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DraftKings Inc.

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2012

🎲 Gambling

🎮 Gaming

👥 B2C

Gambling • Gaming • B2C

DraftKings Inc. is a digital sports entertainment company operating a leading online sportsbook, daily fantasy sports, and casino platform that delivers real-money betting and gaming experiences via web and mobile apps. It combines sports data, analytics, and content to engage fans, provides marketing and VIP/loyalty programs, and maintains global teams across engineering, product, compliance, and customer experience while emphasizing responsible gaming.

📋 Description

• Drive the technical roadmap for database reliability across various systems • Design and build automation first database platforms • Lead operational excellence by defining service level objectives, monitoring database health, and resolving production incidents • Optimize database performance and cost across environments • Partner closely with application engineering teams to establish safe database practices • Leverage AI to improve engineering productivity • Mentor engineers across the organization

🎯 Requirements

• At least 6 years of experience in Database Reliability Engineering, Database Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering with a strong database focus • Deep expertise in PostgreSQL, operational experience with MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, ScyllaDB, Aerospike, Aurora, Cloud SQL, and other managed cloud database services • Strong experience building and operating stateful workloads on Kubernetes using StatefulSets, Persistent Volumes, database operators, Terraform, Pulumi, FluxCD, ArgoCD, GKE, and EKS • Hands on software development experience using Go or Python • A data driven, automation first mindset • Practical experience using AI tools • Excellent leadership and communication skills

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonus • Equity • Health insurance