Remote Senior Staff Software Engineer

• Lead an empowered, multidisciplinary team tackling complex challenges
• Work with quantitative analysts and trading/risk stakeholders to implement and run market making strategies
• Propose pragmatic solutions to complex problems and learn from and educate others
• Help make technical decisions that impact the broader organisation
• Communicate empathetically and contribute through outreach, documentation, and continuous improvement
• Assist in creating models and strategies and help productionalize the software with other engineers
• Collaborate with stakeholders and peers on project ideas
• Own parts of product and technology and become a subject matter expert
• Write simple, extendable code following standards and best practices
• Test code thoroughly
• Balance customer requirements with team requirements
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, team planning, and ticket/metric/COE reviews
• Classify, store, and handle data in accordance with company policies
• Track security risks and mitigate or escalate them in a timely manner
• Focus on operational excellence by identifying problems and proposing solutions
• Take on projects and deliver software enhancements that improve software and processes
• Resolve root causes of complex problems and improve maintainability
• Train new team members on software construction, operation, security, and overall context
• Extend influence beyond the team and contribute at the org level
• Foster constructive dialogue and professional resolution of issues
• Help recruit and interview for the team
• Estimate stories and tasks accurately and deliver on time
• Mentor and help develop others
• Participate in on-call rotation where required and provide excellent customer support
• Stay up to date with market standards and open-source frameworks
• Build and evolve components that support real-time quoting and decisioning with attention to latency, throughput, and correctness
• Implement and maintain risk controls and guardrails such as exposure checks, limits, throttling/filters, and kill switch patterns
• Ensure high-quality decision logging so strategies can be debugged, replayed, and improved
• Partner with quants and stakeholders to define and monitor key metrics such as quote ratio, win rate, expected vs realized margin, and exposure/capital utilization

Technologies:

• Angular
• Bootstrap
• Frontend
• Support
• JavaScript
• Kotlin
• React
• React Native
• Security
• Swift
• TypeScript
• Web

More:

We are growing our Market Making Engineering team at FanDuel, where we build software that quotes, prices, and manages risk in real time for high-volume, high-velocity sports markets. The team works across the full RFQ/quote lifecycle in low-latency, event-driven services and partners closely with quantitative analysts and trading/risk stakeholders. We offer an exciting and fun environment committed to driving real growth, opportunities to build products our fans love, and career and professional development resources. Our Total Rewards package includes generous insurance and paid leave policies, and we are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are an equal opportunities employer and focus on helping our employees reach their full potential.

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related software engineering field, or equivalent practical experience
• 7+ years of relevant work experience, or 5+ years of relevant work experience with an MS in Computer Science or related technical field
• Experience in at least one frontend specialization: native apps (Kotlin, Swift), web apps using React (JavaScript or TypeScript), or hybrid apps using React Native
• Experience building or contributing to an advanced shared library, design system, or SDK
• Understanding of modern architectures, design patterns, and platform nuances
• Knowledge of web libraries and frameworks such as TypeScript, React, Angular, and/or Bootstrap
• Familiarity with full stacks, single-page applications, and/or micro frontends
• Expert experience with testing concepts, test tools, and integrating testing best practices in the SDLC
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
• Familiarity working in an Agile environment
• Ability to adapt quickly in a fast-paced environment
• Creative problem-solving ability
• Passion for learning and continuous improvement