ABOUT FANDUEL

FanDuel Group (“FanDuel") 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 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.

FanDuel 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).

THE ROSTER
At 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 into 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.

THE POSITION
Our roster has an opening with your name on it

As a Software Engineering Director in our Account vertical you’ll be managing and working closely with our engineers on a day-to-day basis to support and mentor them as they tackle tough technical challenges. You’ll help find opportunities focused on providing the best employee experience while balancing delivery of capabilities that work at scale. You’ll own your software, helping define solutions to problems while mitigating long-term risks. You’ll raise and help mitigate blockers while providing status updates to leadership. 

 

THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play

Manage multiple software development teams where the overall business opportunity or strategy may not yet be defined. Produce and deliver a strategic, technical vision identifying gaps in ownership and negotiating who’ll own them going forward. Work with our technical experts to take advantage of opportunities to re-use technology whether internal to Flutter Group or vendor offerings or build in-house to secure our competitive advantage. Proactively identify technology gaps and opportunities, mitigate risks created through complexity (technical and regulatory). Ensure the right people are in the right job through creating leadership opportunities, hiring, performance management, and generally caring about your team. Partner with commercial and product stakeholders to build and balance backlogs and roadmaps for our products. To advocate, own and drive predictability through Operational Excellence and transparency through data and KPIs. Establishing baseline measures for quality, performance, scale and operational efficacy. Responsible for ensuring effective operational support in conjunction with all partners integrated with our IT Operations support organization and customer support. Liaising with partners and regulatory bodies to establish and follow an effective release process. The ability to delivery architecturally sound solutions in the absence of a highly experienced individual contributor. Communicating and driving strategic initiatives (3–5-year horizons). You’ll exhibit best behavior and exemplify our company behaviors. Responsible for expenditure and ensuring you spend money effectively recognizing areas of savings or waste.

 

THE STATS
What we're looking for in our next teammate

10+ Years in a software role with 5+ years managing SE team(s). Ideally some experience managing managers. Experience designing and delivering technology solutions for consumer facing products in a high energy, ambiguous and scrutinized environment. Previous hands-on experience developing highly available, fault tolerant, resilient applications and transactional platforms from requirements gathering to delivery and support. Experience defining and implementing software delivery best practices, agile delivery methodologies and proven track-record of continuously improving delivery pace while maintaining quality. Experience supporting software systems in production including on-call support with a relentless focus on improving the stability, availability and performance of those systems. Delivery of technology solutions working with partner development teams via near-shoring/off-shoring or 3rd party development. Experience managing managers. Experience defining and executing a strategic vision. Experience of writing distributed highly scalable and available backend systems & APIs.

 

PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right

From 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:

An exciting and fun environment committed to driving real growth Opportunities to build really cool products that fans love Career and professional development resources to help you refine your game plan for owning and driving your career and development Be well, save well and live well - with FanDuel Total Rewards your benefits are one highlight reel after another

FanDuel 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.  Having a diverse and inclusive workforce is a core value that we believe makes FanDuel stronger and more competitive as One Team!

The applicable salary range for this position is $184,000 - $242,000, which is dependent on a variety of factors including relevant experience, location, business needs and market demand. This role may offer the following benefits: medical, vision, and dental insurance; life insurance; disability insurance; a 401(k) matching program; among other employee benefits. This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses and stock program participation. This role includes paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays. FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.

 

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