Software Engineer

FanDuel; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Hybrid Edinburgh office 2 days a week

Generous leave policy

Private healthcare

Pension

Share save scheme

Flexible working

Holiday policy

Job summary

FanDuel is seeking a Software Engineer to join our Trust & Safety team within the CPE Platform, working across Core Products and Experiences. You will contribute to building reliable, engaging software and collaborate with multidisciplinary peers in a hybrid Edinburgh role.

You will work on React-based Responsible Gaming tools and backend Java services to process signals at scale, participate in reviews, and improve documentation while supporting a healthy work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with React and frontend tooling.
• Proficiency in Java or a similar OOP language.
• Familiarity with databases and SQL.
• Understanding of data structures and software design principles.
• Interest in platform integrity, fraud detection, or compliance systems is a plus.
• Experience with distributed systems and scalable services.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies, containers, or CI/CD is helpful.
• Willingness to write tests as part of daily work.
• Strong collaboration and communication within a team.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Trust & Safety to build Responsible Gaming tools.
• Develop and maintain React-based tooling and interfaces.
• Write clear backend services and APIs in Java.
• Ensure APIs and services scale to high traffic.
• Contribute to code reviews, planning, and team ceremonies.
• Investigate issues and implement practical fixes.
• Keep documentation up to date.
• Partner with product, ops, and compliance stakeholders.

Skills

Hands-on React experience

Java programming

Databases & SQL

Distributed systems knowledge

Testing basics & TDD

Cloud, containers & CI/CD

Team collaboration & communication

Problem solving & judgement

Tools

React tooling

APIs & microservices

SQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

The Position

We're looking for a Software Engineer to join our Trust & Safety team within the CPE Platform vertical, working across Core Products and Experiences. In this role, you’ll contribute to a multidisciplinary team building reliable, engaging products for millions of players. You’ll bring some hands‑on engineering experience, a practical approach to solving problems, and a willingness to learn from and support others. You’ll help deliver well‑structured software, take part in technical discussions, and contribute to documentation, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the team.

We are a growth company so there are plenty of opportunities for you to learn and grow with us, plus we have remote‑first working, you'll work from our office in Edinburgh two days a week. We also offer generous paid leave policy to enjoy your downtime. We're committed to making sure everyone who works here can maintain a healthy work/life balance.

Everyone on our team has a part to play

• You’ll work as part of our Trust & Safety team, helping build and improve Responsible Gaming tools.
• You’ll build and maintain React‑based Responsible Gaming tools
• You’ll write clear, maintainable backend code using Java, building APIs and services that process high‑volumes of signals, events, and enforcement actions
• You’ll help build and improve APIs, services, and database‑backed functionality that can handle high volumes of traffic reliably and at scale
• You’ll contribute to well‑scoped features, fixes, and improvements across the full stack with support from more experienced engineers
• You’ll test your changes carefully and look for simple ways to make our services more reliable, observable, and easier to support
• You’ll take part in code reviews, design discussions, planning sessions, and team ceremonies — asking questions and sharing ideas
• You’ll investigate bugs and support issues, working with the team to understand root causes and make practical improvements
• You’ll learn about scaling systems, databases, caching, and cloud infrastructure through hands‑on work with the team
• You’ll keep documentation up to date so others can understand how our services and tools work and how to support them
• You’ll collaborate closely with engineers, product partners, operations, and compliance stakeholders to deliver changes that improve the safety and integrity of our platform
• You’ll bring curiosity, humility, and a willingness to learn, while growing your engineering judgement and technical confidence over time

What We're Looking For In Our Next Teammate

• Hands‑on experience with React (or a similar component‑based frontend framework) and an interest in building clean, functional tooling and user‑facing interfaces
• An understanding of Java or a similar object‑oriented language, and an interest in developing backend services and APIs
• Familiarity with databases and SQL, with an interest in learning more about data modelling, performance, and scaling
• Awareness of common data structures, algorithms, and software design principles
• An interest in platform integrity, trust & safety, fraud detection, or compliance systems is a plus — but not required
• An interest in distributed systems, reliability, monitoring, and how high‑traffic systems operate in production
• Familiarity with cloud technologies, containers, or CI/CD is helpful, but not required
• An understanding of testing basics and a willingness to write tests as part of everyday development
• Comfortable working in a team environment — asking questions, receiving feedback, and learning from others
• A practical approach to problem solving and a desire to leave code and documentation clearer than you found it
• Enthusiasm for working on systems that protect customers and keep our platform fair and safe at scale

What You Can Expect

• Interesting work - working in a fast‑paced and ever‑changing industry, new problems and exciting solutions are never too far away. There are always opportunities to learn new skills and broaden your horizons
• A sense of achievement - Our teams own their own software and when that awesome new feature ships to users and the positive feedback starts rolling in, you can feel really proud of what you and your team created
• Personal development - clear and defined career pathways for every role at every level, a supportive manager, loads of learning opportunities and even 10% of your time to dedicate to your learning.
• Belonging - everyone at FanDuel works for each other, we win together, make mistakes together and have lots of fun doing it.
• Trust - A trusting work environment where productivity is valued above all else, giving you autonomy and ownership of your time and work
• Great financial package - Including salary, bonus, pension, private healthcare, share save scheme, flexible working & holiday policy along with a number of other benefits.

About Fanduel

FanDuel Group is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States and Canada. FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across mobile wagering including: America’s #1 Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook; its leading iGaming platform, FanDuel Casino; the industry’s unquestioned leader in horse racing and advance‑deposit wagering, FanDuel Racing; and its daily fantasy sports product.

In addition, FanDuel Group operates FanDuel TV, its broadly distributed linear cable television network and FanDuel TV+, its leading direct‑to‑consumer OTT platform. FanDuel Group has a presence across all 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

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).

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer. Diversity and inclusion in FanDuel means that we respect and value everyone as individuals. We don't tolerate bias, judgement or harassment. Our focus is on developing employees so that they reach their full potential.

FanDuel is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please email [e-mail].

The requirements listed in our job descriptions are guidelines, not hard and fast rules. You don’t have to satisfy every requirement or meet every qualification listed. If your skills are transferable and you are in the ballpark experience-wise, we'd love to speak to you!