Senior Machine Learning Engineer, FinTech
DraftKings1 day ago
Boston, MA, USASenior
Base Salary
$134k - $168k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain ETL and feature engineering pipelines for risk and payment applications.
- Develop production machine learning systems from training and evaluation through deployment and monitoring.
- Partner with data scientists to productionize models within DraftKings’ decisioning systems.
- Build reliable, tested SQL-based data workflows supporting model training and deployment.
- Establish observability for data quality, model drift, and service reliability.
- Participate in code reviews, design discussions, incident response, on-call rotations, and post-incident reviews.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to shared tooling, documentation, and process improvements.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience writing production Python applications and working with structured data, SQL, and data modeling.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals, including object-oriented design, testing, and version control.
- Familiarity with MLOps frameworks, model registries, orchestration, and feature stores.
- Experience building or maintaining data and feature pipelines in a data-heavy environment.
- Understanding of the machine learning lifecycle, including feature engineering, training, and model serving.
- Ability to debug production issues across data, model, and infrastructure layers.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills with the ability to translate technical solutions into operational outcomes.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related technical field; a master’s degree is preferred.
- Applicants may be required to obtain a gaming license from the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment.
Benefits
- Full-time position with bonus, equity, and benefits as applicable.
- US base salary range of 134,400.00 USD to 168,000.00 USD.
- Gaming-license guidance and support when relevant to the role.
Categories
Data EngineeringML Engineering
About DraftKings
DraftKings builds consumer platforms for daily fantasy sports, online sports betting, and real-money casino games in regulated markets. It generates revenue from wagers, fantasy contest entry fees, and casino gameplay, delivered via mobile and web apps. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Boston, the company is publicly traded on NASDAQ and operates across many U.S. states and Ontario.