Underdog is the fastest-growing sports gaming company, aiming to make sports more enjoyable through intuitive user experiences and innovative game designs.
The company has launched four popular fantasy games and developed the Underdog Sportsbook in-house since its inception in 2020.
The role involves working on cutting-edge projects that gamify and build unique features for fantasy and sports betting products.
Responsibilities include designing and developing clean, well-structured, and performant features that will be used by millions of customers.
The position requires close collaboration with product-minded individuals to shape and deliver transformative products.
The engineer will work with client engineers and product stakeholders, communicating issues, asking questions, and raising concerns as needed.
Advocating for best practices to establish strong foundational development practices for the growing team is essential.
The role offers a high-agency environment where the engineer has equity in technical decision-making and accountability for those decisions.
The opportunity to learn from experienced engineers and leaders in the fantasy and sports betting industry while contributing unique perspectives is available.
Requirements:
Candidates must have 5+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 1 year as a senior engineer.
A passion for software development is required, with 4+ years of professional Android development experience using Android Studio, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, MVVM, and Espresso.
The ideal candidate should be collaborative and passionate about fostering best practices for team improvement.
Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills are necessary for effective interaction with both engineers and product teams.
Benefits:
The position offers unlimited PTO, with flexibility except during the NFL season's initial weeks.
Employees receive 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
A $500 home office allowance is provided to support remote work.
The company promotes a connected virtual-first culture with a highly engaged distributed workforce.
Benefits include a 5% 401k match, FSA, and company-paid health, dental, and vision plan options for employees and their dependents.
