Staff AI Software Engineer

FanDuel is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States and Canada, seeking a Staff AI Software Engineer to join their Tech Transformation team. The role involves researching and building proof of concepts using innovative technologies to enhance customer experiences in the sports betting environment.

Responsibilities:

• You rapidly prototype, experiment, and demonstrate production-like capabilities
• You work on project ideas and strategy with customers, stakeholders, and peers, balancing customer requirements with the team requirements, and strive to become a subject matter expert
• You will always seek incremental delivery and you will pivot, when necessary
• You help lead your team when it comes to code quality and roadmap, by owning your team’s tech debt & tech improvement roadmaps
• Drive engineering engagement best practices (e.g., Operational Excellence, Security, Quality, etc.) and set standards
• Self-manage your craft by deliberately owning the outcome of key initiatives, delegating to and empowering teammates, pairing with your engineering manager to improve delivery, and proud to represent your team and Sportsbook
• You foster a constructive dialogue and seek resolutions in a professional way
• You keep yourself up to date with market standards and open-source frameworks
• You provide excellent customer support on an on-call rotation where required
• Most importantly, you are humble, pragmatic, self-managed, thirsty for knowledge, never satisfied and always challenging the norm

Requirements:

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related software engineering field, or equivalent practical experience
• 7+ years of relevant work experience
• Experience designing and delivering production-grade LLM/agent workflows, including tool/function calling, orchestration patterns, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), with clear strategies for prompt/version management, latency/cost controls, and reliability
• Proven track record operationalizing LLM systems end-to-end, including automated evaluation (offline + online), telemetry/monitoring, guardrails, and incident response/playbooks to maintain quality over time
• Experience integrating LLM capabilities into existing services and SDLC, including CI/CD, testing strategies (unit/integration + LLM evals), and safe rollout patterns (feature flags, canaries, A/B tests)
• Experienced in exhibiting a very high standard of technical judgement, innovation and execution to tackle open-ended problems that require difficult prioritization, defining both the what and how of things to be done
• Solid experience building and designing highly scalable, fault tolerant and always available systems
• Understanding of modern architectures, design patterns, and platform nuances
• Expertise in at least one higher level language (Python, JS, Java, .NET)
• Fullstack experience owning building and designing highly scalable, fault tolerant and always available systems in React, React Native, Native and Node.JS backend
• Strong experience helping lead software engineering teams across Web, Mobile, and/or connected devices spaces
• Experience working with cloud-based infrastructure and technologies, preferably AWS
• Proficient in responsibility delegating, mentoring, and empowering individuals
• Track record of owning the outcome of technical delivery
• Passion for quality and understanding of quality best practices within an SDLC, with experience in unit testing, testing tools, or integrating testing
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive with demonstrated abilities driving operational excellence and best practices
• You're passionate about the fast-paced, innovative, and growing Sports Betting industry