Senior Platform Engineer

At DraftKings, AI is becoming an integral part of both our present and future, powering how work gets done today, guiding smarter decisions, and sparking bold ideas. It's transforming how we enhance customer experiences, streamline operations, and unlock new possibilities. Our teams are energized by innovation and readily embrace emerging technology. We're not waiting for the future to arrive. We're shaping it, one bold step at a time. To those who see AI as a driver of progress, come build the future together.
The Crown Is Yours
As a Senior Platform Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our engineering platform. You'll join one of our foundational Platform Engineering teams, dedicated to building and refining tools that power development across the company. As we scale rapidly, your work will drive essential features, optimize existing systems, and ensure our infrastructure meets the highest standards for performance and reliability. You'll have the opportunity to solve complex challenges, build scalable systems, and drive automation across a rapidly growing engineering organization.
What You'll Do

• Contribute to the full development lifecycle-from design to implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Write clean, efficient, and scalable code in C# and .NET Core, applying best practices for maintainability and performance.
• Build and enhance platform infrastructure through software development, enabling reliable and efficient engineering workflows.
• Apply GitOps methodologies to streamline deployment processes and manage infrastructure as code.
• Operate and optimize Kubernetes-based infrastructure, automating deployments using Helm Charts.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver solutions that support business and technical goals.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor junior engineers, contributing to the growth of team capabilities.
• Champion platform reliability and scalability through thoughtful architecture, tooling, and automation.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
• At least 3 years of professional software development experience, with hands-on proficiency in C# and .NET Core.
• Experience building and maintaining distributed systems and microservice architectures.
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills, especially in complex, distributed environments.
• Solid experience with Kubernetes and containerization technologies.
• Deep understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and modern deployment strategies like canary and blue-green deployments.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or Google Cloud Platform.
• Knowledge of GitOps practices and infrastructure automation tools.
• Experience writing and executing performance tests using tools such as K6, Gatling, Locust, JMeter, or similar technologies is considered an advantage.
• Familiarity with observability platforms such as Datadog and the ELK stack is a plus.

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We're a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. As a regulated gaming company, you may be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment. Don't worry, we'll guide you through the process if this is relevant to your role.