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The premier gaming destination in the United States, FanDuel consists of a portfolio of leading brands across gaming, sports betting, daily fantasy sports, advance-deposit wagering, and TV/media. FanDuel has a presence across all 50 states with approximately 17 million customers and 28 retail locations. FanDuel is based in New York with offices in New Jersey , Georgia, California, Oregon, Canada and Scotland. Its networks FanDuel TV and FanDuel+ are broadly distributed on linear cable television and through its relationships with leading direct-to-consumer over-the-top platforms.\nFanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment plc, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).\nTHE ROSTER\nAt FanDuel, we give fans a new and innovative way to interact with their favorite games, sports and teams. We’re dedicated to building a winning team and we pride ourselves on being able to make every moment mean more, especially when it comes to your career. So, what does “winning” look like at FanDuel? It’s recognition for your hard-earned results, a culture that brings out your best work-and a roster full of talented coworkers. Make no mistake, we are here to win, but we believe in winning right. That means we’ll never compromise when it comes to looking out for our teammates. From creatives professionals to cutting edge technology innovators, FanDuel offers a wide range of career opportunities, best in class benefits, and the tools to explore and grow\ninto your best selves. At FanDuel, our principle of “We Are One Team” runs through all our offices across the globe, and you can expect to be a part of an exciting company with many opportunities to grow and be successful.\nTHE POSITION\nOur roster has an opening with your name on it\nWe’re looking for passionate 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, you will work in empowered, multidisciplinary teams,\nautonomously tackling complex challenges that provide the very best experiences and products for a growing community of millions of players.\nYou use technology to solve straightforward problems, seeking input and guidance from team members. You may create or have responsibility to improve or invent small tools or applications. You can take defined design and turn it into code and deliver it on schedule, applying appropriate technologies and current software engineering best practices. You write secure, stable, testable, maintainable code with minimal defects. You are proficient in a broad range of data structures and algorithms, knowing when it is appropriate to use them and when it is not. You make appropriate implementation trade-off decisions. You participate in team design, scoping and prioritization discussions. You seek to learn the business context and technologies behind your team's software. You work effectively with other team members & identify any opportunities/problems arising from technical decisions. You invent, refine and develop your solutions to ensure they\nare meeting customer needs and team goals. You are a passionate advocate for your customer.\nOur Responsbile Gaming team's mission is to create a best in class regulatory experience for our customers. We do this by working with internal stakeholders and our Regulatory Partners to build scalable, flexible solutions to satisfy regulatory requirements in jurisdictions across the US and Canada. We strive to build internal tools that have clear contracts and are easy to integrate with to enable teams across FanDuel’s portfolio.\nTHE GAME PLAN\nEveryone on our team has a part to play\nYou own parts of product and technology & strive to become a subject matter expert.\nYou write simple and extendable code following standards and best practices. You test your code thoroughly.\nI write code that captures the essential nature of the solution and is appropriately flexible, reusable, efficient, and adaptable to changing requirements.\nI ensure high code quality in code reviews. I adopt approaches (e.g. set up best practices and coding standards, help resolve differences of opinions) to foster an effective/collaborative code review culture.\nI am able to independently design software components in well scoped scenarios, with simplicity and maintenance as key considerations. My components are testable, debuggable and have logical APIs that are not easily misused.\nI know when to make significant refactors and when it’s better to leave things as-is.\nYou help your team evolve by actively participating in the code review process, design discussions, team planning, and support ticket reviews.\nYou clearly document your software to ensure that future generations of developers understand the intention behind the features and components you build.\nIn the event of a problem, you can troubleshoot and thoroughly resolve defects.\nYou provide excellent customer support.\nMost importantly, you are humble, pragmatic, self-managed, thirsty for knowledge, never satisfied and alwayschallenging the norm. Responsible for the state of the code you both inherit and producs\n\nTHE STATS\nWhat we’re looking for in our next teammate\nBA/BS degree in Computer Science or related software engineering field, or equivalent practical experience. 2+ years of relevant work experience.\nExperience and passion for writing highly scalable, fault tolerant and always available backend systems & APIs using Java\nGood grasp on relational, non-relational databases, messaging queues and handling concurrency\nUnderstanding of modern architectures, design patterns, and platform nuances\nKnowledge of release process best practices for APIs and services within production systems\nExperience working with cloud-based infrastructure and technologies, preferably AWS.\nExperience with testing concepts, test tools, and integrating testing and best practices in the SDLC\nStrong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.\nFamiliarity working in an Agile environment\nPassion for working within a fast-paced environment and can adapt to change\nPLAYER BENEFITS\nWe treat our team right\nFrom our many opportunities for professional development to our generous insurance and paid leave policies, we’re committed to making sure our employees get as much out of FanDuel as we ask them to give. Competitive compensation is just the beginning. As part of our team, you can expect:\nAn exciting and fun environment committed to driving real growth\nOpportunities to build really cool products that fans love\nMentorship and professional development resources to help you refine your game\nBe well, save well and live well - with FanDuel Total Rewards your benefits are one highlight reel after another\nFanDuel is an equal opportunities employer and we believe, as one of our principal states, “We Are One Team!” We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, Veteran status, or another other characteristic protected by state, local or federal law. We believe FanDuel is strongest and best able to compete if all employees feel valued, respected, and included. We want our team to include diverse individuals because diversity of thought, diversity of perspectives, and diversity of experiences leads to better performance. 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