IT & Software

Senior Software Engineer - Core Marketing Platforms

FanDuel

Edinburgh · City of Edinburgh · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you will help design and optimize scalable microservices powering FanDuel's marketing ecosystem. You will work within a modern event-driven architecture to enable real-time communications, personalized promotions, and targeted campaigns. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver data-driven, AI-enhanced MarTech solutions at scale. You will shape the architecture and mentor others while balancing delivery with system evolution. This is a mission-driven opportunity to impact user engagement across millions of customers.

Pay / Benefits
  • salary
  • bonus
  • pension
  • private healthcare
  • share save scheme
  • flexible working & holiday policy
Responsibilities
  • Build and optimize high-performance microservices and event-driven systems
  • Lead projects with strategic direction and design future architecture
  • Coaching and developing other engineers’ technical skills
  • Deliver secure, maintainable code with tests and documentation
  • Participate in design, scoping, prioritization, and code reviews
  • Own the state of the codebase and resolve defects, root causes, and on-call issues
  • Collaborate with teammates to identify opportunities and risks from technical decisions
  • Estimate tasks, ensure on-time delivery, and stay up-to-date with market standards
Key requirements
  • Strong backend experience with Java
  • Experience with AWS and DevOps concepts (Terraform)
  • Experience with event streaming technologies (SNS/SQS or Kafka)
  • Proficiency with relational and non-relational databases and messaging queues
  • Experience with high-volume systems and cloud infrastructure (prefer AWS)
  • Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Expert testing concepts and SDLC integration
  • Agile experience and ability to adapt in a fast-paced environment
  • Ownership mindset, urgency, and drive
  • Experience in coaching/mentoring others
  • ownership and accountability
  • collaboration and teamwork
  • adaptability
  • Java
  • AWS
  • Terraform

Reference: WJ-747_31167056

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