Underdog Fantasy is one of the fastest-growing fantasy sports companies on the market.

Senior Backend Engineer, C++

Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 201-500H1B No SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

100 days ago

Salary

$160K - $240K / year

Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglishAWSAzureCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformKafkaKubernetesMicroservicesTerraform

Job Description

• Design the future of sports entertainment. • Deliver best in class features and performance. • Build a winning engineering culture. • Champion development best practices. • Collaborate to shape the product vision. • Research new technologies.

Job Requirements

At least 5 years of experience building microservices heavy backend systems in a cloud environment (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
Advanced proficiency with C++
Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, or ECS
Experience with real time data processing frameworks such as Kafka, Flink, or Kinesis
Highly focused on delivering results for internal and external stakeholders in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
Excellent leadership and communication skills with ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders
Experience with DevOps practices such as CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. Terraform, CDK)

Benefits

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
Home office stipend
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