DraftKings freed its engineers from cloud admin work, and reinvested that time into the product
DraftKings hired world-class engineers to build cutting-edge sports and gaming experiences. Some of them were spending their time managing cloud Reserved Instances. Presidio took that work off their plate entirely and embedded engineers directly into DraftKings’ native teams to accelerate delivery on both flagship apps.
THE OUTCOME
DraftKings hired world-class engineers to build cutting-edge sports and gaming experiences. Some of them were spending their time managing cloud Reserved Instances. Presidio took that work off their plate entirely through PRISM, guaranteed savings included, and embedded engineers directly into DraftKings’ native teams to accelerate delivery on both flagship apps.
HOW THEY GOT THERE
Presidio’s PRISM solution transferred all the risk of buying, selling, and managing Reserved Instances from DraftKings to Presidio. Engineers previously dedicated to that work were redeployed to product development immediately. Presidio also embedded engineers into DraftKings’ native teams, accelerating delivery on DraftKings Sportsbook & Casino and DraftKings Daily Fantasy Sports while migrating the underlying infrastructure to a modernized platform.
WHY IT WORKED
Cloud cost optimization is essential work, but it shouldn’t consume engineers hired to build products fans love.
“Presidio developers joined our native engineering teams and immediately provided development velocity that was critical to achieving our delivery timelines and quality goals.”