Senior Backend Engineer for High-Performance Trading

MFS Investments

Boston (MA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 149,000

Full time

48 hours ago

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DraftKings in Boston seeks a Senior Software Engineer to build the backend powering DraftKings Exchange, a new market at the intersection of tech, finance, and entertainment. You’ll develop backend services that require speed, reliability, and scalability in a fast-moving environment.

Join an early team with influence over architecture and engineering standards. You will collaborate with Product, Data, Trading Ops, and Engineering to deliver features that enhance the exchange experience and

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or any relevant combination of education, experience, and training.
At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience building and operating backend systems in production environments.
Demonstrated expertise developing applications and services in C#/.NET.
A track record of designing and building distributed systems that prioritize scalability, resiliency, and performance.
Strong understanding of concurrency, asynchronous processing, and system design principles for high-throughput applications.
Experience working with cloud-native architectures, microservices, APIs, and modern infrastructure platforms.
Proficiency with both relational and NoSQL database technologies.
Knowledge of performance optimization techniques, monitoring strategies, and operational best practices for mission-critical systems.
Experience building financial exchanges, trading platforms, market infrastructure, or other high-frequency transaction systems is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain highly scalable backend services that power critical financial exchange functionality.
Develop distributed systems capable of supporting high-volume, low-latency transaction processing and real-time market activity.
Partner with Product, Data, Trading Ops, and Engineering teams to deliver new features and capabilities that enhance the exchange experience.
Contribute to the architecture and evolution of core platform services, ensuring performance, resiliency, and operational excellence.
Optimize system performance through thoughtful design, profiling, testing, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Establish engineering best practices through code reviews, technical mentorship, and collaborative problem-solving.
Identify and resolve complex production challenges while improving observability, monitoring, and system reliability.