Senior Machine Learning Platform Engineer

DK Crown Holdings; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 134,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Performance bonus

Benefits

Job summary

DraftKings is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to shape the technical direction of the Machine Learning Platform powering data science and ML capabilities. You will lead real-time data ingestion, lakehouse governance, and scalable serving infrastructure, partnering across engineering and data teams.

You will establish standards, drive complex initiatives, and mentor engineers to advance automation and platform ownership at scale.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or ML infrastructure.
• Experience with distributed data systems and streaming technologies (Kafka, Spark, etc.).
• Proficiency with Databricks or similar lakehouse platforms (data governance, access management).
• Experience with AWS, Terraform, infrastructure as code, and cloud networking/identity management.
• Ability to define technical architecture and influence decisions across multiple teams.
• Production infrastructure experience including monitoring and incident response.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools and automation.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical architecture and roadmap for our Machine Learning Platform, including real-time data ingestion and governance.
• Design and scale distributed data systems using Kafka, Spark Structured Streaming, and Databricks.
• Establish engineering standards and architectural best practices across teams for scalability and performance.
• Lead complex engineering initiatives with clear specs, milestones, and code reviews.
• Partner with Data Engineering, BI, Data Science, and Architecture teams to advance data sharing and platform connectivity.
• Own reliability and operational performance of critical platform services, including monitoring and incident response.
• Drive cloud cost efficiency through resource optimization and scalable compute management frameworks.
• Champion AI-assisted engineering practices and mentor engineers to broaden platform ownership.

Skills

Senior ML Platform

Distributed data systems

Streaming technologies

Kafka

Spark

Databricks

AWS

Terraform

Leadership

Mentorship

Tools

Apache Iceberg

Delta Lake

Snowflake

Databricks

Job description

DraftKings is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to shape the technical direction of the Machine Learning Platform powering data science and ML capabilities. You will lead real-time data ingestion, lakehouse governance, and scalable serving infrastructure, partnering across engineering and data teams.

You will establish standards, drive complex initiatives, and mentor engineers to advance automation and platform ownership at scale.