Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Core Platform at Underdog Fantasy

, , United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

14 Jan, 26

Salary

240000.0

Posted On

16 Oct, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Distributed Computing, Distributed Data Storage, Cloud Environment, Containerization, Orchestration Technologies, Kubernetes, ECS, Docker, SQL Database, Monitoring Platforms, Observability, Networking, DevOps Practices, CI/CD Pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code, Ruby, Python

Industry

Spectator Sports

Description

At Underdog, we make sports more fun. Our thesis is simple: build the best products and we’ll build the biggest company in the space, because there’s so much more to be built for sports fans. We’re just over five years in, and we’re one of the fastest-growing sports companies ever, most recently valued at $1.3B. And it’s still the early days. We’ve built and scaled multiple games and products across fantasy sports, sports betting, and prediction markets, all united in one seamless, simple, easy to use, intuitive and fun app. Underdog isn’t for everyone. One of our core values is give a sh*t. The people who win here are the ones who care, push, and perform. If that’s you, come join us. Winning as an Underdog is more fun. About the role As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer on the Infrastructure Engineering team, you’ll be building infrastructure solutions to accelerate the development of Underdog’s cloud infrastructure and deployment workflows Design, build, and maintain key cloud infrastructure systems including distributed storage, distributed compute, database, caching and delivery network infrastructure while ensuring scalability, reliability, and security Accelerate developer productivity by building best in class tooling, infrastructure, and automation workflows Collaborate with engineers to understand core system requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability mechanisms to ensure the health and performance of Underdog’s application infrastructure Research and keep up to date on emerging technologies and trends and focus on iteratively implementing them into Underdog’s systems Who you are 5+ years experience building distributed computing and distributed data storage infrastructure on a cloud environment (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure) 5+ years experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes, ECS, or Docker Strong familiarity containerization, SQL Database and monitoring/observability platforms. Experience working with networking in private cloud environments and enabling cross account VPC peering functionality between multiple cloud accounts Expert with DevOps practices such as CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation) Experience being on an on-call rotation Proficiency with Ruby/Rails, Typescript, Python, or other OOP languages (at least 2) Even better if you have Strong interest in sports Prior experience in the sports betting industry Experience with managing load spike traffic patterns Our target starting base salary range for this position is between $160,000 and $240,000, plus pre-IPO equity. Our comp range reflects the full scale of expected compensation for this role. Offers are calibrated based on experience, skills, impact, and geographies. Most new hires land in the lower half of the band, with the opportunity to advance toward the upper end over time. What we can offer you: 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 A $500 home office allowance 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 #LI-REMOTE This position may require sports betting licensure based on certain state regulations. Underdog is an equal opportunity employer and doesn't discriminate on the basis of creed, race, sexual orientation, gender, age, disability status, or any other defining characteristic.

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Responsibilities

As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you will build infrastructure solutions to enhance Underdog's cloud infrastructure and deployment workflows. You will design, build, and maintain key cloud infrastructure systems while ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.