AI Platform Backend Engineer - Build Scalable AI Services

DraftKings Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 140.000 - 200.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

DraftKings Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer on the AI Platform team to design and build backend systems powering AI-driven experiences across the organization.

You’ll own services end to end—from rapid iteration to long-term reliability—while bringing modern AI capabilities to production. This is a highly collaborative role, combining strong software engineering fundamentals with clear technical communication.

Qualifikationen

• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in Python, TypeScript, or C#.
• Experience designing, building, and operating production-grade services.
• Solid understanding of modern AI system fundamentals (RAG, agents, LLM tools).
• Practical knowledge of vector databases, similarity search, and retrieval optimization.
• Familiarity with APIs, microservices, and event-driven architecture.
• Strong focus on testing, observability, and performance for backend systems.
• Familiarity with low-code/no-code automation tools (such as n8n).
• Ability to thrive in a high-ownership, fast-paced environment.

Aufgaben

• Design, build, and maintain backend systems, APIs, and automation workflows that power AI-driven applications on a high-volume platform.
• Develop custom integrations and connectors between internal services and external APIs.
• Build and operate enterprise knowledge systems — similarity search, vector databases, and retrieval pipelines — that power RAG and agent-based applications.
• Improve the reliability, performance, and scalability of automation and workflow systems.
• Implement observability, logging, alerting, and business metrics to measure system behavior and continuously improve it.
• Contribute to platform tooling using both full-code solutions and workflow automation platforms such as n8n.
• Deliver clean, testable, production-ready code, with clear documentation and operational guides.
• Communicate technical concepts effectively to both engineering and non-engineering audiences.

Kenntnisse

2+ years experience

Python

TypeScript

C#

Production-grade services

AI system fundamentals

Vector databases

APIs & microservices

Observability & testing

n8n low-code tooling

High-ownership & pace

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

n8n

Vector databases

Jobbeschreibung

DraftKings Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer on the AI Platform team to design and build backend systems powering AI-driven experiences across the organization.

You’ll own services end to end—from rapid iteration to long-term reliability—while bringing modern AI capabilities to production. This is a highly collaborative role, combining strong software engineering fundamentals with clear technical communication.