Underdog · 2 weeks ago
Senior Backend Engineer (Python)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$160K/yr - $240K/yr
5+ years expUnderdog is a rapidly growing sports company focused on building innovative products for sports fans. The Senior Backend Engineer will be responsible for designing and developing a cutting-edge data platform, ensuring reliability and performance while fostering a collaborative engineering culture.
eSportsFantasy SportsGaming
Responsibilities
Design the future of sports entertainment. Shape the development of a cutting-edge data platform solutions that provides seamless, engaging, and scalable experiences for millions of sports fans globally
Deliver best in class features and performance. Prioritize, execute, and oversee core initiatives that drive innovation and ensure data platform reliability at scale
Build a winning engineering culture. Cultivate a collaborative, innovative environment that thrives on technical excellence, creativity, and shared passion for delivering impactful products
Champion development best practices. Advocate for and implement engineering best practices, ensuring the team aligns with industry standards and maintains a high-quality codebase
Collaborate to shape the product vision. Partner closely with data scientists and engineering leads to define features, plan delivery, and drive the development process from ideation to launch
Research new technologies. Research and keep up to date on emerging technologies and trends and focus on iteratively implementing them into Underdog’s data platform systems
Qualification
Required
At least 5 years of experience building microservices heavy backend systems in a cloud environment (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
Advanced proficiency with Python and SQL
Prior experience building recommendation systems and APIs for surfacing model outputs
Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, or ECS
Experience with real time data processing frameworks such as Kafka, Flink, or Kinesis
Highly focused on delivering results for internal and external stakeholders in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
Excellent leadership and communication skills with ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders
Preferred
Strong interest in sports
Experience with DevOps practices such as CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. Terraform, CDK)
Benefits
Unlimited PTO for full-time employees (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
Company
Underdog
We’re the fastest-growing sports gaming company ever. Our mission is to build innovative games and products for American sports fans.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2024 (1)
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$115MKey Investors
Spark CapitalBlackRockKevin Carter
2025-03-26Series C· $70M
2022-07-26Series B· $35M
2021-05-03Series A· $10M
Leadership Team
Jeremy Levine
Founder & CEO
Rishi Garg
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
Mergers & Acquisitions
2025-10-19
2025-10-18
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