FanDuel To Bring Over 900 Hi-Tech Jobs To New Atlanta Tech Hub

ATLANTA — Atlanta’s growing reputation as a viable pool for hi-tech talent has scored the city another tech business looking to move in.

Mobile gaming site FanDuel on Tuesday announced plans to plant its tech hub, with anticipated 900-plus jobs, in the City Too Busy to Hate.

Within five years the proposed 68,000 square-foot operations center will host hundreds of high-paying jobs focused on software engineering, information technology, user experience, user interface design, and product development.

Gov. Brian Kemp was joined by Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and other area leaders in announcing the forthcoming state-of-the-art facility.

“I’m proud to welcome FanDuel to the Peach State, and I look forward to seeing the countless opportunities this project creates for the hardworking Georgians across Metro Atlanta,” Kemp said. “FanDuel’s decision to open a tech hub in Georgia is a testament to our world-class universities and tech training programs, as well as the diverse ecosystem of professional sports leagues and teams we’ve cultivated here.”

FanDuel Group, based in New York, is a sports-tech entertainment company that provides gaming opportunities for sports fans to engage in online betting through its mobile sportsbook app, a daily fantasy sports platform, and its casino brands FanDuel Casino and Stardust. The company also operates 16 lounges across the country where wagering is legal.

Company officials expect the Atlanta hub to support its continued innovation and product development.

“As we grow our business in a very competitive industry, it’s critical we have access to a diverse talent pool needed to build the most innovative platform in the sector,” FanDuel Group Chief Product Officer Sarah Butterfass said. “During this process, it became clear that Atlanta provided FanDuel with a winning combination of access to a thriving tech cluster, respected educational institutions we could partner with, and a diverse and welcoming community eager for our arrival.”

Like Microsoft, Airbnb, NCR, Google and other tech companies that have sprouted technology campuses in Atlanta, FanDuel is looking to leverage young, diverse, tech-savvy graduates from Georgia Tech, Emory University, Clark Atlanta University, Georgia State University, the University of Georgia at Athens, Spelman College and Morehouse College.

The company has committed to work closely with these educational institutions to develop curricula that train the next generation of candidates for careers, and to become an active community partner to help build a career-ready workforce.

“This center will not only expand the city’s digital media and e-entertainment sectors, but it will also provide new job opportunities for more Atlantans in software development and other promising fields,” Bottoms said in a statement.“Atlanta continues to attract companies across many different industries looking to join our welcoming business community, that includes a highly skilled and diverse workforce. We thank FanDuel for selecting Atlanta for this operations center.”