Principal Software Engineer, Chaos Engineering

At DraftKings, AI is becoming an integral part of both our present and future, powering how work gets done today, guiding smarter decisions, and sparking bold ideas. It's transforming how we enhance customer experiences, streamline operations, and unlock new possibilities. Our teams are energized by innovation and readily embrace emerging technology. We're not waiting for the future to arrive. We're shaping it, one bold step at a time. To those who see AI as a driver of progress, come build the future together.
The Crown Is Yours
As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll play a critical leadership role in shaping the architecture, tooling, and strategy that power our resilience engineering efforts. Partnering closely with the Director of Resilience Engineering, you'll drive initiatives that improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of our systems. In this role, you'll act as a technical force multiplier, guiding teams to adopt robust design patterns and evolve how we build and operate distributed systems at scale.
What You'll Do

• Define and evolve the technical architecture that strengthens system resilience, observability, and fault tolerance.
• Lead the design and development of frameworks and tools that support performance testing, chaos experimentation, and system optimization.
• Partner with product, infrastructure, and platform teams to embed resilience principles into engineering decisions and workflows.
• Contribute hands-on work to prototypes, proof-of-concepts, and production systems that demonstrate best practices in resilient architecture.
• Mentor senior engineers across multiple teams, promoting engineering rigor, continuous improvement, and deep system understanding.
• Collaborate with leadership to prioritize high-impact initiatives and align technical investments with strategic goals.
• Influence cross-functional teams without direct authority and advocate for resilient, scalable solutions across our company.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
• At least 8 years of professional software engineering experience, with deep expertise in system architecture, scalable design patterns, and building distributed systems in production environments.
• Proven experience as a senior or principal engineer in distributed, large-scale, or high-availability systems.
• Deep technical knowledge in at least one of the following: performance optimization, observability, fault-tolerant architecture, chaos testing, or cloud-native design.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-team engineering efforts that drive measurable system improvements.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and modern observability stacks.
• A track record of delivering robust systems in environments focused on scale, uptime, and performance.
• A strong track record of driving cross-team collaboration, resolving complex technical challenges, and translating broad business problems into elegant engineering solutions.
• Strong, structured communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence architectural decisions across technical and non-technical stakeholders and effectively document outcomes.
• A passion for mentoring and supporting the growth of fellow engineers through thoughtful code reviews, design feedback, and technical guidance.

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The US base salary range for this full-time position is 185,400.00 USD - 231,800.00 USD, plus bonus, equity, and benefits as applicable. Our ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The compensation information displayed on each job posting reflects the range for new hire pay rates for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range and how that was determined during the hiring process. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.