ABOUT FANDUEL
FanDuel Group is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States. FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across mobile wagering including, America’s #1 Sportsbook FanDuel Sportsbook, its leading iGaming platform FanDuel Casino, the industry’s unquestioned leader in horse racing and advance-deposit wagering, FanDuel Racing and its daily fantasy sports product.
In addition, FanDuel Group operates FanDuel TV, its broadly distributed linear cable television network and FanDuel TV+, its leading direct-to-consumer OTT platform. FanDuel Group has a presence across all 50 states and Puerto Rico with approximately 17 million customers and 31 retail locations.
The company is based in New York with offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta and Jersey City, as well as in Canada, Scotland, Ireland, Portugal, Romania and Australia.
FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).
THE ROSTER
At FanDuel, we give fans a new and innovative way to interact with their favorite games, sports and teams. We’re dedicated to building a winning team and we pride ourselves on being able to make every moment mean more, especially when it comes to your career. So, what does “winning” look like at FanDuel? It’s recognition for your hard-earned results, a culture that brings out your best work—and a roster full of talented coworkers. Make no mistake, we are here to win, but we believe in winning right. That means we’ll never compromise when it comes to looking out for our teammates. From creatives professionals to cutting edge technology innovators, FanDuel offers a wide range of career opportunities, best in class benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. At FanDuel, our principle of “We Are One Team” runs through all our offices across the globe, and you can expect to be a part of an exciting company with many opportunities to grow and be successful.
THE POSITION
Our roster has an opening with your name on it
FanDuel is expanding its Database Engineering team and is seeking two Senior Database Engineers to join the Sportsbook organization.
The Database Engineering Team is responsible for the stability, scalability and performance of FanDuel’s database estate. The databases currently used are Informix, MySQL, Elastic Search and Cassandra. In addition, the team will be assuming responsibility for PostgreSQL as new applications are being developed using that technology.
The team is geographically distributed with members in New York, Atlanta, Pennsylvania and the United Kingdom.
THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play
- Implementation of best practices for PostgreSQL; ability to mentor other team members
- Database Administration (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
- Review of existing implementation and development of new implementations as needed.
- Installation and Configuration management
- Availability Planning - Systems need to be available 24x7
- Monitoring and Alerting
- Configuration of AWS RDS and Aurora
- Infrastructure Planning and Sizing
- Query Tuning and Indexing Strategies
- Automation – Mindset that it is preferable to write a program/script once rather than manually run the same process repeatedly. Knowledge of ansible, or similar automation software, is very important for the role.
- Finally, while this is predominantly a technical role, it will be necessary to communicate effectively and collaborate with project managers and product owners as well as DevOps, network engineering and application teams.
THE STATS
What we're looking for in our next teammate
- Knowledge of Linux (Amazon Linux and Rocky are used here).
- Product Evaluation – Ability to identify the need for, evaluate, compare and benchmark potential new software products.
- Cloud Experience in AWS (or another cloud environment). Background in use of cloud based clis. Very helpful to have worked with AWS outpost.
- Background with diagnostic log aggregation software such as DataDog.
- Shell Scripting (essential), Python (extremely good to have), Java (good to have)
- Planning and Troubleshooting – Ability to collaborate with application software engineers, DevOps and network engineering in designing new systems and identifying the root cause of an issue
- Knowledge of basic networking concepts.
PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right
From our many opportunities for professional development to our generous insurance and paid leave policies, we’re committed to making sure our employees get as much out of FanDuel as we ask them to give. Competitive compensation is just the beginning. As part of our team, you can expect:
- An exciting and fun environment committed to driving real growth
- Opportunities to build really cool products that fans love
- Career and professional development resources to help you refine your game plan for owning and driving your career and development
- Be well, save well and live well - with FanDuel Total Rewards your benefits are one highlight reel after another
FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer and we believe, as one of our principal states, “We Are One Team!” We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, Veteran status, or another other characteristic protected by state, local or federal law. We believe FanDuel is strongest and best able to compete if all employees feel valued, respected, and included. We want our team to include diverse individuals because diversity of thought, diversity of perspectives, and diversity of experiences leads to better performance. Having a diverse and inclusive workforce is a core value that we believe makes FanDuel stronger and more competitive as One Team!
The applicable salary range for this position is $126,000 - $166,000, which is dependent on a variety of factors including relevant experience, location, business needs and market demand. This role may offer the following benefits: medical, vision, and dental insurance; life insurance; disability insurance; a 401(k) matching program; among other employee benefits. This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses and stock program participation. This role includes paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays. FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.
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