DraftKings Life Podcast

Want to learn more about how our engineers are building and supporting our core platforms and products? This episode gives you a glimpse into our migration projects and technology.  We sat down with Manu Bhalla, Director of Engineering and Qian Wu, Senior Software Engineering Manager to talk all about our gaming native team. As a mobile first company, we have been focused on making sure we are cre...

In this special episode of the DraftKings Life Podcast, we sit down with Matt Kalish, Co-Founder and President of DraftKings North America.  We start the episode off with some fun questions to get to know Matt more, then we dive into our products and what he sees for the future of DraftKings. Matt shares many stories about our incredible growth over the years and how we are defining our role in th...

Do you want to work in a fast-paced environment, improve your technical skills, and work on unique challenges? Our Data Science team may be a great fit for you!  Bradley Fay, Director of Data Science, and Sam Donnelly, Talent Acquisition Partner give us a glimpse into the innovative projects the team is working on and our interview process.  Our global Data Science Team at DraftKings adapts and im...

From Associate to Manager in just four years, Tachelle Mcpheeters in our Las Vegas office has worked hard to thrive in her career.  In this episode you will hear how Tachelle has grown her career and why she values being a mentor to her team. You can hear her passion and energy for what she does.  Follow DraftKings Life on Linkedin , Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter to get an inside look into th...

In this episode of the DraftKings Life Podcast we welcome Cristina Ackas, Vice President of Inclusion, Equity, and Belonging as a guest host to help us celebrate International Women's Day and Women's History Month. We are inspired by this year's International Women's Day theme: "DigitALL Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality". Four incredible women from across our business joined hosts Reb...

Why do our teammates love working at DraftKings? A question that has many answers from all of our team members. Some of the reasons include the exciting and fast-paced nature of our work, the many opportunities for professional growth and development, our inclusive culture, and the talented people we work with everyday. Listen to learn more!  Check out our open positions:  careers.draftkings.com ...

Get ready to learn how important it is to make sure your company's benefits are aligned with your lifestyle! On this episode of the DraftKings Life Podcast we learn all about our benefits. Madison Stanley, a Senior Benefits Associate, gives you an in-depth overview of everything we offer for our employees. The Benefits team is always looking at ways to add to our offerings based on the needs and w...

On this episode of the DraftKings Life Podcast, we sit down with two engineers from our Tel Aviv office. Our colleagues own new features and projects, working with the best cutting-edge technology. We had a blast learning from Ohad Ezer, Director of Engineering & David Yecheskel, Lead Software Engineer about what they love about working with their incredible teams & the fun office culture. Listen...

We are back with another installment of the DraftKings Life Podcast. In this episode, we are talking with Chrissy Thurmond, Senior Director of Responsible Gaming, and Julie Hynes, Senior Manager of Responsible Gaming.  At DraftKings, we believe that life is more fun with skin in the game and we want it to stay that way. Our Responsible Gaming team goes above and beyond to make sure our players and...

It's the product that allows sports fans to place bets on any event. In this DraftKings Life miniseries episode, we're diving into our signature Sportsbook product. We connect with Lexi Janson, Director of Sportsbook Product in New York City, and Tom Butterworth, Director of Sportsbook Operations in Las Vegas, to discuss the work that goes into building a world-class product and the technology beh...

We're incredibly excited to bring you another DraftKings Life Miniseries Podcast episode! In this episode, our hosts sit down with Meg Montgomery, Senior Director of NFT Marketplace, and Yaro Plashenko, Director of Engineering, to discuss DraftKings' newest Marketplace vertical. Since its recent launch last year, the vertical has made several significant strides, including launching our first ever...

We're back with another DraftKings Life Miniseries Podcast episode! This time, we travel across the globe to speak to Shay Mardan in Tel Aviv and Signe Yama in Boston on the Casino and iGaming vertical. Shay is the Senior Director of Engineering on the Casino side, and Signe is the Senior Director of iGaming Marketing and Operations.  In this episode, our hosts sit down with our guests to discuss...

The DraftKings Life Podcast is back with the first installment of a 4 part 'Miniseries'. We will be talking to folks on each of our four verticals at DraftKings. Today, we kick things off with our Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) vertical, the first product we ever built and launched at DraftKings. Our podcast hosts chat with Kellie McSweeney, Director of CRM, and Zachary Maybury, Senior Director of Eng...

The DraftKings Life Podcast is back for a new season! Season 4 starts off with a very exciting guest, co-founder and President of Product and Technology, Paul Liberman. We dive into the founding story of DraftKings, how Paul has helped expand the engineering and tech teams, and learn that you don't need to be a sports fan to work at DK. Tune in!

The DraftKings Life Podcast is back with an episode to feature our Pride Business Resource Group in a round table discussion with Patrick Cleary, Liz Hare, Sabina Panayotova, and JB Hruska! We learn more about how the group got started, celebrations from the past month, and how DraftKings employees bring their authentic selves to work. Tune in!

This week on the DraftKings Life Podcast, we're highlighting one of our fastest growing teams--VIP.  We sit down with two leaders on our VIP team to learn about the teams' focus and how they are working with our customers every day.  Curious about what skills and experience we look for in the interview process? Tune in to get the inside scoop about starting a career on our VIP Team!

This week on the DraftKings Life podcast we chatted with Lauren Tropeano, VP of Talent Management, about her time at DraftKings. We learned about her career, effort the people's team is making to support remote work, what culture means to her, internal mobility and more. 

We enjoyed having Brandon Miller, Director, Customer Experience, on the DraftKings Life Podcast this week. Brandon shares his experience working for DraftKings back in 2014, how the CX team supports multiple products, hiring initiatives this year, and more!

We conclude Women's History Month's celebration by welcoming our newest executive to the podcast, Jen Aguiar, Chief Compliance Officer. Jen shares how she got started in Compliance, goals for her new role, and how she met co-founder and CEO, Jason Robins. Tune in!

We are back with another exciting episode of the DraftKings Life Podcast. This week we interview two female leaders from our Women's Business Resource Group at DraftKings, Mia Tantillo and Sarah Juselius. We learn about their roles in the company, how they started the group, and initiatives around Women's History Month!

On this episode of the DraftKings Life Podcast, we celebrate Women's History Month with a special guest, Jamie Shea, VP of Sportsbook Operations. We debunk myths about working in sports betting during the episode, learn about Jamie's favorite woman in sports, and how she helped launch the first DraftKings Sportsbook App.  

We continue our celebration of #blackhistorymonth on the DraftKings Life Podcast with the co-chair of the DKShades Business Resource Group, Anthony Cooley! Tune in to learn how Cooley got involved with DKShades, what's on the horizon for 2021, and a 2-minute drill round for the ages!

We're celebrating Black History Month on the DraftKings Life Podcast this month! Bianca Sullivan, Inclusion, Equity + Belonging Specialist, joined us to talk about our Business Resource Groups, playing D1 Lacrosse at a Historically Black College, and a pair of new company holidays! 

Season 3 of The DraftKings Life Podcast is kicking off with two special guests, your hosts, Jason Jones and Meg Powers. Listen in as they give a behind-the-scenes look into their DraftKings experience. They touch on internal mobility, advice to candidates, and how the podcast got started.

The final episode of 2020 and Season 2 of the DraftKings Life Podcast is a special one, featuring two DraftKings employees that you may recognize. Listen in to learn more about Emerson Lotzia and Jessie Coffield, On-Camera Talent, and their journey at DraftKings.