James Zarakas
Senior Software Engineering Manager at DraftKings Inc.
Virginia, United States
Summary
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SeniorJames Zarakas is a results-driven software engineering leader with a decade of experience shipping scalable enterprise and consumer platforms. As Senior Software Engineering Manager at DraftKings, he directs mobile, backend, and infrastructure teams to deliver complex, high-availability systems. He previously served as Architect at Mission Lane and led multi-disciplinary teams at Capital One, guiding technical vision for customer acquisition, eCommerce SDKs, and the Tap to Verify authentication initiative. His background spans Android and iOS development for healthcare and fintech, including three Google Play–published apps and hands-on work with security, fraud prevention, and event-driven architectures. James combines hands-on technical depth with strategic delivery, mentoring teams, and building scalable SDLC processes. Based in Virginia, he has a track record of turning ambitious requirements into reliable, user-centric solutions.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (4)
api3
nessie2
android2
ios1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
vmaliwal/git-collab
May 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:3 PRs, 3 comments in 4 months
jzarakas/bigkeyboard
Nov 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:6 PRs, 7 pushes, 4 branches in 1 day
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