Senior Software Engineer - Python - CPE Integrations

FanDuel Group is a world-class team of brands and products that deliver sports betting, gaming and entertainment to millions of US sports fans every day. That’s no easy task, and wouldn't be possible without a fantastic team who have helped us pioneer new products and innovative features that make us a leader in the industry. Whether you’re looking for better career progression, improved financial security or just a better sense of belonging, we believe we’ve created a culture in which everyone can succeed, no matter how you got here.  

In the UK, our technology hub is located in Edinburgh and we play an integral role in FanDuel delivering world-class sports gaming and betting products – while pioneering innovation and fostering collaborative working, growth, development and teamwork. 

 The Position 

 We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Core Products Integration Team. You will be an excellent communicator, pragmatic thinker, and problem solver, you’ll be working in an area where you have customers either side of you and you’ll do what’s needed to allow those customers to integrate seamlessly. Your proactive approach will ensure that we’re responsive, able to balance workload and solutions- focused without losing sight of the vision set out by the team.  You’ll contribute to implementing a new API Gateway pattern for our product teams in FanDuel to expose functionality out to other consumers while maintaining and supporting our existing software.   

 If you are curious, can spot opportunities for improvements, enjoy working problems through to solutions and understand the importance of clear communication, then you’ll thrive in this role. 

 You’ll be responsible for  

 Executing and refining the team’s vision 

• Writing performant, scalable and testable code with minimal defects 

• Reviewing colleagues code and suggesting improvements where required 

• Maintenance and Monitoring of new and existing Integration solutions 

• Onboarding customers to the gateway 

 What We’re Looking For  

• You’re an experienced Python API developer (our preference is 4years of commercial experience working in Python). 

• You may have experience with Java, AWS and IaC tools, but none of these are essential.  

• You want to work in a high impact area. Our services handles millions of requests on a slow day so our code must be reliable: errors impact FanDuel users experience. 

• You enjoy solving difficult problems.  We have the obviously challenges of growth and scale but also need to meet new requirements from our product teams. 

• You’re excited by the challenges of massively variable load driven by US sporting events.  You might love sports or have no interest in them but you care about running a reliable high-performance system. 

 What You Can Expect 

• 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 their own software and 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 - clear and defined career pathways for every role at every level, a supportive manager, loads of learning opportunities and even 10% of your time to dedicate to your learning. 

• Belonging - everyone at FanDuel works for each other, we win together, make mistakes together 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.

Interview process  

• Initial Recruiter Screen  

• Hiring Manager intro call (30 minutes Zoom call)

• Paired Programming Technical Task + System Design interview

• Discussion-based interview  

 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 

FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer. Diversity and inclusion in FanDuel means that we respect and value everyone as individuals. We don't tolerate bias, judgement or harassment. Our focus is on developing employees so that they reach their full potential. 

The requirements listed in our job descriptions are guidelines, not hard and fast rules. You don’t have to satisfy every requirement or meet every qualification listed. If your skills are transferable and you are in the ballpark experience-wise, we'd love to speak to you! 

Location: Our Scottish tech hub is based in central Edinburgh and is fitted with fabulous amenities including a Gym, showers, bike parking, gaming pods, multiple breakout areas, meeting rooms, a roof terrace and much more. We operate a hybrid model for the majority of our roles, where team members come together at the hub as required. 

Applicants should be willing to travel to our Edinburgh Tech Hub from time to time.