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Defining what it means to build and deliver the most extraordinary sports & entertainment experiences.The Crown is Yours
Software Architect
Location
Massachusetts
Posted
121 days ago
Salary
$185.4K - $231.8K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Software Architect
DraftKings Inc.
• Define and evolve the technical architecture that strengthens system resilience, observability, and fault tolerance. • Lead the design and development of frameworks and tools that support performance testing, chaos experimentation, and system optimization. • Partner with product, infrastructure, and platform teams to embed resilience principles into engineering decisions and workflows. • Contribute hands-on work to prototypes, proof-of-concepts, and production systems that demonstrate best practices in resilient architecture. • Mentor senior engineers across multiple teams, promoting engineering rigor, continuous improvement, and deep system understanding. • Collaborate with leadership to prioritize high-impact initiatives and align technical investments with strategic goals. • Influence cross-functional teams without direct authority and advocate for resilient, scalable solutions across our company.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
- At least 8 years of professional software engineering experience, with deep expertise in system architecture, scalable design patterns, and building distributed systems in production environments.
- Proven experience as a senior or principal engineer in distributed, large-scale, or high-availability systems.
- Deep technical knowledge in at least one of the following: performance optimization, observability, fault-tolerant architecture, chaos testing, or cloud-native design.
- Demonstrated success leading cross-team engineering efforts that drive measurable system improvements.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and modern observability stacks.
- A strong track record of driving cross-team collaboration, resolving complex technical challenges, and translating broad business problems into elegant engineering solutions.
- Strong, structured communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence architectural decisions across technical and non-technical stakeholders and effectively document outcomes.
- A passion for mentoring and supporting the growth of fellow engineers through thoughtful code reviews, design feedback, and technical guidance.
Benefits
- bonuses
- equity
- benefits as applicable
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