Senior Frontend Engineer — Real-Time, Scalable UI Lead

DraftKings; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

DraftKings is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to lead the development of high-traffic user interfaces across our customer-facing products. You will own frontend architecture, drive performance, and collaborate with design, product, and engineering teams to deliver scalable, accessible experiences.

You will mentor engineers, participate in design reviews, and help shape the technical direction across squads while delivering fast iterations in a regulated gaming environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of frontend experience with modern frameworks (React, Vue, Angular).
• Strong JavaScript/HTML/CSS knowledge and browser performance focus.
• Experience delivering scalable, accessible UIs at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop performant, scalable frontend systems for real-time, high-traffic applications.
• Own core frontend architecture and champion code quality, performance, and accessibility.
• Ship production-grade code that improves user flows and cross‑platform stability.
• Lead design and code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and promote technical excellence.
• Collaborate across teams to translate business needs into intuitive features.
• Drive improvements in design systems, tooling, and frontend infrastructure.
• Investigate and resolve complex bugs and performance bottlenecks across browsers/devices.

Skills

React

Vue

Angular

JavaScript

HTML

CSS

Testing (unit/integration/E2E)

Code reviews

Mentoring

Performance

Job description

DraftKings is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to lead the development of high-traffic user interfaces across our customer-facing products. You will own frontend architecture, drive performance, and collaborate with design, product, and engineering teams to deliver scalable, accessible experiences.

You will mentor engineers, participate in design reviews, and help shape the technical direction across squads while delivering fast iterations in a regulated gaming environment.