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DraftKings Inc.

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2012

🎮 Gaming

⚽ Sports

👥 B2C

Gaming • Sports • B2C

DraftKings Inc. is a global company known for providing innovative products and experiences primarily in the sports betting and fantasy sports sectors. The company boasts a strong presence across multiple countries, aiming to deliver exceptional customer moments and overcoming challenges through teamwork and persistence. At DraftKings, innovation in engineering, analytics, and product development is key, with a focus on creating unforgettable customer experiences in sportsbook and casino operations. The company emphasizes a dynamic work culture, inclusion, equity, and global collaboration within its diverse teams.

📋 Description

• Define and execute the long-term strategy for the Kubernetes platform across Google Kubernetes Engine, Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service, RKE2, and on-premise environments • Drive architectural decisions for cluster lifecycle management, networking, identity and access management, observability, autoscaling, capacity planning, and cost optimization • Lead large-scale platform initiatives across multiple engineering teams, establishing technical direction, engineering standards, and measurable outcomes • Establish and evolve reliability practices using service level objectives, service level indicators, and error budget frameworks • Build automation-first infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code, GitOps workflows, self-healing systems, and internal platform tooling • Champion responsible adoption of AI-powered engineering capabilities • Lead critical platform incidents, drive post-incident improvements, and strengthen platform resilience • Mentor senior engineers, influence technical strategy, and elevate engineering excellence through architecture reviews, coaching, and technical leadership

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field • At least 8 years of experience designing, operating, and scaling distributed cloud and on-premise infrastructure • At least 3 years operating at the Staff, Principal, or equivalent technical leadership level • Proven experience leading large-scale infrastructure or platform initiatives requiring cross-functional alignment and long-term technical ownership • Deep expertise with Kubernetes, including cluster architecture, networking, storage, security, operators, lifecycle management, and large-scale production operations • Extensive experience building and operating production infrastructure in AWS and Google Cloud Platform using Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Terraform, Pulumi, or similar tools • Strong software development experience in Go, Python, or both • Expertise in GitOps, continuous integration and continuous delivery, observability, distributed systems, Linux, and reliability engineering principles • Experience incorporating AI-powered tools into engineering workflows • Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with proven ability to mentor engineers, influence technical strategy, and drive engineering excellence • Experience working in regulated industries, hybrid cloud environments, contributing to open-source projects, or holding cloud certifications is preferred • May be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonus • Equity • Benefits as applicable • Guidance through the gaming license process if relevant to the role