Responsibilities
- Build and improve backend services supporting reliable, scalable customer sessions.
- Develop well-structured backend code using Java or similar object-oriented languages.
- Build and maintain APIs, services, and database-backed functionality for high-volume traffic.
- Test changes and improve service reliability, observability, and supportability.
- Participate in code reviews, design discussions, planning sessions, and team ceremonies.
- Investigate bugs and support issues, identify root causes, and implement improvements.
- Collaborate with engineers, product partners, and stakeholders to improve session-management reliability and performance.
- Maintain technical documentation for service operation and support.
Requirements
- Some experience building backend software through work, internships, placements, bootcamps, university projects, or personal projects.
- Understanding of Java or a similar object-oriented programming language and interest in backend services and APIs.
- Familiarity with databases and SQL, including interest in data modeling, performance, and scaling.
- Awareness of common data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
- Interest in distributed systems, reliability, monitoring, and high-traffic backend systems in production.
- Understanding of testing basics and willingness to write tests during everyday development.
- Familiarity with cloud technologies, containers, or CI/CD is helpful but not required.
- Ability to collaborate in a team, ask questions, receive feedback, and learn from others.
- Practical problem-solving approach and desire to improve code and documentation.
Benefits
- Remote-first working arrangement.
- Generous paid leave and flexible holiday policy.
- Supportive manager, defined career pathways, learning opportunities, and 10% of work time dedicated to learning.
- Salary, bonus, pension, private healthcare, and share save scheme are included in the financial package.
- Autonomy and ownership of work in a trust-based environment.
- Opportunities to work on customer-facing products at scale and broaden technical skills.
About FanDuel
FanDuel Group is an innovative sports-tech entertainment company that is changing the way consumers engage with their favorite sports, teams, and leagues. The premier gaming destination in the North America, FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across gaming, sports betting, daily fantasy sports, advance-deposit wagering, and TV/media, including FanDuel, Stardust Casino and TVG. The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Jersey City, as well as global offices in Canada and Scotland. The company’s affiliates have offices worldwide, including in Ireland, Portugal, Romania, and Australia. FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, 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). Learn more about what we do at: https://www.fanduel.com/about https://twitter.com/FanDuel https://twitter.com/FDsportsbook https://twitter.com/FanDuelCasino https://www.facebook.com/fanduel/ https://www.instagram.com/fanduel/ https://instagram.com/FDsportsbook/ https://www.youtube.com/FanDuel