FanDuel - Software Engineering Director

• We don’t expect you necessarily to have all of these to apply but they all count. • 10+ years in a software role, with 5+ years leading engineering teams. Experience leading other managers. • A track record of delivering and running high-volume transactional systems where correctness, money and customer trust are all at stake, ideally in payments, financial services, identity or another regulated domain. • Experience with highly available, fault-tolerant systems under extreme, event-driven peak load, from design through to production support. • Experience building on third parties at scale, for example payment service providers, KYC and identity vendors or geolocation suppliers, including the operational and commercial realities of those relationships. • Comfortable working in a regulated environment, where auditability, evidence and data boundaries shape the design. • Experience with observability and with using data and KPIs to make engineering decisions and to hold a domain to a measurable standard of availability and performance. • Deep experience in modern back-end languages, functional and object-oriented, including Java, and with cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS), containers and orchestration. • Hands-on understanding of AI-assisted software development, with a considered view of where it belongs in the lifecycle, where it does not, and what a regulated environment allows it to touch. • Experience defining and implementing software delivery practices and agile methods, with evidence of improving delivery pace while maintaining quality. • Experience supporting software systems in production, including on-call, with a sustained focus on improving their stability, availability and performance. • Experience delivering technology solutions with partner development teams through near-shore, off-shore or third-party arrangements. • Experience designing and delivering technology for consumer-facing products in a fast-moving, ambiguous and closely scrutinised environment. • Experience defining and executing a strategic technical vision, and the communication skills to carry it with engineers and executives alike. • Degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience. • We treat our team right • Competitive compensation is just the beginning. As part of our team, you can expect: • An exciting and fun environment committed to driving real growth • Opportunities to build really cool products that fans love • Mentorship and professional development resources to help you refine your game • Flexible vacation allowance to let you refuel • Hall of Fame benefit programs and platforms