Senior Platform Engineer: Cloud, Kubernetes & GitOps

DraftKings; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

DraftKings in Boston seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to design and maintain platform capabilities used by engineering teams across DraftKings. You’ll work with C#/.NET Core, Kubernetes, GitOps, and cloud technologies to enable reliable, scalable software delivery.

You’ll mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and improve observability, deployment strategies, and performance testing while collaborating with stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical solutions.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software development experience, ideally with C# and .NET Core.
• Experience building and supporting distributed systems and microservice architectures.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, containerization, and modern application deployment practices.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and an understanding of the SDLC.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across distributed environments.
• Understanding of modern deployment strategies (canary, blue-green).
• Familiarity with GitOps methodologies and deployment automation.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP.
• Familiarity with observability platforms such as Datadog and the ELK Stack.
• Experience with end-to-end performance testing is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain platform capabilities used by engineering teams across DraftKings.
• Develop clean, scalable, and maintainable software, primarily using C# and .NET Core.
• Build and improve platform infrastructure through automation to enable reliable delivery.
• Manage and enhance Kubernetes-based environments, including automating deployments using Helm Charts.
• Apply GitOps practices to improve deployment automation, consistency, and reliability.
• Build solutions for distributed systems and microservice environments with a focus on scalability, resiliency, and performance.
• Troubleshoot complex application and infrastructure issues across distributed environments.
• Partner with engineering teams and stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions.
• Conduct code reviews, contribute to engineering best practices, and mentor other engineers.
• Improve observability, performance testing, deployment strategies, and operational excellence across the platform.

Skills

C#/.NET Core

Distributed systems

Kubernetes

SDLC

Troubleshooting

GitOps

Cloud (AWS/GCP)

Observability (Datadog/ELK)

Performance testing

Communication

Tools

Helm Charts

Job description

DraftKings in Boston seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to design and maintain platform capabilities used by engineering teams across DraftKings. You’ll work with C#/.NET Core, Kubernetes, GitOps, and cloud technologies to enable reliable, scalable software delivery.

You’ll mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and improve observability, deployment strategies, and performance testing while collaborating with stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical solutions.