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

We’re looking for passionate & experienced 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.

We are looking for an exceptional Staff Site Reliability Engineer to deliver game-changing improvements for FanDuel and to help our systems to become even more resilient.

 

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

Take active part in the production problem root cause investigation, identification, and resolution (where necessary); Maintain, improve and troubleshoot our core systems used by several teams, some of those are AWS, Storm, Nimbus, Kafka, Zookeeper, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, ActiveMQ, Brooklin, etc.; Preventive monitoring; Define, implement and maintain Service Level Objectives (SLOs) Iteratively improve monitoring & alerting Reduce Toil; Reduce or eliminate manual/repetitive tasks Improving the resilience and reliability of the systems to reduce or eliminate manual intervention on service recovery Design, develop and/or implement tools that will help the team(s) to perform their work more efficiently; Contribute to planning and development of our technological stack; Team player on an Agile team, working together to keep delivering at pace, scale and with demanded quality to support our products;

 

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

Degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent work experience Familiar with SRE and DevOps methodologies Good Linux systems administration & Networking knowledge Experience on configuration management tools like Ansible or Chef Ability to debug and optimize code on at least one of the following programming languages: Python, Golang, Ruby or Scala Familiar with CD/CI pipelines comprising Jenkins, Git, Artifactory, Go, Ansible, and more Technical experience in managing a highly available and highly scalable public /private cloud environment (e.g. AWS, OpenStack, Azure) Nice to have hands-on knowledge of container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes, Openshift); Own the infrastructure platform technical strategy. Work closely with the development teams and principal engineers ensuring great collaboration is taking place across the whole technology team supporting and improving CI/CD. Working with other engineers, providing the knowledge to deliver a smooth automation process from the start to the end of the project lifecycle. Advocate software development best practices. You will be a passionate technologist who is excited about automation and engineering, and building future proof production reliable platforms.  Identify and measure a set of key reliability metrics to help them pinpoint the most important tasks and identify weak areas. These metrics include SLA’s, SLI’s and SLO’s. System provisioning and automation, monitoring, metrics, scalability, security and hardening. Excellent communicator, common sense and a passion for the art of problem-solving.

 

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 $158,000 - $210,000, 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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