Job description
ABOUT FANDUEL
FanDuel Group (“FanDuel”) is an innovative sports-tech entertainment company that is changing the way consumers engage with their favorite sports, teams, and leagues. The premier gaming destination in the United States, FanDuel consists of a portfolio of leading brands across gaming, sports betting, daily fantasy sports, advance-deposit wagering, and TV/media.
FanDuel has a presence across all 50 states with approximately 17 million customers and 28 retail locations. FanDuel is based in New York with offices in New Jersey, Georgia, California, Oregon, Canada and Scotland.
Its networks FanDuel TV and FanDuel+ are broadly distributed on linear cable television and through its relationships with leading direct-to-consumer over-the-top platforms.
FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment plc, 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
We’re looking for passionate & experienced technologists, strong communicators and those with a commitment to continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will have the confidence to propose pragmatic solutions to complex problems and be eager to learn from and educate others.
As a React Native Software Engineer working for our Sportsbook domain, you are able to take defined designs and turn them into secure, stable, testable, maintainable code with minimal defects.
You will be working on front-end applications for our Sportsbook application, building iOS and Android apps using React and React Native. You’ll play a pivotal part in making our platform highly usable and will write clear, scalable front-end code. You will work continuously to improve front-end design and processes to improve quality and efficiency.
THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play
Your work is consistently of high quality. You solve difficult problems, applying appropriate technologies and best practices. You work with your team to invent, design and build software that is stable and performant. You are proficient in a broad range of design approaches and know when it is appropriate to use them and when it is not. Your solutions are pragmatic. You consider the legacy of the code you produce and write code that an Engineer unfamiliar with the system can understand. You limit the use of short-term workarounds. You do things with the proper level of complexity the first time (or at least minimize incidental complexity). You create flexible software without over-engineering. You make appropriate trade-offs, re-use where possible, and are judicious about introducing dependencies. You are efficient with resource usage (e.g., system hardware, database, memory/CPU, etc).
You own parts of product and technology & become subject matter experts.
You write simple and extendable code following standards and best practices.
You test your code thoroughly
You help balance customer requirements with the team requirements.
You help your team evolve by actively participating in the code review process, design discussions, team planning, and ticket/metric/COE reviews.
You take on projects and make software enhancements that improve the team software and processes.
You work to resolve the root cause of complex problems, leaving software better and easier to maintain than when you found it.
You estimate stories/tasks accurately and deliver them in time.
In the event of a problem, you are able to troubleshoot, research the root cause of problems, and thoroughly resolve defects.
You keep yourself up to date with market standards, open-source frameworks.
Most importantly, you are; humble, pragmatic, self-managed, thirsty for knowledge, never satisfied and always challenging the norm. Responsible for the state of the code you both inherit and produce.
THE STATS
What we’re looking for in our next teammate
Degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent work experience.
In-depth knowledge of React Native with Typescript
Experience bridging iOS or Android native layers
Knowledge of multi-threaded, asynchronous code.
Track record in shipping high quality features and capabilities within a Hybrid (React Native application with Native components) mobile environment
Experience with CI/CD platform and pipelines
Experience with Agile development methodologies (Scrum).
Experience working with cloud-based infrastructure and technologies, preferably AWS.
Experience with testing concepts, test tools, and integrating testing and best practices into the SDLC
Demonstrated abilities driving operational excellence and best practices.
Strong sense of ownership, urgency, drive and proactive attitude to driving change across codebase
Comfortable collaborating with other disciplines and stakeholders
Passionate about working within a fast-paced environments and can adapt to change
PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right
Interesting work - Working in a fast-paced and ever-changing industry, new problems and exciting solutions are never too far away. There are always opportunities to learn new skills and broaden your horizons.
A sense of achievement - Our teams own the outcome. When that awesome new feature ships to users and the positive feedback starts rolling in, you can feel really proud of what you and your team created.
Personal development – We strive to create clear and defined career pathways for every role at every level and give our employees the tools they need to learn, develop, and become leaders.
Belonging - Everyone at FanDuel supports one another: we win together, make mistakes together to learn from them and to focus on the future, and have lots of fun doing it.
Trust - A trusting work environment where productivity is valued above all else, giving you autonomy and ownership of your time and work.
Great financial package- Including salary, bonus, pension, private healthcare, share save scheme, flexible working & holiday policy, along with a number of other benefits.
FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer and we believe, as one of our principles states, “We are One Team!”. As such, 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 any other characteristic protected by law. We believe FanDuel is strongest and best able to compete if all employees feel valued, respected, and included.
