Lead Software Engineer

🕒 April 20

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Chalkboard

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2019

🎲 Gambling

👥 B2C

💰 $575k Pre Seed Round - Chalkboard on 2020-01

Gambling • B2C

Chalkboard is a mobile-first daily fantasy sports and social betting platform operated by Taild Sports Inc. The app offers cash contests, parlays, and community-driven features across 30+ U. S. states, promotes deposit-match bonuses, and emphasizes in-app support and responsible gaming tools. Chalkboard serves a consumer audience looking to compete for real-money payouts and engage with a growing player community.

📋 Description

• Lead a pod to build and scale critical systems at Chalkboard, driving technical excellence, execution, and cross-team alignment. • Act as the technical leader for your pod, partnering with Product to shape roadmap and delivery. • Own system architecture, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance across services. • Establish and uphold best practices in system design, data integrity, and engineering quality. • Lead sprint planning, technical decision-making, and release coordination. • Drive clarity through strong documentation and improved engineering processes. • Identify gaps in systems, processes, and architecture—and take action to address them. • Improve team velocity, predictability, and execution through better planning and communication. • Coach and support engineers while remaining hands-on in building and problem-solving. • Build strong partnerships across Product, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams. • Increase collaboration and trust across distributed teams. • Raise the bar for ownership, accountability, and technical excellence across pods.

🎯 Requirements

• ~8+ years of software engineering experience • Strong full-stack experience (Node.js, React, React Native preferred) • Deep understanding of system design, databases, and scalable architectures • Experience working with modern data stores (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB) and cloud platforms (e.g., GCP) • Proven ability to own and operate high-impact, production systems • Experience in fast-paced, startup environments with an enterprise-level mindset • Ability to balance technical leadership with hands-on execution • Strong product intuition and ability to collaborate cross-functionally

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage starting day 1, with the majority of premiums covered by Chalkboard • 401(k) with company match • Lunch on us everyday with a corporate DoorDash account • Refuel in the office with protein shakes, energy drinks, and a snack buffet • Flexible time off policy, plus 10 company holidays, WFH during the holidays