Underdog · 9 hours ago
Senior Backend Engineer - Go
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$160K/yr - $240K/yr
5+ years expUnderdog is a fast-growing sports company focused on building innovative products for sports fans. The Senior Backend Engineer will design and deploy APIs, create scalable microservices, and lead technical initiatives to enhance the company's data ecosystem and improve fan experiences.
eSportsFantasy SportsGaming
Responsibilities
Build the backbone of Underdog’s data ecosystem—design and deploy internal APIs and workflows that power seamless communication across our services
Create robust, scalable microservices to serve real-time, high-volume data needs for our internal teams, enabling faster decision-making and better fan experiences
Own greenfield projects that shape the future of our business—architecting backend systems built for scale, resilience, and speed
Partner cross-functionally with engineers, product owners, and data scientists to turn complex challenges into elegant, scalable solutions
Safeguard system reliability by building smart monitoring, alerting, and logging tools that keep our infrastructure healthy and performant
Drive impactful technical initiatives from start to finish in a fast-moving, high-stakes environment where your leadership makes a real difference
Champion engineering excellence by leading code reviews, sharing best practices, and helping level up the team through mentorship and feedback
Qualification
Required
A Senior Backend Engineer with at least 5 years of experience building microservices heavy backend systems and APIs for internal applications on a cloud environment (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
Advanced proficiency with Go
Experience building and scaling backend systems and designing enterprise scale APIs for external and internal applications
Highly focused on delivering results for internal and external stakeholders in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
Excellent communication skills with ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders
Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, or ECS
Experience with DevOps practices such as CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. Terraform, CDK)
Preferred
Strong interest in sports
Prior experience in the sports betting industry
Benefits
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
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
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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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