ABOUT FANDUEL

FanDuel Group is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States and Canada. FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across mobile wagering including: America’s #1 Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook; its leading iGaming platform, FanDuel Casino; the industry’s unquestioned leader in horse racing and advance-deposit wagering, FanDuel Racing; and its daily fantasy sports product.
In addition, FanDuel Group operates FanDuel TV, its broadly distributed linear cable television network and FanDuel TV+, its leading direct-to-consumer OTT platform. FanDuel Group has a presence across all 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Jersey City, as well as global offices in Canada and Scotland. The company’s affiliates have offices worldwide, including in Ireland, Portugal, Romania, and Australia.
FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, the world’s largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).

THE POSITION

Our roster has an opening with your name on it
We are seeking an energetic, hands‑on SVP of Software Product Engineering to lead and transform our engineering organizations focused on Sports products. This is a pivotal role, charged with modernizing software delivery through AI-assisted development and cutting-edge architecture.
You will initially focus on driving transformational uplift through GenAI tools and AI-assisted workflows across engineering teams. Ultimately, you will oversee end-to-end AWS architecture, scale, reliability, and efficiency across our consumer‑facing sports platform. You’ll create strategies and drive execution within a global organization of ~500+ engineers and engineering managers delivering high‑impact products at velocity.
Strategically you will work alongside the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to own and drive organizational outcomes including location, financial, and key technology strategies to align with overall key results and goals against our future strategic plans.
This role will partner across the business units to drive software engineering and product end-to-end delivery efficiencies and acceleration by bringing experience and best in class industry process and frameworks to reshape how development is done. Candidate best suited for this role will be product-centric with high technical skills including strong communication skills (business, financial, and customer focused) at multiple levels including executive team and the board.
In addition, the position will act a senior leader and partner to the international brands of Flutter Group to help identify key technical partnerships and opportunities to create leverage across the brands.
In addition to the specific responsibilities outlined above, employees may be required to perform other such duties as assigned by the Company. This ensures operational flexibility and allows the Company to meet evolving business needs.

THE STATS

What we’re looking for in our next teammate

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; solid CS fundamentals.
• 15+ years in software engineering with at least 7+ years in senior leadership roles in high-growth or complex enterprises.
• Proven experience managing large engineering organizations (750+ people), at scale and across geographies and time zones.
• Deep expertise in AWS architecture, distributed systems, microservices, event-driven design, and API ecosystems.
• Prior experience leading large-scale platform modernization efforts using GenAI/AI-assisted development tools.
• Track record delivering measurable productivity gains, reducing cycle time and increasing deployment velocity.
• Strong bias for action — comfortable operating at both strategic and tactical levels, with a results-driven mindset.
• Excellent communicator and cross-functional influencer; experienced in executive presentations, roadmap negotiation, and stakeholder alignment.
• High energy, empathetic leadership style: visible, approachable, and hands-on.

WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS

• Transform FanDuel’s software delivery model for the next generation.
• Direct impact on millions of sports fans across our platforms.
• Design and scale core AWS-based sports infrastructure across microservices, ML, real-time content, and personalization.