Software Engineer - Java

About Fan Duel

Fan Duel Group ("Fan Duel") 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, Fan Duel consists of a portfolio of leading brands across gaming, sports betting, daily fantasy sports, advance‑deposit wagering, and TV/media.

Fan Duel has a presence across all 50 states with approximately 17 million customers and 28 retail locations. Fan Duel is based in New York with offices in New Jersey, Georgia, California, Oregon, Canada and Scotland. Its networks Fan Duel TV and Fan Duel+ are broadly distributed on linear cable television and through its relationships with leading direct‑to‑consumer over‑the‑top platforms.

Fan Duel 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).

We are looking for passionate 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. As a Software Engineer you will work in empowered, multidisciplinary teams, autonomously tackling complex challenges that provide the very best experiences and products for a growing community of millions of players.

You use technology to solve straightforward problems, seeking input and guidance from team members. You may create or have responsibility to improve or invent small tools or applications. You can take defined design and turn it into code and deliver it on schedule, applying appropriate technologies and current software engineering best practices. You write secure, stable, testable, maintainable code with minimal defects.

You are proficient in a broad range of data structures and algorithms, knowing when it is appropriate to use them and when it is not. You make appropriate implementation trade‑off decisions. You participate in team design, scoping and prioritization discussions, seek to learn the business context and technologies behind your team's software, work effectively with other team members, identify any opportunities/problems arising from technical decisions, and invent, refine and develop your solutions to ensure they are meeting customer needs and team goals.

You are a passionate advocate for your customer.

The Responsible Gaming team’s mission is to create a best‑in‑class regulatory experience for our customers. We do this by working with internal stakeholders and our Regulatory Partners to build scalable, flexible solutions that satisfy regulatory requirements in jurisdictions across the US and Canada. We strive to build internal tools that have clear contracts and are easy to integrate with to enable teams across Fan Duel’s portfolio.

• You own parts of product and technology and strive to become a subject matter expert.
• You write simple and extendable code following standards and best practices. You test your code thoroughly.
• You write code that captures the essential nature of the solution and is appropriately flexible, reusable, efficient, and adaptable to changing requirements.
• You ensure high code quality in code reviews and adopt approaches (e.g., set up best practices and coding standards, help resolve differences of opinion) to foster an effective and collaborative code review culture.
• You independently design software components in well‑scoped scenarios with simplicity and maintenance as key considerations. Your components are testable, debuggable, and have logical APIs that are not easily misused.
• You know when to make significant refactors and when it’s better to leave things as‑is.
• You help your team evolve by actively participating in the code review process, design discussions, team planning, and support ticket reviews.
• You clearly document your software to ensure that future generations of developers understand the intention behind the features and components you build.
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