The Senior Site Reliability Engineer will manage application stability, design monitoring strategies, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring platform scalability.
We're defining what it means to build and deliver the most extraordinary sports and entertainment experiences. Our global team is trailblazing new markets, developing cutting-edge products, and shaping the future of responsible gaming.
Here, "impossible" isn't part of our vocabulary. You'll face some of the toughest but most rewarding challenges of your career. They're worth it. Channeling your inner grit will accelerate your growth, help us win as a team, and create unforgettable moments for our customers.
The Crown Is Yours
As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will help us continue running our applications smoothly as our business scales. DraftKings solves some of the most interesting challenges in the tech industry, and when you join our team, you'll have the opportunity to see your ideas and solutions directly impact our products.
What you'll do as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer:
What you'll do:
Join Our Team
We're a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. As a regulated gaming company, you may be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment. Don't worry, we'll guide you through the process if this is relevant to your role.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is 128,000.00 USD - 160,000.00 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.
Here, "impossible" isn't part of our vocabulary. You'll face some of the toughest but most rewarding challenges of your career. They're worth it. Channeling your inner grit will accelerate your growth, help us win as a team, and create unforgettable moments for our customers.
The Crown Is Yours
As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will help us continue running our applications smoothly as our business scales. DraftKings solves some of the most interesting challenges in the tech industry, and when you join our team, you'll have the opportunity to see your ideas and solutions directly impact our products.
What you'll do as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer:
- Work with infrastructure as code using tools like Chef and Terraform
- You will design and implement monitoring and alerting strategies to enforce application SLOs
- Enable product teams to manage and self-serve on-prem and cloud infrastructure while ensuring platform stability.
- You will foster a continuous deployment ecosystem that allows DraftKings to operate at a massive scale.
- Standardize configuration and deployment methodologies across our growing organization
- Share expertise and mentor junior SREs in infrastructure patterns and standards
- Participate in our on-call and incident response teams to solve critical problems in production
What you'll do:
- 5+ years of experience working with cloud environments and provisioning automation
- Deep understanding of common scripting languages (Python, Ruby, Go).
- Experience working with applications written in an object-oriented language (Java, .Net, etc.)
- Deep knowledge of networking and web concepts enabling you to debug problems down to the packets
- Experience working with distributed systems and microservices
- Understanding of automated scaling concepts
- (SRECP) Strong experience with Containers and Kubernetes design, administration, and operations for both cloud and on-premises environments (ex. EKS or Rancher)
- (SRECP) Hands-on experience on Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform and Chef, and be able to advocate good practices and processes on provisioning and configuration management
Join Our Team
We're a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. As a regulated gaming company, you may be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment. Don't worry, we'll guide you through the process if this is relevant to your role.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is 128,000.00 USD - 160,000.00 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.
Top Skills
.Net
Chef
Eks
Go
Java
Kubernetes
Python
Rancher
Ruby
Terraform
DraftKings Boston, Massachusetts, USA Office
Our Boston Headquarters is in the heart of Back Bay, conveniently located near multiple public transit routes. There are countless options for coffee, food, and drinks nearby. Plus, we're just minutes away from the historic Fenway Park.
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