Senior Backend Engineer - Remote, Scalable APIs

DraftKings; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote role

Job summary

DraftKings is seeking a backend engineer to design and operate scalable services and APIs that support high-volume, real-time product experiences. You’ll own services across their lifecycle, from initial design and feature delivery through production support, while helping the team maintain quality and reliability in a continuously operating environment.

Join a team that values robust architecture, automated testing, and mentoring colleagues to promote best practices.

Qualifications

• CS degree or relevant combination of education, experience and training.
• At least three years of professional object-oriented backend development using C# or Java.
• Deep knowledge of object-oriented principles, design patterns, and backend architecture.
• Experience designing distributed systems in cloud environments such as AWS or Google Cloud.
• Strong capability in automated unit, integration, and performance testing for backend services.
• Experience mentoring other engineers through reviews and collaborative debugging.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable backend systems and APIs for high-traffic apps.
• Deliver production-ready features while balancing speed and reliability.
• Own services from design through maintenance and performance improvements.
• Investigate and resolve production incidents and drive systemic improvements.
• Optimize services for high traffic, low latency, real-time demands.
• Collaborate with product/engineering partners and mentor colleagues.

Skills

Backend development

OO design

Mentoring

Performance testing

Education

Computer science degree or equivalent

Tools

C#

Java

AWS

Google Cloud

Unit testing

Integration testing

Job description

DraftKings is seeking a backend engineer to design and operate scalable services and APIs that support high-volume, real-time product experiences. You’ll own services across their lifecycle, from initial design and feature delivery through production support, while helping the team maintain quality and reliability in a continuously operating environment.

Join a team that values robust architecture, automated testing, and mentoring colleagues to promote best practices.