ABOUT DRAFTKINGS 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 YOURSWe’re growing quickly and we’re looking for a Lead Software Engineer to help establish and lead a team centered around the mission of providing a best-in-class experience for our customers. This position requires strong technical skills and a bias toward collaboration. You will be working across teams, informing business decisions, and helping to expand our enterprise software platform.The Crown Is YoursAs a Senior AI Engineer, you’ll shape the tools and systems that help engineers move faster, build smarter, and deliver high-quality software at scale. You’ll work at the intersection of developer experience, platform engineering, and AI-driven innovation, creating solutions that improve how teams build, test, review, and ship code. From modernizing workflows to introducing intelligent automation, you’ll help raise the bar for engineering efficiency across the organization. You’ll also play a key role in influencing technical direction, strengthening development standards, and making everyday engineering work more seamless and effective.What you’ll do as a Senior AI EngineerYou’ll design and build developer-focused tools and services that improve the software development lifecycle, including workflow automation, continuous integration and continuous delivery enhancements, and integrated development environment or tooling integrations.You’ll implement AI-driven capabilities across engineering workflows, including code assistance, documentation generation, test automation, and code review support.You’ll improve the developer experience by identifying friction points, streamlining workflows, and delivering scalable solutions that increase engineering productivity.You’ll promote best practices for developer tooling, local development environments, and platform adoption through clear documentation, practical examples, and hands-on support.You’ll design, deploy, and maintain the core AI platform infrastructure to enable the safe, efficient, and observable operation of production grade AI agents.You’ll participate in design and architecture discussions, contribute thoughtful technical guidance, and help strengthen engineering standards across teams.You’ll collaborate closely with engineers and cross-functional partners to deliver reliable, maintainable systems that support long-term platform growth.You’ll mentor other engineers through code reviews, design feedback, and collaborative problem-solving, helping elevate technical quality across the team.What you’ll bringA Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, experience, and training.At least 3 years of professional experience building backend systems with object-oriented languages such as C# or Java, with a strong foundation in object-oriented programming principles, design patterns, and backend architecture.Hands-on experience working with continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines, development frameworks, or internal engineering platforms.Experience applying artificial intelligence or automation to software engineering workflows, including areas such as code generation, summarization, testing, or knowledge discovery.Proven ability to mentor and support other engineers through thoughtful code reviews, design reviews, and collaborative debugging.Strong experience building, maintaining, and improving software systems, with exposure to developer tooling, platform engineering, or infrastructure that enhances engineering productivity.JOIN OUR TEAMBeing part of the DraftKings Inc. team means you’re always looking for new ways to break out of the box. Whether you’re data-obsessed, tech-driven, or love working with different people each day, you’ll solve some of the most exciting challenges in our industry and be supported from your very first day.READY TO OWN WHAT’S NEXT?We know finding a new job can be intimidating. Don’t let imposter syndrome stop you from applying! Even if you don’t think you tick off every box in this job description, we’d still love for you to apply or join our Talent Community.We’re proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of your gender identity, race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, or status as an individual with a disability.Відгукнутись на вакансію