DraftKings Sr. Software Engineer reviews

4.2

93% would recommend to a friend

(45 total reviews)
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Jason Robins

99% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Sr. Software Engineer employees have rated DraftKings with 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 45 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr. Software Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. DraftKings is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sr. Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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45 reviews
5.0
Apr 8, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

- Constant new development and innovation, starting early on you will be expected to design, build, and test your own systems. - Ownership means learning all about the deployment, maintenance, and testing side of the process as well as coding. - Surrounded by excellent engineers. - Fun office perks and culture. Snacks, beer/wine, extra curricular events help build more personal relationships with coworkers - Flexible schedule and vacation time/work from home policy.

Cons

- Incredibly fast paced, and a "bias for action" means projects are often started before they are fully thought out. You will probably build at least one thing that doesn't get shipped or used in production. It can sometimes feel like the team is scrambling without a clear goal. - The engineering org structure is constantly changing, and career paths are not as clearly defined as they should be.

5.0
Mar 25, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Constantly striving to improve processes and self, which usually leads to iterationally better products, better process, better infrastructure. Current and always evolving technology stack including almost all areas of work (cloud, DB, mobile, web, High expectations for developers to deliver, test, and deploy high quality code. Industry competitive pay Great growth opportunities. Employees really treated like they are important and culture is truly wonderful and fun! A lot of passionate excited people who love what they do and the product they work on.

Cons

Things move too fast, and often result in unclear objectives. Often, the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing i.e. different teams work on similar pieces and lead to issues.

5.0
Dec 16, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Fast pace environment with a lot of new initiatives that makes it fun to learn and grow with everyone else. Lots of energy in the office and great opportunities to stretch yourself outside of a normal development role.

Cons

There are a lot of ups and downs to moving too fast and can get stressful at times. Also some growing pains in regards to leadership and team management, but you can see the effort to improve upon it constantly.

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