Job description
ABOUT FANDUEL
FanDuel Group is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States and Canada. 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, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Jersey City, as well as global offices in Canada and Scotland. The company’s affiliates have offices worldwide, including in 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 POSITION Our roster has an opening with your name on it
We are seeking an energetic, hands‑on SVP of Software Product Engineering to lead and transform our engineering organizations focused on Sports products. This is a pivotal role, charged with modernizing software delivery through AI-assisted development and cutting-edge architecture.
You will initially focus on driving transformational uplift through GenAI tools and AI-assisted workflows across engineering teams. Ultimately, you will oversee end-to-end AWS architecture, scale, reliability, and efficiency across our consumer‑facing sports platform. You’ll create strategies and drive execution within a global organization of ~500+ engineers and engineering managers delivering high‑impact products at velocity.
Strategically you will work alongside the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to own and drive organizational outcomes including location, financial, and key technology strategies to align with overall key results and goals against our future strategic plans.
This role will partner across the business units to drive software engineering and product end-to-end delivery efficiencies and acceleration by bringing experience and best in class industry process and frameworks to reshape how development is done. Candidate best suited for this role will be product-centric with high technical skills including strong communication skills (business, financial, and customer focused) at multiple levels including executive team and the board.
In addition, the position will act a senior leader and partner to the international brands of Flutter Group to help identify key technical partnerships and opportunities to create leverage across the brands.
In addition to the specific responsibilities outlined above, employees may be required to perform other such duties as assigned by the Company. This ensures operational flexibility and allows the Company to meet evolving business needs.
THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play
- Spearhead a GenAI-powered productivity transformation: integrate AI toolchains and assisted coding workflows across all engineering teams.
- Drive execution, strategy, and change management as a senior technology executive to support the CTO and organizational strategic plans
- Architect and scale FanDuel’s sports platforms on AWS, focusing on microservices, high-availability, performance, cost optimization, and automation.
- Set and deliver engineering excellence goals around CI/CD pipelines, observability, incident response, technical debt reduction, and operational KPIs in alignment with our Platform Engineering strategies
- Recruit, develop, and lead a global high-performing engineering organization (~750+), including senior engineering leaders and cross-functional product teams.
- Drive culture of velocity and quality: mentor engineering leaders, enforce pragmatic decision-making, and encourage innovation.
- Partner with Product, Data Science, Security, Operations, and Executive teams to align on roadmap, technical strategy, and business outcomes.
- Be able to be hands-on: routinely engage in code reviews, architectural design, performance tuning, and production troubleshooting.
- Increase partnership with Flutter Group international brands tech leadership and teams to create leverage and opportunities
THE STATS
What we’re looking for in our next teammate
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; solid CS fundamentals.
- 15+ years in software engineering with at least 7+ years in senior leadership roles in high-growth or complex enterprises.
- Proven experience managing large engineering organizations (750+ people), at scale and across geographies and time zones.
- Deep expertise in AWS architecture, distributed systems, microservices, event-driven design, and API ecosystems.
- Prior experience leading large-scale platform modernization efforts using GenAI/AI-assisted development tools.
- Track record delivering measurable productivity gains, reducing cycle time and increasing deployment velocity.
- Strong bias for action — comfortable operating at both strategic and tactical levels, with a results-driven mindset.
- Excellent communicator and cross-functional influencer; experienced in executive presentations, roadmap negotiation, and stakeholder alignment.
- High energy, empathetic leadership style: visible, approachable, and hands-on.
Why This Role Matters
- Transform FanDuel’s software delivery model for the next generation.
- Direct impact on millions of sports fans across our platforms.
- Design and scale core AWS-based sports infrastructure across microservices, ML, real-time content, and personalization.
PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right
We offer amazing benefits above and beyond the basics. We have an array of health plans to choose from (some as low as $0 per paycheck) that include programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits. We offer generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave), annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities (based on performance), 401k with up to a 5% match, commuter benefits , pet insurance, and more - check out all our benefits here: FanDuel Total Rewards. *Benefits differ across location, role, and level.
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 state, local or federal law. We believe FanDuel is strongest and best able to compete if all employees feel valued, respected, and included.
The applicable salary range for this position is $347,000 - $463,000 USD, 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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