hours
Equal opportunity employer
Work from home opportunities
Health insurance

Company HQ

Back Bay East, Boston, MA

Leadership

Jason Robins

(CEO)

Jason studied at Duke University before working for Capital One and Vistaprint for a combined 4 years. In 2012, they co-founded DraftKings as CEO.

Matt Kalish

(President)

Matt started their career at Fidelity Investments before spending a combined 6 years at Capital One and Vistaprint. In 2012 they left this CRM Marketing Manager role to found DraftKings.

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