Lead Infrastructure Engineer

At DraftKings, AI is becoming an integral part of both our present and future, powering how work gets done today, guiding smarter decisions, and sparking bold ideas. It's transforming how we enhance customer experiences, streamline operations, and unlock new possibilities. Our teams are energized by innovation and readily embrace emerging technology. We're not waiting for the future to arrive. We're shaping it, one bold step at a time. To those who see AI as a driver of progress, come build the future together.
The Crown Is Yours
As a Lead Infrastructure Engineer, you'll design and scale the infrastructure that powers real-time, high-impact digital experiences. You'll move beyond traditional operations, building, automating, and coding your way to a more resilient, intelligent, and efficient platform. Working at the intersection of DevOps, SRE, and emerging AI tooling, you'll drive how we evolve our infrastructure into a modern, engineering-led ecosystem.
What You'll Do

• Design, build, and manage scalable AWS infrastructure, establishing resilient patterns that improve performance, availability, and efficiency
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code and automation pipelines to eliminate manual processes and reduce operational toil
• Evolve CI/CD workflows and apply SRE principles across monitoring, alerting, and incident response
• Proactively identify risks in distributed systems and drive solutions end-to-end, including serving as an escalation point
• Design and implement AI-assisted tooling and intelligent automation to enhance incident management, root cause analysis, and system performance

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of experience across Infrastructure Engineering, DevOps, and/or Site Reliability Engineering
• Strong AWS expertise and experience designing cloud-native, distributed systems
• Proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and scripting (Python or similar)
• Hands-on experience building automation and CI/CD pipelines, with strong troubleshooting skills
• Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to a high-performing, collaborative team

Join Our Team
We're a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. As a regulated gaming company, you may be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment. Don't worry, we'll guide you through the process if this is relevant to your role.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is 124,400.00 USD - 155,500.00 USD, plus bonus, equity, and benefits as applicable. Our ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The compensation information displayed on each job posting reflects the range for new hire pay rates for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range and how that was determined during the hiring process. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.