Description
About the role and why it’s unique:
- As a Backend Engineer on the Data Platform team, you’ll be developing and deploying internal APIs and workflows to enable seamless integration between Underdog’s internal services
- Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices to enable efficient data retrieval and processing for internal applications
- Greenfield and develop new backend systems for scalability, fault tolerance, and performance for a core part of Underdog’s future business
- Collaborate with engineers, product owners, and data scientists to understand requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions
- Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging mechanisms to ensure the health and accuracy of Underdog’s engineering systems
- Lead technical initiatives and drive results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Lead code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and evangelize best practices to maintain code quality
Who you are:
- At least 3 years of experience building microservices heavy backend systems and APIs for internal applications on a cloud environment (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Experience building and scaling backend systems and designing enterprise scale APIs for external and internal applications
- Highly focused on delivering results for internal and external stakeholders in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
- Excellent communication skills with ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, or ECS
- Advanced proficiency with Go, C++, Java, or other similar programming languages (at least 2)
- Intermediate proficiency with SQL
- Experience with DevOps practices such as CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. Terraform, CDK)
Even better if you have:
- Strong interest in sports
- Prior experience in the sports betting industry
- Prior experience developing production systems in Rust
Our target starting base salary range for this position is between $135,000 and $142,500 plus target equity. The starting base salary will depend on a number of factors including the candidate’s skills and experience, among other things.
What we can offer you:
- Unlimited PTO (we're extremely flexible with the exception of the first few weeks before & into the NFL season)
- 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
- A $500 home office allowance
- A connected virtual first culture with a highly engaged distributed workforce
- 5% 401k match, FSA, company paid health, dental, vision plan options for employees and dependents
