AI-Driven Software Architect — Scalable Trading Platforms

DraftKings Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 185,000 - 232,000; Full time

Job summary

DraftKings is seeking a Software Architect to design and scale the systems powering world-class digital experiences. You will shape architectural decisions while staying close to the code, ensuring platforms are resilient, performant, and adaptable as the company evolves.

You’ll work across Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, and Platform teams to elevate standards at scale. You’ll own the DKExchange domain—market data, order entry and matching, and AI tooling integration—building scalable,

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and evolving large-scale distributed systems in production.
• Experience with high-volume transactional or event-driven systems; exchanges or financial systems are a plus.
• Strong knowledge of messaging/streaming systems; Kafka is a strong advantage.
• Proficiency in microservices, containerization, and orchestration; Go and .NET/C# stacks.
• Experience with regulated environments: auditability, data sensitivity, and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve architectural solutions that improve performance, scalability, reliability, and day-to-day operations.
• Own the technical roadmap for the exchange, and produce architecture and design for major initiatives.
• Maintain shared foundations—core patterns, system boundaries, and data contracts—clearly documented for teams and AI tools.
• Drive consistency in technologies and patterns across the exchange’s services.
• Mentor engineers on architecture and AI tooling; lead design reviews and influence decisions across teams.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Microservices architecture

Go & C#/.NET

AI tooling in production

System scalability

Observability tooling

CI/CD & IaC

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical leadership

Mentoring engineers

Tools

Kafka

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Cloud platforms

gRPC/Protobuf

Job description

DraftKings is seeking a Software Architect to design and scale the systems powering world-class digital experiences. You will shape architectural decisions while staying close to the code, ensuring platforms are resilient, performant, and adaptable as the company evolves.

You’ll work across Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, and Platform teams to elevate standards at scale. You’ll own the DKExchange domain—market data, order entry and matching, and AI tooling integration—building scalable,