Underdog Fantasy

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

Backend Engineer

Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 201-500H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

108 days ago

Salary

$135K - $165K / year

Bachelor Degree3 yrs expEnglishAWSAzureCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesMicroservicesTerraformGo

Job Description

• Build the backbone of Underdog’s data ecosystem—design and deploy internal APIs and workflows that power seamless communication across our services. • Create robust, scalable microservices to serve real-time, high-volume data needs for our internal teams, enabling faster decision-making and better fan experiences. • Own greenfield projects that shape the future of our business—architecting backend systems built for scale, resilience, and speed. • Partner cross-functionally with engineers, product owners, and data scientists to turn complex challenges into elegant, scalable solutions. • Safeguard system reliability by building smart monitoring, alerting, and logging tools that keep our infrastructure healthy and performant. • Drive impactful technical initiatives from start to finish in a fast-moving, high-stakes environment where your leadership makes a real difference. • Champion engineering excellence by leading code reviews, sharing best practices, and helping level up the team through mentorship and feedback.

Job Requirements

  • A Backend Engineer with at least 3 years of experience building microservices heavy backend systems and APIs for internal applications on a cloud environment (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • Advanced proficiency with Go
  • Experience building and scaling backend systems and designing enterprise scale APIs for external and internal applications
  • Highly focused on delivering results for internal and external stakeholders in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
  • Excellent communication skills with ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders
  • Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, or ECS
  • 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

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